Cybermation and Selesta join forces in Europe to capture systems management market.

MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 18, 1996-- Cybermation Inc., a systems management software firm, has announced an agreement which allows Selesta Gestione Centri (Selesta) to distribute its cross-platform job scheduling and workload management software, ESP (Enterprise Systems Platform) products in Italy and Spain. The announcement of its second major distribution relationship in Europe significantly advances Cybermation's move to gain a larger share of the European MVS and distributed systems management markets.

The cornerstone product, ESP Workload Manager provides cross-platform systems management for enterprise-wide scheduling and workload management. It is a complement for Selesta's expertise in software systems for operations automation, and provides a world-class option for Italian and Spanish organizations seeking distributed systems management solutions which will take them into the 21st century.

"Selesta is the premier company in Italy specializing in MVS and distributed systems management solutions," said Michael Cannata, president of Cybermation. "This business relationship will provide Cybermation with significant international growth largely through sales to Selesta's existing customers, which include most of the MVS sites in Italy and Spain, particularly those with a requirement to effectively manage cross-platform workloads." "One of our basic standards for the choice of a product is the dedication of the vendor to its product line. This can be considered to be the best guarantee for quality and continued support of the customer," said Barry Phillips, Vice President of Selesta. "Selesta has found such a partner in Cybermation."

Cybermation Inc. is a Canadian company recognized by its many Fortune 500 customers both as the provider of best-of-breed scheduling and workload management software for distributed computing environments, and for its systems management expertise. Selesta has a built close relationships with its more than 200 customers in Italy alone, which include the top companies across all industry sectors.

Cybermation provides integrated business automation solutions for heterogeneous computing environments, including ESP Workload Manager for cross-platform job scheduling and workload management, ESP Workstation for defining and managing cross-platform workload from a single point of control, ESP Encore for rerun and restart control, ESP Console Manager for console automation, ESP Communication Manager for local to remote ESP communications, and DJC for real-time resource control. Established in 1982, Cybermation was a 1996 finalist in the Financial Post's search for the 50 best-managed private Canadian companies.

Selesta Gestione Centre Operations was established in 1990 to meet the increase in specialized, niche-based needs which Selesta recognized in the Italian software market. It is important for Selesta to concentrate on a limited number of high quality software products to ensure its success. Their philosophy is to offer their customers the best specialists available to support and optimize the use of their products.

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Tina Rogers

Cybermation Inc.

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