From: "Michele Arnold" <Michele_Arnold@mcgrathpowerpr.com>
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Pacific HiTech & Computer Associates Partnership Announcement
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:46:03 -0700

CA AND PACIFIC HITECH TEAM UP TO DELIVER HIGH-POWER
CORPORATE LINUX SOLUTION FOR ASIAN AND WORLD MARKETS

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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