Computer Associates and SCO announce support for CA-Unicenter on SCO OpenServer Release 5.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--Computer Associates (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA) and SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SCOC SCOC Supreme Court of Canada SCOC Second Coming of Christ SCOC System Control and Operations Concept SCOC Saginaw Community Outreach Center (Saginaw, Michigan) ) today announced that support will soon be available for CA-Unicenter on SCO OpenServer Release 5, the next-generation Business Critical Server. CA-Unicenter is the heterogeneous systems management solution for the client/server market, providing a critical management function businesses require for secure, dependable and efficient functioning of mission-critical commercial systems. "The delivery of CA-Unicenter for SCO OpenServer Release 5 is another important milestone in our enterprise management strategy," said Yogesh Gupta, CA senior vice president, product strategy. "CA-Unicenter gives clients the freedom to choose the platforms they require based on their unique business needs while ensuring an integrated management approach. We are pleased to provide our premier enterprise management solution on this widely-accepted 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). base." Chris Holmes, SCO vice president of computing strategy, said, "We are pleased to be able to offer our customers one of the world's premier system management tools. Our vision of distributed computing is well-served by the integration of CA-Unicenter with SCO OpenServer Release 5." CA-Unicenter brings robust management facilities required for enterprise-level computing, including security, scheduling, event management, backup and archiving. It allows organizations to deploy enterprise-wide policies across a heterogeneous environment while enabling decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. administration. SCO OpenServer Release 5 is the only Business Critical Server operating system See network operating system. for the Intel platform that protects customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks, and hardware. Advanced reliability, availability, and scalability features are now built-in, enabling businesses of all sizes to combine the power and security of large-scale systems with the exceptional price-performance value and flexibility of commodity server hardware based on Intel microprocessors. SCO is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host systems, with more unit shipments in 1994 than Sunsoft's Solaris 1 and 2, IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP's HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , and Novell's UnixWare combined (source: IDC, most current data as of 12/94). SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance, and government, as well as corporate departments and small to medium-size businesses of every kind. SCO is also the leading provider of software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with servers from all of the major UNIX System vendors. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, refer to SCO's home page on the World Wide Web URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.sco.com. From the desktop to mainframe, Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE:CA) leads the world in client/server software. Guided by CA90s open architecture, 8,000 dedicated employees in 30 countries develop, license and support more than 300 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, financial and manufacturing applications and consumer solutions. The world's major industrial, government and research organizations depend on CA, whose fiscal year 1995 revenues exceeded $2.6 billion. -0- Note to editors: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , SCO OpenServer, and the SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. The Computer Associates logo and the CA-Unicenter logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Computer Associates International Inc. CONTACT: The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. Barbara LoFranco, 408/427-7157 or Rourke & Company Sandra Skees, 408/453-9194 or Computer Associates International Inc. 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