CONCENTRA Managed Care, Inc. Selects Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG to Maintain Health of Expanding Client/Server Environment.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1998--

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Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced that CONCENTRA Managed Care, Inc. has deployed CA's Unicenter TNG to strategically respond to the challenges of controlling its rapidly expanding client/server enterprise. CONCENTRA, a leading provider of fully integrated healthcare management and cost containment solutions, will leverage Unicenter TNG for advanced network administration, help desk functionality, and automated software delivery --effectively managing its complex information systems technology environment without increasing staff.

According to Al Morris, operations manager for CONCENTRA's Information Services and Technology Division in Dallas, Texas, CONCENTRA selected Unicenter TNG largely because of the software's cross-platform integration abilities. "With Unicenter TNG, we do not have to add technicians experienced in the systems we are deploying. This solution gives our staff the ability to provide centralized network, application, and system controls with a common set of intuitive monitoring, distribution and performance tools," said Morris.

CONCENTRA's wide area network - MCI's second largest frame relay installation in the Dallas Fort Worth market-- connects over 150 branches, and it is expanding at a rate of 10 offices per month. In addition, CONCENTRA operates the nation's largest network of occupational healthcare centers, managing the practices of 255 physicians in 37 markets in 20 states. The vital telecommunications network which supports CONCENTRA's far-reaching operations is emerging as one of the most sophisticated and ambitious in the country.

To improve system availability and the delivery of services, CONCENTRA also wanted to empower its help desk personnel with automated alerts and Business Process Views. By seamlessly managing the company's network from a single point of control, Unicenter TNG's robust management software addresses CONCENTRA's complete user support program. From a central point of control, CONCENTRA will ensure that desktops always have the latest versions of software, and that all systems are synchronized with one another. Unicenter TNG's software delivery function will also help protect against the use of unauthorized applications.

Working with Integrated Concepts, Inc. (ICI), a Dallas-based Enterprise Software Integrator and CA's Unicenter TNG Reseller of the Year, CONCENTRA implemented Unicenter TNG and its components in just 50 days. "Given the complexity of our environment and the number of Unicenter TNG components to be installed, we expected that meeting our implementation schedule would be extremely challenging," said Morris. "We were very pleased to have Unicenter TNG up and running in just about half our expected timeframe."

Unicenter TNG is an integrated enterprise management solution that enables organizations to manage all IT resources, encompassing heterogeneous networks, systems, applications, and databases. It provides comprehensive end-to-end enterprise management for TCP/IP, SNA, IPX/SPX and DECnet networks, and 40 platforms including desktops, Windows NT, UNIX, AS/400, NetWare and mainframe environments.

Unicenter TNG is the only fully integrated management solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and status, security, software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, change management and other functions for traditional and distributed computing environments, including hardware and software, as well as for the Internet and intranets. Unicenter TNG's intelligent manager/agent technology delivers highly scalable management of the entire computing environment, including hardware and software.

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 enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing [e-mail], or calling 1-516-342-5224.

CONCENTRA Managed Care, Inc. is the leading provider and comprehensive outsource solution for cost containment and fully integrated care management in the occupational, auto, and group healthcare markets. CONCENTRA offers prospective and retrospective services to employers and insurers of all sizes, providing pre-employment testing, loss prevention services, first report of injury, injury care, specialist networks and specialized cost containment to the disability and automobile injury markets. The company has 130 field case management offices, with approximately 1,350 field case managers who provide medical management and return to work services in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The company also has 83 service locations that provide specialized cost containment services including utilization management, telephonic case management, and retrospective bill review. Under the name CONCENTRA Medical Centers, the Company operates the nation's largest network of occupational healthcare centers, currently managing the practices of 261 physicians located in 145 centers in 39 markets in 20 states. For more information, contact CONCENTRA at [phone], or visit its web site at http://www.CONCENTRAmc.com.

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