IAI and CA Announce Availability of UNICAST/2000 for CA-Easytrieve Plus for Use in Solution Factories.FAIRFAX, Va. and ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1998-- Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 Tool To Convert Programs Written in CA's Popular Database Query Language (database) database query language - A language in which users of a database can (interactively) formulate requests and generate reports. The best known is SQL. Information Analysis 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 :IAIC IAIC Interagency Acquisition Internet Council IAIC Intra-Army Interoperability Certification (Central Technical Support Facility; Ft, Hood, TX) ) and Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA) today announced that UNICAST/2000 for CA-Easytrieve Plus is now available for use in solution factories. This powerful analysis and intelligent remediation tool automates Year 2000 compliance for CA-Easytrieve Plus applications by remediating or changing logic in programs written using that language. UNICAST/2000 for Easytrieve Plus is a key component of CA Discovery 2000, an integrated solution to address the Year 2000 challenge and effectively transition legacy applications into the 21st century. It can find and correct data elements in CA-Easytrieve Plus applications to help make these applications Year 2000 compliant a. 1. (Computers) having dates fully and properly represented, and not susceptible to failure due to the year 2000 bug. . CA-Easytrieve Plus is a powerful productivity language for thousands of mission critical mainframe applications. Used by both business and information processing information processing: see data processing. information processing Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer-based operations. professionals, it provides easy-to-use information retrieval, sophisticated report writing, and comprehensive application development capabilities. The fast, accurate remediation provided by UNICAST/2000 is exactly what our Eastrieve Plus clients need for Year 2000 compliance," said Mark Stabler, vice president of CA's Year 2000 business unit. "We are delighted to once again be working together with IAI IAI Infection And Immunity (journal) IAI International Alliance for Interoperability IAI Institut für Angewandte Informatik IAI Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research IAI International Association for Identification to meet the requirements of this large user base." UNICAST/2000 for Easytrieve Plus will initially be available for use by "solutions factories," including IAI's Fairfax International Solutions Factory in Virginia. Solution factories are typically facilities that remediate millions of lines of code The statements and instructions that a programmer writes when creating a program. One line of this "source code" may generate one machine instruction or several depending on the programming language. A line of code in assembly language is typically turned into one machine instruction. for different organizations, fixing the code on computers of the same type where the applications currently run. Because they can remediate a large volume of code in a very short time, these factories provides a highly efficient, cost-effective way for organizations to fix their applications. "UNICAST/2000 for CA-Easytrieve provides an excellent Year 2000 compliance solution," said Stan Reese, Senior Vice President for Professional Services and head of IAI's Fairfax International Solutions Factory. "We see remediated code running very smoothly. Like all UNICAST/2000-based products, UNICAST/2000 for Easytrieve Plus provides a superb audit trail for independent validation and verification. It is fast, efficient, and thorough." UNICAST/2000 for CA-Easytrieve Plus is the third in a series of products that remediate popular CA languages, including CA-ADS and CA-IDMS COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. . UNICAST/2000 for CA-Easytrieve Plus will be marketed jointly by CA and IAI. Factory partners licensed to use the product include CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. International; ManTech International; Comarco Systems, Inc.; Software International (Malaysia); and Software Control International/Samsung SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. . About Information Analysis Information Analysis Incorporated (www.infoa.com), headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a world-class provider of products and services for automated transition engineering of computer systems. IAI provides highly automated software and platform conversion, modernization and migration. Through its UNICAST/2000 product family, IAI provides clients the ability to achieve Year 2000 compliance in-house or off-site at IAI's or other certified solution factories. About Computer Associates 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 over 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998. CA can be reached by visiting www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224. Additional information for investors This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding the Company's business, customer prospects, or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Investors should read and understand the risk factors detailed in the Company's 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All product names referenced herein are the trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Neal H. Sanders, IAI, (703) 279-7010 nsanders@infoa.com or Patrick Karle, CA (516) 342-2487 karpa01@cai.com |
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