Computer Associates Taps Exodus Communications to Host NetHaven Division's Turnkey Electronic Commerce Services.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 1997--

Partnership Provides NetHaven Client Web Sites With Superior

Large-Scale Internet Infrastructure And Facilities Management 

Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) today announced it has selected Exodus Communications Inc., the leading Internet Data Center company, to provide hosting and facilities management services for NetHaven, CA's Web development and electronic commerce services business unit.

CA will co-locate NetHaven Web servers and equipment at Exodus' extensive, strategically positioned hosting facilities throughout the United States-ensuring that customer systems are located close to major Internet exchange points (IXPs), provisioned with an abundance of bandwidth, and proactively managed with state-of-the-art tools, including CA's Unicenter TNG enterprise management solution.

NetHaven is responsible for the development and hosting of a number of high-traffic Web sites including Publishers Clearing House, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Weight Watchers International. The partnership with Exodus complements NetHaven's uniquely comprehensive turnkey electronic commerce services for businesses with a co-location infrastructure that provides unrivaled performance and reliability.

"NetHaven has established itself as a superior Web site and electronic commerce development provider, and the alliance with Exodus will provide our clients with enhanced Internet reliability, support and speed," said Adam Yahre, vice president and general manager of NetHaven. "No one else offers the sophistication and ease-of-ownership that NetHaven delivers, coupled with the robust Internet connectivity and effective infrastructure management that Exodus provides."

According to Yahre, Exodus' proven ability to manage heterogeneous systems infrastructure was a key factor in selecting them as CA's Internet hosting partner. "Customers need to have a choice in deploying UNIX and/or Windows NT servers according to their own hosting requirements," he said. "Exodus has a tremendous track record in supporting such mixed environments for some of the highest volume Internet commerce sites."

Under the agreement, NetHaven client sites will have direct connections to Exodus' redundant, fully meshed, self-healing network of high-speed ATM and sonic ring circuits. Because Exodus exchanges Internet traffic from their wide-area backbone with Internet Service Providers at major Internet connection points-including PB-NAP, MAE-West, MAE-East, MAE-LA, Sprint and CIX-NetHaven sites can remain accessible to Internet users worldwide even when sections of the Internet experience congestion or failure.

NetHaven designs, deploys and manages interactive, commerce-ready Web sites for organizations of all types, eliminating staffing, training and capital burdens of maintaining a Web presence while ensuring access to state-of-the-art technologies. NetHaven distinguishes itself from other Web outsourcing services through its user-friendly InstantWeb tools, which give customers the simplified, timely control they need over their Web content and applications from a secure browser interface.

"The turnkey application and content services NetHaven provides perfectly complement the industrial-strength network and systems infrastructure we provide," said Barry James Folsom, Exodus vice president of marketing and sales. "Our partnership with CA's NetHaven Internet division will significantly increase the number of premier Web sites co-located at Exodus, and we look forward to the rapid expansion of NetHaven Web sites."

Folsom added that Exodus' implementation of CA's Unicenter TNG also will be a major benefit to NetHaven customers. "Exodus and CA are uniquely positioned to keep up with the ever-changing demands of electronic commerce, as issues such as site replication and 'push' distribution become increasingly important to maintaining a competitive business advantage on the Internet."

"By piggybacking on the extensive infrastructure and management investments that Exodus already has in place, NetHaven has added another important edge to its strong market position," said Barbara Ells, analyst at Zona Research, Redwood City, Calif. "With the value of Internet-related hardware, software and services predicted to reach $107 billion by the year 2000-and a constantly changing technology landscape-corporate decision-makers would be wise to look at the potentially high-ROI package NetHaven is offering."

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 nearly 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.

NetHaven, a division of Computer Associates International Inc., leverages CA's enterprise management and database expertise to provide complete Web-based business solutions. All of NetHaven's services are focused on empowering clients to manage their own data and content, regardless of their experience level with HTML or other programming languages. Modular services include electronic commerce, interactive discussion forums, online coupon generation, interactive questionnaires, job postings, and agent/franchise systems. These modules are customized for each client to provide an integrated and complete turnkey solution in a very short time frame. For more information on NetHaven services, visit http://www.ca-nethaven.com, email [e-mail], or call 1-516-342-5224.

Exodus Communications pioneered the market for Internet Data Centers in 1996. The company is the leading provider of co-location services to the growing number of content providers, search engines, Web advertisers, gaming companies, e-commerce companies and communications firms using the Internet as a critical part of their businesses. The company manages Internet Web sites and its network infrastructure from Internet Data Centers in Santa Clara, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. Future Internet Data Center expansion includes international presence in the United Kingdom and Japan by the end of 1997. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

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