Tandem Supports CA's Unicenter TNG Framework Program; Tandem to Supply Framework Software with its Windows NT Server Systems.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1997--Tandem Computers Incorporated, an industry leader in business-critical computing, announced today at CA-WORLD its support for 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, Computer Associates' (CA's) open, cross-platform enterprise management platform that helps clients and third-party vendors create an IT (information technology) management environment that enables applications to work together in a cohesive fashion. The Unicenter TNG Framework includes event management services, discovery services See service discovery. , scheduling services, Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. and GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. services, along with an industry-standard object repository to simplify the integration of application messages and events from many different systems management products. Tandem will supply Framework software with its 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. Server-based systems. Pauline Nist, senior vice president of Tandem's Parallel Systems Group, said, "Unicenter TNG Framework will help CA maintain its leadership in the field of enterprise management solutions. CA has incorporated many tools and services into an integrated management solution that will help others cost-effectively build customized, cross-platform management applications. As part of our ongoing strategic relationship with CA, Tandem strongly supports the Unicenter TNG Framework." CA's Unicenter TNG is the industry-leading integrated enterprise management solution for large-scale, multiplatform computing. It enables organizations to manage all IT resources, networks, systems, applications and databases in a heterogeneous environment Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. . CA has the largest enterprise-management client base in the world including 800 user groups with more than 50,000 active participants. Tandem is widely recognized as the leader in business-critical computing. Its reliable, scalable systems process 90 percent of the world's securities transactions, 80 percent of the world's automated teller machines automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. (ATMs), and 66 percent of the credit card transactions -- and they are used by 35 of the largest telecommunications companies. Tandem systems handle more than US$3 trillion dollars of transactions every day. In a strategic partnership signed last year, Tandem and CA agreed that Tandem systems would standardize on Unicenter, including NonStop(R) Himalaya(R) servers and Windows NT Server-based systems. In addition, the two companies agreed to jointly develop a Unicenter extension that brings high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. to multiplatform environments, including Windows NT Server and 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). (R) systems. About CA 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 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 US$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 516/342-5224. About Tandem Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers Incorporated (NYSE:TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) designs and delivers technology solutions that companies rely on to compete in a business world that runs 24 hours a day. A US$1.9 billion company headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Tandem has offices, strategic partners, and service providers in more than 50 countries. -0- Note To Editors: Tandem, Himalaya, NonStop, and the Tandem logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Windows NT is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. If you are interested in viewing information about Tandem, please visit the Tandem home page at http://www.tandem.com . To receive product information, call 800/482-6336 in the United States and Canada. To request information via e-mail, send a message to info@tandem.com . Tandem press materials are also available on NEWSdesk International on the World Wide Web at http://www.newsdesk.com . CONTACT: Tandem Computers Incorporated R-169 David Collins, 408/285-5833 World Wide Web: www.tandem.com |
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