Computer Concepts' Softworks Subsidiaryto Integrate Ten of Its Products, Including 3 Y2k Products, With IBM'sOS/390 SystemPac-tm-
September 22, 1998 02:41 PM
BOHEMIA, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998--Computer Concepts Corp.'s CCEE SOFTWORKS subsidiary announced today via a press release that it will integrate ten of its enterprise systems management products, including 3 of its year 2000 products - HotDate 2000 WARP, SIMULATE and TEST - with IBM's OS/390 SystemPac(TM) offering.
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SOFTWORKS to INTEGRATE Enterprise systems management products WITH IBM
Alexandria, VA, September 22, 1998 -- SOFTWORKS SWRX has entered into an agreement with IBM to integrate ten of its enterprise systems management products with IBM's OS/390 SystemPac(tm) offering. The agreement provides SOFTWORKS with an avenue for product distribution that complements its extensive direct sales and distribution network, which serves more than 50 countries around the world.
Through the agreement, SOFTWORKS' products for enterprise storage resource management, catalog management, VSAM file management, performance management, and Year 2000 remediation and testing are now available for IBM's OS/390 operating system in a packaged, integrated offering.
IBM's OS/390 SystemPac is a customized package of operating system and related software that allows customers to save time and effort in selecting, acquiring, installing, and testing new software solutions. The OS/390 SystemPac is a vehicle for distributing vendor products and maintenance updates. By purchasing SOFTWORKS products through the OS/390 SystemPac, customers have easy access to best-of-breed systems management solutions.
"Through this agreement, SOFTWORKS broadens its distribution channel and allows IBM customers to quickly implement extensive, and often complex, systems management solutions," said Lisa Welch, SOFTWORKS Vice President of Technology. "This agreement is a natural and exciting fit for SOFTWORKS' customer base. For the first time, it provides customers with an integrated and synchronized mix of IBM system software and leading data, storage, and performance management software."
"SOFTWORKS products are a significant new addition to the OS/390 SystemPac that extend and enhance the versatility of OS/390 for mission critical applications," said John Speacht, S/390 Global Offering Executive, IBM Global Services. "By including these products in one of our most popular systems management bundles, IBM provides its customers with a broader range of Solution Developer products."
The SOFTWORKS products integrated in the OS/390 SystemPac offering include CenterStage for enterprise storage resource management; Catalog Solution for catalog management and recovery; VSAM Quick Index, VSAM Assist, and TeraSam for large file management; Performance Essential and QuickTune for performance management; and HotDate 2000/WARP, HotDate 2000/SIMULATE, and HotDate 2000/TEST for Year 2000 testing and simulation.
SOFTWORKS is a leading global provider of IT solutions for the enterprise and is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol SWRX. Founded in 1977, SOFTWORKS responds to the data and systems management needs of organizations worldwide, supporting customers in more than 50 countries with solutions for enterprise data and storage management, performance management, Year 2000, and professional services. For more information about SOFTWORKS, visit the company's website at www.softworks.com
Computer Concepts develops software tools including d.b.Express that assist end users in the retrieval and visualization of all types of data, and owns approximately 70% of SOFTWORKS. Computer Concepts' d.b.Express Internet Server(TM) has recently been integrated with British Telecom's Syncordia Services' C-View software application which will allows BT's customers to access and analyze the high volumes of technical and account information available within BT's Internet-based databases without having to download the data to their own computers. The new d.b.Express Internet Server(TM) and JAVA Applet have overcome a major Internet problem, that of high data volume and limited bandwidth, currently responsible for the lengthy delays associated with data downloading. Its latest software offering, ComputerCOP, is designed to assist parents, and others, who have little or no computer knowledge, monitor what their children are exposed to on the Internet.
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