REPEAT/Computer Associates and Fujitsu Ship Simplified Chinese Version of Jasmine.

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1998--

Double-Byte Version Of Pure Object Multimedia Database Brings

World-Class Capabilities To Chinese Market

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) and Fujitsu Limited today announced the general availability of the simplified Chinese version of Jasmine. Developed jointly by CA and Fujitsu, Jasmine is the first pure object solution for building next-generation business systems over the Internet and client/server computing environments. Jasmine also offers developers an object-oriented platform ideally suited for dynamic multimedia applications while delivering the integrity and practical data management required for mainstream business solutions.

Jasmine is the only solution of its kind that employs double-byte coding -- a technology which dedicates two bytes of memory to certain characters -- enabling it to accommodate the large number of characters in the Chinese language. "Bringing the industry-leading object capabilities of Jasmine to the Chinese market illustrates CA's strong commitment to our Chinese clients," said CA Chairman and CEO Charles B. Wang. "This breakthrough technology marks an important milestone in CA's and Fujitsu's efforts to bring Jasmine to clients throughout the world."

Jasmine comes with comprehensive class libraries for creating and managing complex data types, including graphics, animation, audio, time-series, global positioning coordinates and full-motion video. It supports a wide range of next-generation applications -- from electronic commerce to business-to-business extranets, from information kiosks to life-saving smart-cards, from internal communications to enhanced customer service, Jasmine is changing the way organizations use technology for competitive advantage. Enterprise data connectivity and adherence to industry standards make it easy to connect Jasmine applications to the rest of the information enterprise.

"Jasmine provides companies in the Chinese market with the ability to leverage sophisticated data types in today's Internet and client/server based applications while helping to ensure that these attractive applications are robust and reliable," said Takesi Maruyama, executive vice president at Fujitsu. "With this solution, Fujitsu and Computer Associates have once again advanced object database technology for the global IT environment."

"We have been waiting for a solution like Jasmine to improve and enhance our object technology research," said Mr. JianXun Chen, Dean of the Computer Science Department, China Textile University, Shanghai, PRC. "We are convinced that object databases will become increasingly important in the future, and the advanced technology of Jasmine provides the ideal vehicle for us."

Jasmine is a comprehensive solution to build and deploy multimedia applications over client/server and networked computing environments. Jasmine provides extensive support for all types of information beyond text and numbers, such as video, sound and images. It also delivers universal data integration over an enterprise network, from desktop to mainframe, regardless of data source.

Jasmine supports all the features that give object-oriented databases their power, such as inheritance, instance-level and class-level properties, instance methods and class methods that can be executed on both clients and servers. Jasmine class libraries fully manage multimedia data, including bit maps, animation, audio, and full-motion video. An SQL class library permits Jasmine to access and update relational data.

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 $4.5 billion in calendar year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing [e-mail], or calling 1-516-342-5224.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited is a global information technology leader and solution provider with FY1996 sales of more than $36 billion. One of the world's largest computer makers, it is also an international leader in telecommunications, semiconductors and other electronic devices. Its U.S. operations include four manufacturing plants in California, Oregon and Texas. The company employs 165,000 people worldwide. URL: http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/index-e.html. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

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