Computer Associates Delivers a Web Browser Interface and Java Management for Its Unicenter TNG Enterprise Management Platform.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1997--

Management Of Anything From Anywhere

CA's Artzt: "We're Bringing Java Into The Mainstream Of IT"

Extending the ability of organizations to manage "anything from anywhere," Computer Associates today announced a Java-based Web browser interface for its industry-leading Unicenter TNG enterprise management platform. Users can now manage IT and non-IT devices from any kind of computer in any location.

CA is the first vendor to provide fully integrated browser-based enterprise management of networks, systems, databases and applications, including monitoring, administration and control.

"We're bringing Java into the mainstream of IT," said Russell M. Artzt, CA executive vice president of research and development. "Unicenter TNG can now manage the entire Java environment from end-to-end, including JavaStations, Java servers, Java applets and the Java Virtual Machine."

Management of Java systems through Unicenter TNG's Java-based agent technology extends full-fledged enterprise-level control to the Java environment.

"Java support proves that we made the right choice by going with Unicenter," said Ron Henry, chief information officer for AG Communication Systems Corp. in Phoenix, AZ. "Now our technicians can feel comfortable roaming with their laptops, knowing that they can handle anything that happens while they're away from their desks. Ultimately, this will give us a way to distribute more management data to our internal customers and service providers as well."

By providing the ability to manage anything from anywhere, Unicenter TNG allows users to manage their Windows applications from a browser interface, or their Java environment from a Windows interface.

The Web browser interface provides Unicenter TNG's familiar user interface design - the 3-D, Real World Interface using VRML, and the 2-D map and Explorer-like interfaces using Java and HTML. The Web interface not only provides the ability to monitor and review the status of the entire IT environment, but to actively manage, administer and change policies. Unicenter TNG security mechanisms ensure that only authorized users can use the Web browser interface to manage their environment.

"IT managers need to be able to access their systems from anywhere," said Artzt. "By delivering a browser interface for performing management of IT and non-IT devices from anywhere, CA is enabling IT departments to reap all the benefits of mobile computing."

"Unicenter TNG stands alone in providing comprehensive management from Web browsers," said Richard L. Ptak, director of systems management research at D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. "The introduction of this practical and sophisticated Java interface again demonstrates how aggressively Computer Associates is committed to maintaining its market and technical leadership in the distributed management space."

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, 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 10,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of $4 billion in fiscal year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing [e-mail] or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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CONTACT: Computer Associates International, Inc.

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