Computer Associates Names Tandem as a Preferred Service Provider for Unicenter; Tandem's Worldwide Professional Services Group to Serve Tandem Customers in Banking, Finance, Retail and Telecommunications Industries.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 1997--Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA)(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA) and Tandem Computers (company) Tandem Computers - A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994). Incorporated (NYSE:TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) today jointly announced that Computer Associates has named Tandem as a Unicenter Preferred Service Provider for all Tandem(R) systems worldwide. Under the agreement, Tandem will be a Unicenter Preferred Service Provider for customers using Tandem's NonStop(R) Himalaya(R) servers, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) Server-based systems and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) system-based servers in the banking/finance, retail and telecommunications industries. In addition, as a newly-designated CA Premier Partner, Tandem can now resell Unicenter. Unicenter is the industry-leading integrated enterprise management solution for large-scale, multiplatform computing. Tandem is recognized as a leader in reliable, scalable systems for business-critical computing. In a strategic partnership signed last year, Tandem and CA agreed that Tandem systems would standardize on Unicenter, including NonStop Himalaya servers and Windows NT Server-based systems. In addition, the two companies agreed to jointly develop a Unicenter extension that brings high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. to multiplatform environments, including Windows NT Server and UNIX(R) systems. "This agreement expands our close cooperation with Tandem," said CA Chairman and 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. Charles B. Wang. "CA sets very high standards for the designation of Unicenter Preferred Service Provider and only a few qualify. As a market leader in the banking/finance, retail and telecommunications industries, Tandem is one of those few. For the last 23 years, Tandem has been meeting the high expectations of its many business-critical customers and has earned a reputation for world-class service and support. We are confident that our Tandem based Unicenter clients will be in good hands." Roel Pieper Roland ("Roel") Pieper (1956 - ) is a Dutch IT-entrepreneur. Pieper was born in Vlaardingen, son of an engineer at a car manufacturer. His father died when Pieper was 20, and on his 18th birthday he was subject to a motoring accident which destroyed his sporting career as a player , CEO of Tandem, said, "Unicenter is the leading enterprise management solution, and it's central to our strategy to complement our own core competencies with those of our partners. As part of our strategic alliance with CA, this agreement produces a real synergy that will benefit our common customers. It enables Tandem to provide these customers with sophisticated, integrated professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for highly reliable, highly manageable business-critical computing." Tandem's close partnership with CA enables Tandem to provide a complete suite of professional services for existing Unicenter products, including 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) . Tandem's CA-trained and experienced Enterprise Management Specialists are available to customers to help successfully implement these products across Tandem's server platform line. -0-
The Tandem Unicenter Professional Services include the following
components:
-- Rapid Assessment Service / limited time, specially priced
implementation analysis service
-- Quick Start / introductory start-up services
-- Planning and Consulting / assessment and planning services
-- Full Implementation / turnkey solutions
-- Migration / from existing Tandem point products
-- other services in process
-0- About CA 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 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 nearly 10,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of US$4 billion in fiscal year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com or calling 516/342-5224. About Tandem Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers Incorporated (NYSE:TDM) designs and delivers technology solutions that companies rely on to compete in a business world that runs 24 hours a day. A US$1.9 billion company headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Tandem has offices, strategic partners, and service providers in more than 50 countries. Tandem press Tandem Press is an independent publisher based in Auckland, New Zealandfounded in 1990. It specializes in New Zealand fiction and non-fiction. It published Alan Duff's Once Were Warriors. External Link
Note to Editors: Tandem, Himalaya, NonStop, and the Tandem logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Windows NT is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Tandem Computers David Collins, 408/285-5833 collins_david@tandem.com or Computer Associates Bob Gordon, 516/342-2391 bobg@cai.com |
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