Companies to Distribute Unicenter TNG Framework Bundled With
Pacific HiTech TurboLinux.
Clustering/Failover Capabilities to Boost Value Of Linux
Throughout Business-Critical Environments.
ISLANDIA, N.Y., and TOKYO, JAPAN, May 18, 1999 — Computer
Associates International, Inc. (CA) and Pacific HiTech today
announced a partnership to broaden the acceptance of Linux and
Linux-based applications by corporate users across the Pacific Rim
and worldwide.
Under terms of the agreement, CA and Pacific HiTech will create
a unique, high-value operating system solution that incorporates
both Pacific HiTech’s TurboLinux and CA’s industry-leading
Unicenter TNG management technology. CA will develop versions of
Unicenter TNG and Unicenter TNG Framework to support TurboLinux,
while Pacific HiTech will promote the use of Unicenter TNG as the
premier management solution for its Linux customer base. The
companies have also agreed to collaborate closely on engineering
multiprocessor clustering and failover support for their respective
solutions.
“In the world of electronic commerce, high availability
provisioning has become more critical than ever,” said Rei Jane
Huai, CA senior vice president and general manager, Asia.
“Together, CA and Pacific HiTech will help bring this level of
reliability to customers through a solution that will be extremely
suitable for revenue-critical applications and services.”
CA and Pacific HiTech will also work together to create a
testing and certification program for independent hardware/software
vendors and other third parties to help ensure the
enterprise-readiness of Linux-based products. This certification
will allow customers to acquire value-added software and/or
hardware solutions with full confidence in their operating system
integration, manageability and stability.
“CA’s impeccable reputation as a vendor of mission-critical
computing solutions such as Unicenter TNG–combined with Pacific
HiTech’s peerless Linux expertise–puts us in a unique position to
provide the essential elements for providing a viable solution for
commercial use,” said Cliff Miller, president and chief executive
officer of Pacific HiTech.
The companies’ integrated solution will provide customers with
seamless, “out-of the-box” integration for streamlined setup and
installation. The Unicenter TNG Framework will provide all
monitoring and discovery capabilities necessary to integrate
TurboLinux servers and desktops into the overall enterprise
management environment. TurboLinux will also provide a
high-performance, low-cost platform for running CA’s Unicenter TNG
enterprise management solution.
The companies will jointly promote the exceptional value,
performance and reliability of Linux to both corporate users and
third-party developers. CA will include a free copy of TurboLinux
to companies receiving the Unicenter TNG Framework in targeted
markets, and Pacific HiTech will distribute a free version of
Unicenter TNG Framework–along with the requisite management
APIs–with TurboLinux. Other marketing activities will include
joint advertising, seminars, online content and other sales
programs.
CA and Pacific HiTech have also committed to ongoing technology
exchange and joint support programs as required to meet the needs
of its mutual clientele.
CA and Pacific HiTech each have an extremely strong presence
throughout Asia, making this partnership instrumental in further
supporting the current rapid proliferation of Linux in Japan, China
and other strategic locations. According to International Data
Corp. (IDC), there are more than 10 million Linux users worldwide.
In 1998, the number of Linux users grew by 212 percent and 17.2
percent of all server hardware licenses sold last year were Linux,
according to IDC.
“Because distributed computing in Asia is still in a growth
phase, the Linux opportunity there is even greater in some ways
than it is in other areas of the world,” said Makoto Nozaki,
Software Group Research Manager of IDC Japan, Ltd. “CA and Pacific
HiTech have the resources and relationships to capitalize on this
growing opportunity.”
About Unicenter TNG Framework
The Unicenter TNG Framework is the only framework to provide
“out-of-the-box” support for a broad range of hardware platforms
and sophisticated framework technologies, such as object
repository, auto discovery and 2D and 3D GUI. The Unicenter TNG
Framework supports the full portfolio of desktop management
standards, including DMTF/DMI 2.0 and IETF/SNMP. The software is
the underlying foundation for Unicenter TNG, 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 the heterogeneous enterprise.
About Pacific HiTech and TurboLinux
Pacific HiTech, founded in 1992 and privately held, is the world’s
fastest-growing Linux company. In 1998, Pacific HiTech shipped more
than 1 million units of Linux. The company produces a suite of
high-performance consumer and corporate Linux products called
TurboLinux for Intel workstation and server platforms that are
available in English, Japanese and Chinese. Pacific HiTech has
strategic relationships with leading hardware and software vendors
in Asia and North America, and its TurboLinux product suite is
supported globally by IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Headquartered in San
Francisco, Pacific HiTech has offices in Tokyo, Beijing and Sydney.
It can be found on the Internet at www.turbolinux.com or, in Japanese,
at www.pht.co.jp.
About Computer Associates
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world
leader in mission-critical business computing, provides software,
support and integration services in more than 100 countries around
the world. CA has more than 14,000 employees and had revenue of
$5.3 billion in fiscal year 1999.
For more information about CA, please call 516-342-5224 or
e-mail info@cai.com. CA’s World
Wide Web address is www.cai.com.
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