AlertIT technology is the latest enhancement to AMD's Managed Performance Portfolio of hardware, software, and firmware solutions that improve network performance and system manageability to help lower a PCs total cost of ownership. To provide seamless management, AMD and CA plan to make the AlertIT technology fully support Unicenter TNG's management infrastructure. AMD's AlertIT technology is supported in the Am79C975 PCnet™ -FAST III controller, a fully integrated, 10/100 Mbps physical layer and media access controller that is currently sampling.

"The combination of Unicenter TNG and AMD's AlertIT technology gives systems administrators the management capabilities needed to keep today's demanding enterprise computing environments functioning smoothly," said Ken Farber, CA senior vice president of strategic business alliances. "Computer Associates has consistently supported AMD's management innovations, such as their Magic Packet™ technology for remote system wake-up, and we plan to continue supporting the extended management features that AMD builds into its products."

"Extending our relationship with Computer Associates, the leading enterprise management software vendor, helps ensure that network administrators have access to the advanced management functionality AMD integrates into its networking devices," said Laila Razouk, vice president of the Network Products Division at AMD. "Supporting extended management functionality at the silicon level is a top priority for the next-generation integrated controller AMD plans to introduce during the first half of 1999."

AMD has been offering CA's Unicenter TNG Framework as part of its Managed Performance Portfolio since April 1998. The Unicenter TNG Framework helps AMD provide its customers with a complete hardware and software solution that includes the tools required by network administrators to carry out crucial management functions, such as auto discovery, hands-free management, scheduling and virus protection.

AlertIT Technology
AMD's AlertIT technology builds from industry standard technologies -- such as the Inter-IC (I2C) and System Management Bus (SMBus), the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) -- to offer new levels of management capabilities that help network administrators minimize network downtime. AlertIT technology is a hardware and software solution that automatically alerts system administrators of potential system problems before they occur or changes to a networked system. Key features and benefits of the technology include:

• Immediate access to remote system information such as operating parameters or potential hardware failures or system configuration changes. This information can help reduce life-cycle maintenance costs by minimizing the need to visit individual desktops for various housekeeping tasks;
• Capability to send automatic alerts when remote PCs begin to have problems. This capability enhances remote accessibility and overall manageability of networked systems;
• Automatic alerts that warn network administrators when systems are tampered with or altered -- whether during normal operation or while powered-down -- thereby providing 24-hour security.

About Unicenter TNG
By automatically managing the enterprise computing environment, Unicenter TNG optimizes the availability of business-critical services to help reduce the total cost of ownership. Enterprise assets including the Internet/intranet and even non-IT equipment, like automated teller machines can be managed based on the business processesthey support. Comprehensive and integrated out-of-the-box functionality and an intuitive Real World Interface make Unicenter TNG easy to deploy and use, resulting in a rapid return on investment that increases over time.

About Computer Associates
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 $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998.

Cautionary Statement
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