COMPUTER ASSOCIATES AND FUJITSU STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE; Jasmine Object Database Provides Foundation For New Class of Applications; Widespread Support From Third-Party Vendors.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 30, 1996--Computer Associates and Fujitsu Limited strengthen their alliance today with the introduction of Jasmine, a breakthrough technology for easy development and deployment of networked multimedia business applications.

Jasmine combines world-class object database technology from Fujitsu with a revolutionary multimedia application development environment. Applications developed with Jasmine can be rapidly deployed in client/server, Intranet and Internet environments.

Jasmine's open architecture creates a wealth of opportunities for third-party solution providers and independent software vendors to design highly reusable business components. The development and marketing of these components will provide the critical mass to quickly build an industry around Jasmine.

"Jasmine represents the next generation of database technology," said CA Chairman and CEO Charles B. Wang. "Global organizations from Yamanouchi Pharmaceuticals to the Australian Bureau of Statistics have implemented mission-critical applications using Fujitsu's object technology. The combination of this proven object technology and CA's database prowess raises business applications to the next level."

"Businesses around the world have long recognized the need for applications which can respond to the dynamic needs of their markets," said Fujitsu Limited Director of the Board and General Manager of Middleware Products Group Tatsuzumi Furukawa. "Now, with the Jasmine object database solution, not only can these applications be delivered quickly but they can be architected to deliver solutions that current technology cannot provide."

Jasmine is ideally suited for the development of cross-industry applications such as electronic catalogs, kiosks, customer support and sales force automation, as well as industry-specific applications in sectors such as insurance, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, health care and telecommunications.

Applications constructed with Jasmine are easily customizable to match specific business requirements. This customization can be performed by IS professionals or end users.

Organizations from around the world lined up today in support of Jasmine.

Aberdeen Group 

"Stop, look and listen!" said Peter Kastner, vice president. "Someday, all databases will have the Internet commerce-enabled (ICE) features of Jasmine -- but not soon. In the meantime, Jasmine has outstanding features for developing next-generation applications that are rich in multimedia and non-traditional data types while recognizing that distributed applications require careful management and control."

META Group

"Jasmine will become a landmark product in the CA portfolio, representing CA's intent to lead rather than follow the market," said Natasha Krol, vice president and service director of Advanced Information Management. "Jasmine's multimedia authoring capabilities, coupled with a strong content management environment, positions it well for the 'new media', as well as Internet WWW HTML-based applications. In addition, a combination of Jasmine and legacy applications has the potential to add new luster to the corporate 'crown jewels'."

Microsoft Corporation 

"We're pleased to see that CA has embraced ISAPI, and is making integration with it and our Internet Information Server a priority in Jasmine," said Paul Maritz, group vice president. "This will enable CA to provide strong Intranet and Internet solutions for our mutual customers."

Netscape Communications Corp.

"As businesses continue to harness the power of the Internet, robust business applications and development tools will be in great demand," said Marc Andreessen, vice president and co-founder. "Combining Netscape's open software platform with CA's new Jasmine technology is another way Netscape is making it easy for our customers to access the wealth of resources available on their enterprise networks and the Internet."

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

"Sun has been on the leading edge in helping businesses exploit the opportunities that the Internet has to offer with technologies such as Java and JavaScript," said Scott McNealy, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "As business use of the Internet expands, it will drive increased demand for robust object-oriented databases such as Jasmine to bring new usability and functionality to the net."

The Jasmine SDK is currently available at no cost for third parties to develop additional class libraries and new applications. For more information, contact [e-mail].

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 36 countries and had revenue of $3.2 billion in calendar year 1995. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web or emailing [e-mail].

Founded in 1935, Fujitsu Limited is the world's second largest computer company and a global leader in computer, telecommunications, semiconductor and software technologies. Fujitsu Limited posted consolidated revenues of more than $36 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1995. Fujitsu can be reached by visiting http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/index-e.html on the World Wide Web. -0-

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