Computer Associates Announces Japanese Version of Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 1998--

Provides Complete R/3 Management And Integration With Existing

Systems

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) announced today that it will begin shipping a localized Japanese version of Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option, providing improved management and control for the growing number of SAP R/3 users based and or operating offices here.

Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option provides end-to-end management of multiple R/3 instances across diverse platforms and distributed operating environments from a single management console. This enables IT departments to manage core business processes running on a combination of R/3 and other production software in a holistic manner --regardless of size, configuration or complexity.

"SAP Japan welcomes Computer Associates Japan's announcement of Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option," said Shigeru Nakane, president of SAP Japan Co., Ltd. "The combination of R/3 and Unicenter TNG provides a powerful IT solution that is essential for success in today's fast-paced business environment. The partnership between SAP and Computer Associates Japan will continue to focus on meeting the core requirements of our mutual clients."

The Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option integrates the full range of networks, servers, databases and SAP applications in the corporate environment, providing true application-centric management. These capabilities help increase the end-to-end availability of R/3 processes, reduce the cost of administration and troubleshooting for R/3 implementations, and help in planning for R/3 system modification or expansion.

The new option also includes complete management of R/3 scheduling, event management, performance, back-up, auto- discovery and problem management functions. Critical SAP R/3 systems and sub-systems are seamlessly integrated with enterprise management solutions across multiple disciplines and platforms.

"We selected Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option because it will reduce the time it takes to manage and support SAP R/3 for our 3600 clients," said Hidebumi Kasuga, president of Bridgestone Software, Co., Ltd. "We expect Unicenter TNG to monitor and manage critical applications such as SAP R/3 and our HR software, enabling our day-to-day operations to run more efficiently."

According to Nikkei Business Publications', the Japanese ERP related market in 1998 is expected to be 137 billion yen compared to approximately 110 billion yen in 1997. SAP Japan was top in the number of installed sites in FY1998 which was 200 and also expects 400 sites in FY1999. Leading markets for SAP R/3 in Japan include manufacturing and financial services firms, where CA also has a strong presence.

"The growth rate of the ERP market in Japan clearly shows that large corporations have not stopped investing in mission-critical IT, despite the current economic circumstances," said James Lansing, president and representative director, Computer Associates Japan. "Now that Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option Japanese version is available, these corporations can help protect their investments in SAP R/3 to maximize the economic benefits from their enterprise deployments."

Unicenter TNG and Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option together can provide end-to-end support for Japanese corporations that are running financial and accounting applications on SAP R/3. For example, by combining Unicenter TNG's SAP R/3 Option with Unicenter TNG Data Transport Option, data can be efficiently and automatically transferred over a wide range of platforms and protocols, enabling executives to obtain timely, consolidated logistics and financial data.

The new option also employs double-byte coding --a technology that dedicates two bytes of memory to certain characters-- enabling it to accommodate the large number of characters in the Japanese language.

Enterprise Management Across Multiple Functions And Platforms

Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option provides a simple, consistent and customizable view of all SAP R/3-related components. The entire R/3 configuration --whether local or remote-- is discovered and graphically rendered for maximum ease of management. R/3 database servers, backup servers, application servers, network hardware and the clients themselves are all automatically displayed in an easily recognizable form under either Unicenter TNG's 2D or 3D Real World Interface. These intuitive interfaces greatly facilitate the monitoring and management functions that SAP R/3 administrators typically perform, such as log file maintenance and event control operations.

Workload Management In An SAP R/3 Environment

Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option provides complete enterprise-level workload distribution functions for R/3, as well as full event, workflow, and error management. By integrating with R/3's CCMS (Computing Center Management System), , Unicenter TNG provides scheduling capabilities across multiple R/3 systems and non-R/3 jobs on multiple platforms, such as Windows NT, UNIX, OS/2, AS/400 and mainframes. These capabilities include dependencies between R/3 and non-R/3 jobs, enhanced error handling and automatic restart.

Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option monitors job sequences and job failures, adheres to time requirements, and matches jobs to the resources needed to run them, providing streamlined control of R/3 jobs, workflow displays and other events.

End-To-End Event Management Of SAP R/3 Environments

Unicenter TNG's specialized SAP R/3 agents provide powerful event management capabilities, including monitoring and control functions. These agents are capable of extracting R/3 event data from the R/3 system log and reporting the events to the Unicenter TNG console in accordance with event management policies. All event information from SAP R/3 can be instrumented for display and alarm notification.

The end-to-end event management of Unicenter TNG delivers the filtering and correlation of SAP R/3 events with other events in the IT infrastructure. This correlated information can also be used to trigger appropriate actions for both R/3 and non-R/3 resources, providing event management of the entire enterprise.

Single Console For Enterprise Management

Until now, each SAP R/3 instance required its own management console and staffing for proper control. Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option combines information from multiple R/3 systems, providing a single point of control for the R/3 environment. Administering critical event, scheduling, performance and problem management functions from one enterprise management console reduces costs, increases responsiveness and eliminates potential areas of error and conflict.

Seamless Hot Backup Of Multiple SAP R/3 Systems

Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option simplifies backup of R/3 systems by providing a complete backup of R/3 databases along with the rest of the enterprise's data. Through its SAP Certified interface, Unicenter TNG provides seamless hot backup of multiple SAP R/3 systems.

Backup and restore functions can be performed within the context of the R/3 application, allowing application objects to be grouped together logically for common backup operations. The Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option database utility provides full tablespace support for backing up Oracle systems and both tablespace and table level support for SQL Server.

Additional Functionality For SAP Users

Unicenter TNG offers additional value to SAP R/3 users through options that provide security, control and access to multiple R/3 systems, delivery of the SAP GUI to client systems, advanced problem management and automated network problem information, and communications and traffic management for networks running R/3 systems.

Availability And Requirements

Unicenter TNG SAP R/3 Option requires SAP Release R/3 3.0C or greater. It supports SAP R/3 on Windows NT for Intel. CA expects to release versions of the software for Solaris in March 1999, AIX in April 1999 and HP-UX in May 1999.

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 www.cai.com, emailing [e-mail], or calling 1-516- 342-5224.

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