MK Group begins full-scale delivery of MK Manufacturing for Windows NT.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 1997-- Powerful Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. Solution Becomes Available For 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. Environment The MK Group, an independent business unit of Computer Associates International, Inc., today began full-scale distribution of MK Manufacturing for Windows NT. MK Manufacturing, formerly known as CA-MANMAN/X, is one of the industry's premiere ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems. MK Manufacturing is a comprehensive, rules-based solution that is ideally suited for assemble-to-order, make-to-order, configure-to-order, engineer-to-order, light repetitive or mixed mode manufacturers. The advantages of operating MK Manufacturing in the Windows NT environment include scalability, deployment as a two or three tiered client/server solution and simplicity in daily operation. "The availability on Windows NT broadens MK Manufacturing's ability to manage clients of all sizes," stated Kurt Seibert, General Manager of the MK Group. Since September 1996, MK Manufacturing for Windows NT has been in controlled release to selected clients and strategic partners, many of whom have leveraged MK Manufacturing's customization capabilities to meet specific business requirements. As an open system, MK Manufacturing is also available to support users of UNIX systems by Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Digital and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . The MK Group, an independent Business Unit of Computer Associates International, Inc., provides complete manufacturing and distribution solutions that are in place and helping over 4,000 manufacturers meet their business goals. These sites range from regional companies to divisions of large international companies who require global enterprise solutions. The MK Group provides software for these enterprises on Windows NT and the 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). platforms from Hewlett-Packard, Digital, IBM and Sun Microsystems in a variety of relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. environments. The MK Group also offers solutions in the Hewlett-Packard MPE/iX and Digital OpenVMS environments. The MK Group is global in scope and offers full support in business consulting, implementation services and custom programming services. 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 Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 9,000 people in 130 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of $3.9 billion in calendar 1996. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com or calling 516-342-5224. The MK Group logo and MK Manufacturing are trademarks of Computer Associates International, Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: MK Group Mike Finnegan, 516/342-4493 |
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