Computer Associates grants CA-Unicenter reseller rights to major Digital Equipment Corp. business partner.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1996-- Dymaxion Research Ltd. To Provide CA's Enterprise Management Solutions To Canadian Atlantic Businesses, Educational Institutions And Governments Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced that Dymaxion Research Ltd., a leading provider of hardware, software and technical services, as well as an Authorized Digital Equipment Corp. (Digital) Business Partner, has become a CA-Unicenter value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VAR). Dymaxion will distribute and support CA's award winning enterprise management software in New Brunswick New Brunswick, province, Canada New Brunswick, province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. , Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography , Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. , Labrador and Newfoundland. Dymaxion, one of Nova Scotia's leading information technology firms, designs, develops, implements and supports systems, networks, peripheral devices and software applications for heterogeneous computing environments. Dymaxion's certified technical staff provides a full range of consulting services for businesses, government agencies, academic institutions and health care companies in Canada, the U.S. and Australia. "Responding to the real computing needs of our clients is critically important to Dymaxion," said Nick Jupp, vice president of operations at Dymaxion Research Ltd. "Dymaxion supplies only the best solutions for our customers that's why we've made a commitment to Computer Associates and CA-Unicenter. Our partnership with CA fits in perfectly with our strategy to provide comprehensive multi-platform solutions. We're very excited to bring CA-Unicenter to Canada's east coast corporations, agencies and institutions." In addition to representing CA and Digital, Dymaxion will continue to sell and support products from NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Hewlett Packard, AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , Compaq, Microsoft and several other leading technology vendors. "The CA/Dymaxion business partnership is a golden opportunity for both companies," said Mark Marron mar·ron n. See Spanish chestnut. [French; see maroon2.] , CA senior vice president of business partner programs. "Dymaxion's expertise in systems management, commercial applications, networking, and Internet technologies provides the perfect foundation for the deployment of advanced CA-Unicenter enterprise management solutions. We look forward to working with Dymaxion to take full advantage of the enormous opportunities in Atlantic Canada." Along with being a prominent technology reseller, Dymaxion builds customized commercial applications, and has developed two award-winning proprietary software systems. Dymaxion's "Medianet" software controls video and film inventory and distribution for universities, school boards, public libraries and government agencies. Its "Practimax" application solves a complete range of business management issues for doctors and dentists, including billing, records storage, appointment scheduling, financial reporting and overall practice management. CA-Unicenter provides comprehensive end-to-end enterprise management for TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. and DECnet networks, and 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). , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , AS/400, NetWare and mainframe platforms. Using scalable manager/agent technology, CA-Unicenter allows organizations to manage production environments through its integrated policy-based management infrastructure, common management applications and consistent graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . CA-Unicenter is the only fully integrated management solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and status, security, software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, and change management for traditional distributed computing environments, as well as the Internet and Intranets. General information on CA's Business Partner Programs is available by calling (800) Team-VAR (1-800-832-6827) in the U.S. and Canada, or by accessing CA's home page at http://www.cai.com/bpp/varsity.htm. Resellers, consultants and independent software vendors interested in becoming authorized VARsity Club members may also call (800) 832-6827. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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 9,000 people in 130 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of more than $3.5 billion in fiscal year 1996. 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. Dymaxion Research Ltd. has been an authorized reseller and network installer of many high quality computer products, and the developer of business application software products since 1973. Dymaxion, with annual sales exceeding seven million dollars, employs over 40 individuals in Nova Scotia, and others in British Columbia and Ohio. Dymaxion has been named as one of Atlantic Canada's Top 101 Companies (Doane Raymond survey, Atlantic Progress, September 1996 issue). All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Herman Chin, CA Suzanne Saul, Dymaxion (516) 342-2364 (902) 422-1973, ext. 153 hermanc@cai.com ssaul@dymaxion.com |
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