Data General to Include Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Framework With AViiON Server Family.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1997--CA WORLD '97--Data General Corporation announced today that it will include Computer Associates' newly announced Unicenter TNG TNG Training TNG The Next Generation TNG Tongue TNG The Newspaper Guild (Union) TNG Transitional National Government TNG Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (national facility of the Italian astronomical community) Framework with shipments of its popular AViiON server line. Data General also intends to market, resell and support Unicenter TNG worldwide. "With its advanced features that allow the management and administration of distributed computing environments to be fully automated, Unicenter TNG will help reduce the single largest component of enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. costs," said Bill Wilson, senior vice president, Corporate Marketing for Data General. "We are pleased to be able to provide this enterprise management system software at no additional charge to our AViiON customers." CA's Unicenter TNG Framework includes all the services and tools necessary for building customized management applications. CA is also making the Unicenter software development kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ) available to Data General and its customers to simplify the process of building customized systems management applications. The SDK has all the tools necessary to build management applications that integrate with the Unicenter TNG Framework. Data General's Intel based See Intel-based system. AViiON server line ranges from low-cost departmental servers to powerful enterprise servers, including the company's new AV 20000 server, which has up to 32 Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. processors and is based on high-performance NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) A multiprocessing architecture in which memory is separated into close and distant banks. NUMA is similar to SMP, in which multiple CPUs share a single memory. However, in SMP, all CPUs access a common memory at the same speed. technology. The AViiON line runs three operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , Data General's DG/UX 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). implementation, SCO UnixWare and Microsoft Windows NT Server. "It is a real plus to have Data General, a leader in distributed storage systems, NUMA servers, clustering and network security cast a vote of approval for CAs enterprise management framework by bundling it with their operating systems," said Yogesh Gupta, vice president, Research and Development for Computer Associates. Data General and Computer Associates also said they will continue to collaborate on future product development for enterprise management. About Computer Associates Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA), with headquarters in Islandia, NY, 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 nearly 10,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of $4 billion in fiscal year 1997. 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. About Data General Data General Corporation (NYSE:DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), which is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in providing servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion for fiscal 1996. Additional information on Data General, its products and its services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com -0- AViiON and DG/UX are registered trademarks of Data General Corporation. All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Computer Associates Jim Dunlap Bob Gordon 508/898-6546 516/342-2391 jim_dunlap@dg.com bobg@cai.com |
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