Computer Associates and Intraware Join Forces to Deliver Life Cycle eBusiness Infrastructure Asset Management.Business Editors ISLANDIA, N.Y. & ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001 Integration Of Argis With Unicenter Provides Customers With Complete Planning-Through-Disposal Tools To Reduce Infrastructure Ownership Costs Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA), and Intraware, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITRA ITRA International Tire and Rubber Association ITRA Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance ) today announced an agreement under which users of CA's Unicenter infrastructure management software will be able to take advantage of Intraware's innovative Argis life cycle asset management product suite to enhance their existing asset management capabilities. The combined Unicenter/Argis offering will enable customers to track and manage all eBusiness infrastructure assets, regardless of vendor or platform, throughout their life cycle -- from planning to disposal -- to significantly reduce total ownership costs and optimize the use of IT capital budgets. The Intraware Argis product suite complements Unicenter's robust asset discovery and inventory capabilities with a data repository See repository. that simplifies management of financial, contractual and technical information about infrastructure resources. In addition to managing software licenses In computing, software that is copyrighted and licensed under a software license is done under a variety of licensing schemes. For end-users there are proprietary licenses and there are free software licenses, and there are proprietary Within these schemes are further classifications. , hardware configurations and other infrastructure resources across the enterprise, this combined solution provides web-based reporting capabilities that can be used to determine operating efficiencies and to obtain optimal return-on-investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) from all types of IT assets. "As IT spending becomes an increasingly strategic component of corporate finance, executive decision-makers need better financial insight into their companies' IT asset base," said Allan Andersen, vice president, IT resource management solutions, CA. "The potent combination of Unicenter and Intraware's Argis suite delivers an ideal solution for achieving this critical insight, even in the most complex, heterogeneous enterprise eBusiness environments." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner (John Oborn - May 2001), "Integrated Asset Management (IAM IAM - Interactive Algebraic Manipulation. Interactive symbolic mathematics for PDP-10. ["IAM, A System for Interactive Algebraic Manipulation", C. Christensen et al, Proc Second Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM Mar 1971]. ) is a critical success factor for CIOs in meeting corporate fiscal goals and in positioning IT alignment with business unit strategic goals." Typically, however, organizations lack a single process for tracking the status of IT assets in use and available for deployment. CA's end-to-end eBusiness management capabilities and Intraware's life cycle planning tools address this critical eBusiness requirement. "As companies attempt to become more disciplined in their cost-justification of technology projects, IT managers must improve their ability to track and manage technology assets from a business perspective," said Ron Exler, Director of Research for the Robert Frances Group. "Intraware's Argis solution and CA's Unicenter solutions complement each other, offering IT managers both the effective data collection and the business-oriented processes necessary to fulfill these increasingly important asset management capabilities." Under the agreement, CA will resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. the combined Unicenter/Argis offering to customers worldwide. "We are excited to enter this agreement with Computer Associates, as it will significantly expand Intraware's reach into top-tier enterprises," said Peter Jackson, 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. of Intraware. "Effective IT asset management is a critical success factor for every company, and Computer Associates -- with over 99% of the Fortune 500 in its customer base -- is uniquely positioned to help companies succeed in this arena. We're pleased they have chosen to offer our solution in conjunction with Unicenter, which is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for enterprise management." About Computer Associates Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) delivers The Software That Manages eBusiness. CA's world-class solutions address all aspects of eBusiness process management, information management, and infrastructure management in six focus areas: enterprise management, security, storage, eBusiness transformation and integration, portal and knowledge management, and predictive analysis and visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all . Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than 100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit: http://ca.com. About Intraware Intraware, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITRA) is a leading provider of Internet-enabled information technology (IT) management solutions that enable corporations to optimize their IT investments. Intraware's unique spectrum of innovative IT management solutions has attracted strategic relationships with industry-leading vendors, including iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance (Sun-Netscape Alliance, Santa Clara, CA) A joint venture of Sun and Netscape to market Netscape's Web-based software products. The Alliance was formed when AOL acquired Netscape in 1999 to take advantage of the fact that the bulk of Netscape software was already running on Sun hardware. . Intraware is headquartered in Orinda, California “Orinda” redirects here. For other uses, see Orinda (disambiguation). Orinda is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 17,599 at the 2000 census. Orinda is a well-known community in the San Francisco Bay Area. , and can be reached by phone at 888/446-8729, 925/253-4500 or www.intraware.com Forward Looking Statements The statements in this news release referring to CA's promotion and sale of Intraware Argis software and the anticipated results of that relationship, and other statements in this release which are not historical facts, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involving a number of risk factors and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in this news release include early termination of the agreement pursuant to its terms or reduction in demand for asset management software. Further information on potential factors that could affect Intraware's financial results is included in Intraware's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the 2001 fiscal year, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 13, 2001. Copies of this and other Intraware filings with the SEC are available without charge from Intraware or online at http://www.intraware.com. Note to Editors: All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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