Computer Associates Takes a Leading Role by Supporting HP's Next-Generation IA-64-based Systems; Companies Extend Relationship to Deliver Leading Scalability and Ensure Long-term Investment Protection for Mutual Customers.

PALO ALTO, Calif., and ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998--Hewlett-Packard Company and Computer Associates today announced that CA's flagship products, Unicenter TNG and Jasmine, will support HP's future IA-64 (Intel Architecture, 64-bit) based systems.

HP and Intel co-developed EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing), the technology foundation for IA-64. Today's announcement further strengthens Unicenter TNG's position as a leading enterprise-management platform and will enable Jasmine to exploit the performance and scalability of the IA-64 architecture for database applications.

The CA and HP relationship continues to build on both companies' strengths and core competencies to deliver solutions that give their mutual customers significant competitive advantages. When CA introduced Unicenter on UNIX(R) systems in 1993, it selected HP-UX(1) as the development platform. When HP required a solution that would enable customers to integrate management of mainframe and other systems, CA helped meet that need.

Now, the two companies are co-developing solutions that provide enterprise customers with the increased performance, scalability and manageability they need to meet their mission-critical processing requirements. These solutions enable organizations to incorporate a wider range of technologies into their IT infrastructures, including business and management objects, Java(TM) language-based applications, network computers and manageable non-IT devices. HP and CA believe that customers will also experience compelling boosts in performance and scaleability with the combination of IA-64-based systems and CA software.

"This highly strategic collaboration with HP enables us to pursue our mutual long-term goals of market leadership and superior value for our clients," said Reuven Battat, CA executive vice president and general manager, global marketing. "By being among the first to support HP's IA-64-based systems, we will be able to provide our clients with a clear roadmap for the evolution of their Unicenter TNG and Jasmine installations well into the future. HP's co-development work with Intel on EPIC makes it the ideal partner for IA-64 systems."

"As HP's enterprise customers transition to IA-64, enterprise management and object-oriented-database systems will serve an increasingly vital role in the overall IT infrastructure," said Bill Russell, HP vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Systems Group. "We are working to bring to the IA-64 platform software solutions, like Unicenter TNG and Jasmine, to provide customers with leading performance, scalability and long-term investment protection."

In collaborating to engineer IA-64 technology into both Unicenter TNG and Jasmine, CA and HP are bringing the following significant benefits to their customers:

-- Customers who license Unicenter TNG on either HP-UX or Windows

NT(R) can be assured that the application will run on HP's future IA-64 systems. HP's commitment to compatibility will enable those running Unicenter TNG on either platform to transition seamlessly to HP's next-generation IA-64 systems.

-- Customers gain the flexibility to choose between Unicenter TNG on

HP-UX or Windows NT without concern for potential platform limitations, enabling them to deploy system platforms appropriate to their needs.

-- Customers can consider a broader range of applications because of

the availability of 64-bit computing, including such Jasmine-based object-oriented applications as multimedia, Internet, full-motion video and audio.

-- Customers will continue enjoying the high performance and

scalability of today's HP 9000 Enterprise Servers and HP NetServer systems, and HP's future IA-64-based systems will move to an even higher level of performance. By supporting IA-64, Unicenter TNG and Jasmine will experience breakthrough performance as they take full advantage of 64-bit processing.

ABOUT COMPUTER ASSOCIATES

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is a 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 $4.5 billion in calendar year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224.

ABOUT HP

HP is the official information-technology hardware and maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.

Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.

(1) HP-UX Release 10.20 and later and HP-UX Release 11.00 and later (in both 32 and 64-bit configurations) on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX 95 branded products.

UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Java is a U.S. trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Windows NT is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.

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