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842.0. "CA POLYCENTER Press Release" by ZEKE::BURTON (Jim Burton, DTN 381-6470) Wed May 28 1997 16:15

CA EXTENDS UNICENTER TNG TO FULLY SUPPORT OpenVMS


Contact: Bob Gordon, CA, (516) 342-2391 or [email protected]

Offers POLYCENTER Users Free Upgrade
To Next-Generation Multiplatform Management Solution

ISLANDIA, N.Y., May 19, 1997--Computer Associates International, Inc. 
(CA) today announced that it has fully integrated management of 
OpenVMS resources into its industry-leading multiplatform Unicenter 
TNG management solution.  This ground-breaking integration will enable 
OpenVMS users to manage their legacy Digital systems in concert with 
their overall computing environments, rather than treating them as a 
separate "island" of management.

To encourage users to experience the benefits of integrating 
management of OpenVMS resources into their overall enterprise 
management solution, CA is offering a free upgrade to Unicenter TNG to 
users of selected POLYCENTER products.

Because the OpenVMS extensions to Unicenter TNG encompass the 
functions of several POLYCENTER products -- including POLYCENTER 
Console Manager, POLYCENTER Systems Watchdog, POLYCENTER Scheduler and 
POLYCENTER Performance Advisor -- this upgrade will provide these 
POLYCENTER users with significant new management capabilities.  For 
example, a user of POLYCENTER Systems Watchdog would gain additional 
functionality of Console Manager, Scheduler and Performance Advisor at 
no additional cost.

"It's terribly inefficient for IT departments to continue treating 
their OpenVMS systems in a totally separate manner from the rest of 
their computing environment," said Mark Stabler, CA vice president. 
 "With Unicenter TNG, they can now perform troubleshooting, 
performance monitoring, job scheduling, data backup and other key 
management tasks in a unified manner across all their systems 
platforms -- including OpenVMS, MVS, UNIX, AS/400, OS/2 and  Windows 
NT."

According to Stabler, the need to be able to manage OpenVMS in 
conjunction with the rest of the computing environment reflects the 
changing role of OpenVMS systems.  "More and more often, we're seeing 
legacy systems such as OpenVMS being used as the high-end server for 
distributed and/or intranet-style business solutions," he said.  "To 
get a true end-to-end view of how these solutions are performing, it's 
critical to be able to work with all the platforms involved from a 
single integrated console."

Wes Melling, vice president of the Windows NT and OpenVMS Systems 
Group at Digital Equipment Corporation, said, "Today's announcement 
from CA will provide significant and expanded benefits to POLYCENTER 
customers which value the availability and scalability offered by 
OpenVMS.  We commend CA for the outstanding work they have done by 
incorporating POLYCENTER and OpenVMS functionality into the broader 
Unicenter TNG solution."

"By incorporating POLYCENTER functionality within the Unicenter TNG 
enterprise solution, CA has created a strong value proposition for the 
OpenVMS community," said Jeannie M. Freis, senior analyst, Aberdeen 
Group, Inc., Boston.  "Unicenter TNG enhances user productivity 
through a common interface for end-to-end management of multiple 
platforms, therefore reducing costs.  Many CIOs will smile when they 
see bottom line reductions in integration, training, management and 
maintenance costs as well."

The announcement of the OpenVMS management integration and the free 
upgrade offer was made at the DECUS conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Unicenter TNG
Unicenter TNG provides comprehensive end-to-end enterprise management 
for TCP/IP, SNA, IPX/SPX and DECnet networks, and 40 platforms 
including desktops, Windows NT, UNIX, AS/400, NetWare and mainframe 
environments.  Unicenter TNG is the only fully integrated management 
solution covering network discovery, topology, performance, events and 
status, security, software distribution, storage, workload, help desk, 
change management and other functions for traditional distributed 
computing environments, as well as the Internet and Intranets. 
 Unicenter TNG's intelligent manager/agent technology delivers highly 
scalable management of the entire computing environment, including 
hardware and software.

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 9,000 people in 160 offices in 40 countries 
and had revenue of $3.9 billion in calendar year 1996.  CA can be 
reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing 
[email protected] or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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