Computer Associates Augments CA's Commitment To Notes/Domino Market With Acquisition Of QXCOM.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 1998--Increasing its commitment to the Lotus Notes/Domino market, Computer Associates International, Inc., (CA) today announced the acquisition of privately-held QXCOM, Inc., one of the leading software providers for the Notes market. Financial terms were not disclosed. QXCOM has been a market leader since the 1989 introduction of Notes -- providing both consulting and software products to many of the world's largest and most sophisticated Notes and Domino installations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The company grew out of a strategic reorganization of Distributed Systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. Solutions International, Inc. (DSSI DSSI Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. DSSI Digital Storage Systems Interconnect DSSI Dead Sea Scrolls Institute (Trinity Western University, Canada) DSSI Digital Small Storage Interconnect ), one of the pioneer Lotus Business Partners. CA will continue to license and support all QXCOM QX/Tools products, a group of 11 advanced solutions which assist in the security and application database administration of large-scale, distributed Notes and Domino networks. Leading products include ACL/Reporter, Registration/Exchange, and Mail/Utilities. The QXCOM software will also augment aug·ment v. aug·ment·ed, aug·ment·ing, aug·ments v.tr. 1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity: The Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) Lotus Notes/Domino Option, which enables customers to maximize application performance and avoid downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. by closely monitoring the full range of components and processes required to support Notes-based applications, including network and systems availability, database replication In database management, the ability to keep distributed databases synchronized by routinely copying the entire database or subsets of the database to other servers in the network. There are various replication methods. and virus protection. The announcement also complements CA's recent acquisition of REALOGIC, Inc., a leading international business and technology-consulting firm with a core competence Core competence Primary area of expertise. Narrowly defined fields or tasks at which a company or business excels. Primary areas of specialty. in Lotus and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. technologies. This enhanced portfolio of products and services will allow CA to address virtually all Notes/Domino management and administrative needs. "As part of CA, we will be able to leverage the resources and customers of a world-class company to bring our expertise to Notes users around the world," said QXCOM CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Chuck Chriss, who will continue to lead the development of QXCOM software. "Access to CA's industry-leading products also presents an outstanding opportunity for both our current and future clientele to take advantage of the wide range of advanced solutions CA offers." "One of CA's goals is to be a comprehensive source of products and services in management, administration, deployment, enhancement and support of the growing Notes infrastructure," said Marc Sokol, CA senior vice president of advanced technology. "QX/Tools and the company's technical team and marketing staff will enable us to take a major step toward achieving that objective." Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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 Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. 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 info@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224. QXCOM was founded in 1988 as Distributed Systems Solutions International, Inc. (DSSI), and was the first Lotus Business Partner. The company today is one of the strongest, most experienced software teams in the Notes field. QXCOM's QX/Tools suite of administrative utilities addresses security, database, and messaging administrative issues augment and complement the power of Notes and Domino, providing simplified administration and better security at lower costs to the corporation. 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