Computer Associates Provides Unsurpassed Virus Protection for Large, Complex Environments With InoculateIT Advanced Edition.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--

Automated, Centralized Management Is Key To Leveraging Industry's

Proven Top Performer Against Rising Threat

Addressing the needs of mid-to-large size companies for an effective, economical enterprise virus protection solution, Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced InoculateIT Advanced Edition.

Available exclusively through CA's indirect distribution channels, InoculateIT Advanced Edition delivers CA's award-winning antivirus technology with the centralized administration facilities essential for protecting complex heterogeneous environments.

The powerful, single-point management features of InoculateIT Advanced Edition include automated rapid deployment and updating of all servers --including email servers which can be particularly vulnerable to virus infection-- and networked clients throughout the enterprise. This hands-free updating is essential to effective protection, since new virus strains are continually emerging. CA makes the updates available over the Internet to InoculateIT Advanced Edition customers free on a periodic basis or immediately when a new virus alert is issued. Updated signatures are then automatically distributed across the network to all potential points-of-entry for continual protection against virus infections.

"Even the best virus protection technology won't do you any good if you can't easily apply it to every potential point-of-entry," said Gordon Twilegar, CA director of security strategy. "InoculateIT Advanced Edition helps CA clients safeguard all of their critical resources with extremely effective detection and isolation tools --without requiring IT staffs to devote countless hours to the process."

InoculateIT Advanced Edition provides realtime virus protection by continually detecting and curing potentially damaging viruses. Its sophisticated virus scanning engine uses advanced techniques to detect and cure all kinds of viruses, including the increasingly prevalent and damaging stealth and macro viruses. Using an advanced rule-based detection method, InoculateIT Advanced Edition can detect even unknown macro viruses, before they impose damage on the network. The effectiveness of CA's virus detection technology has been recognized by independent testing laboratories and leading industry publications as providing superior proactive defense against all forms of virus attack.

"With the onslaught of Internet borne viruses, we are recommending that our customers deploy multiple levels of antivirus protection using InoculateIT Advanced Edition," said Adrian Ambarus, president, Global Technologies, Inc., a comprehensive security and enterprise management services and solutions provider. "InoculateIT has the leading antivirus management capabilities and easily scales from the smallest to the largest of our customers."

All servers, workstations and groupware systems protected by InoculateIT Advanced Edition can be easily grouped and managed from a central console to simplify viewing, configuring, and scanning of all InoculateIT machines. InoculateIT Advanced Edition notifies administrators of all critical virus incidents from any server in the environment using a variety of methods, including email, pager, and alerts to the Unicenter TNG console.

InoculateIT Advanced Edition is tightly integrated with ARCserveIT, the industry-leading storage management solution for Windows NT and NetWare, allowing customers to scan files for viruses during backup without adversely impacting backup performance. InoculateIT Advanced Edition pricing starts at $695.

CA also offers InoculateIT Advanced Edition Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes Options. These powerful options provide complete protection against viruses that can be transmitted through email and documents within groupware.

InoculateIT Advanced Edition is one of the newest additions to CA's Advanced Edition product line. Advanced Edition products are available exclusively through CA's global reseller distribution channel. They enable VARs, system integrators and other CA channel partners to address the increasingly sophisticated IT management requirements of mid-to-large sized organizations. Because of their relatively limited internal IT staffs, these organizations are typically very dependent on reseller/integrator partners to meet their technology challenges. The CA Advanced Edition product line provides the channel with enterprise-class solutions for these challenges at a price point that makes sense for their target customers/clients.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), the world leader in mission-critical business computing, provides software, support and integration services in more than 100 countries around the world. CA has more than 13,000 employees and had revenue of $5.1 billion in calendar year 1998. For more information about CA, please call 516-342-5224 or email [e-mail]. CA's World Wide Web address is www.cai.com.

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