Coopers & Lybrand Subsidiary to Resell CA-Unicenter and CA-OpenIngres.

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 28, 1996--

Canadian VAR, Sages Systems International Inc., Expands Relationship With Computer Associates

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) announced today that Sages Systems International Inc. of Boucherville, Quebec, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coopers & Lybrand Canada, has been named an authorized CA-Unicenter and CA-OpenIngres VAR. The reseller will utilize CA's award winning enterprise management and relational database technologies to develop solutions that enhance clients' complex business and IT environments.

Sages, a major sales organization within Big Six accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand, is also a leading integrator of open systems solutions for clients throughout North America. The subsidiary develops, implements and supports fully-integrated open systems computing solutions and provides a full complement of services related to the installation, execution, training and post-sales support of both packaged and customized applications.

"Sages has become a leader in client/server systems integration by offering customers highly functional, reliable and economical solutions to their computing challenges," said Pierre Paquet, president of Sages Systems International. "With CA-Unicenter and CA-OpenIngres, we will be able to deliver robust, secure, end-to-end enterprise management along with the industry's most dynamic relational database management tool for mission-critical computing."

"We are very excited about taking our alliance with Sages Systems International to the next level," said Mark Marron, senior vice president of business partner programs at CA. "Sages is an extremely capable integrator of open systems technologies, as well as a key sales organization within Coopers & Lybrand. Their business acumen, advanced systems integration capabilities and experience in implementing client/server solutions for companies throughout Canada and the U.S. makes them a very qualified addition to the CA-Unicenter and CA-OpenIngres VAR programs."

In addition to employing and supporting CA-Unicenter and CA-OpenIngres solutions, Sages will continue to be a major reseller of CA's comprehensive manufacturing management solution, Manufacturing Knowledge (MK), formerly known as CA-Manman/X.

CA-Unicenter provides comprehensive end-to-end enterprise management for TCP/IP, SNA and DECnet networks, and UNIX, Windows NT, 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. 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.

CA-OpenIngres is the multi-platform relational DBMS designed for mission-critical business processing. Offering the leading capabilities of distributed database technologies, including replication, query optimization and active data management, CA-OpenIngres is ideally suited for advanced data warehousing and mobile computing applications.

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 [phone].

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 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 [e-mail] or calling 1-516-342-5224.

Sages Systems International Inc. specializes in the implementation and support of world class, fully-integrated manufacturing and distribution software solutions. Sages' headquarters are in Boucherville, Quebec, with a branch office in Toronto, Ontario. Sages professionals provide all the services related to the sale, installation, implementation, education and on-going support for both packaged and custom solutions. Founded in 1982, Sages is, since 1995, a division of Coopers & Lybrand Canada. -0-

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CONTACT: Computer Associates

Herman Chin, 516/342-2364

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Sages Systems International

Richard Paquet, 514/655-6563