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B&L ASSOCIATES PARTNERS WITH COMPUTER ASSOCIATES TO CENTRALIZE REPORTING OF VERTICES MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Vertices achieves "Unicentered" certification...
B&L joins CA Unicenter TNG Development Partner Program...
CA-World 1999, New Orleans - July 19, 1999 -- B&L Associates, Inc., a leading provider of computer media management solutions, today announced that Vertices®, B&L's comprehensive, enterprise-wide open systems media management system, has achieved Computer Associates International, Inc.'s prestigious "Unicentered" level of integration. The integration of Vertices with Unicenter TNG gives IT managers the capability to fully integrate removable media with on-line media management and storage activities. B&L also announced that it has joined CA's Unicenter TNG Development Partner Program.
Vertices manages removable physical media such as magnetic tape, disk, CD-ROM, Digital Linear Tape (DLT), and other media that are generated by today's distributed systems. Vertices manages media from a wide array of sources, including Microsoft Windows NT and UNIX, as well as from traditional mainframe environments. It supports corporate-wide operations, including Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS), as well as departmental and even desktop level software media management.
"Unicenter TNG is the leading enterprise management solution in the IT industry. Unicenter TNG offers customers more choices and investment protection by bringing together CA's core suite of applications with outstanding third-party solutions," said Michael Kramer, B&L Associates' vice president of sales and marketing. "Media management is often handled as a separate function -- disconnected from centralized systems management. By integrating Vertices with Unicenter TNG, CA customers will have the opportunity to make removable media management an integral part of their overall systems control."
"Effective management extends beyond the traditional definition of systems," said Mike LaTorraca, vice president, CA Development Partner Program. "The integration of B&L's Vertices with Unicenter TNG offers our customers a centralized view that gives them new options in controlling and managing critical data on removable media."
B&L is demonstrating the integrated solution at CA World 1999, from July 18-23 in New Orleans. For more information, visit the CA World Web page at www.caworld.com.
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 processes they support. Comprehensive and integrated out-of-the-box functionality, an intuitive Real World Interface, and self-learning, predictive neural network Neugent technology make Unicenter TNG easy to deploy and use, resulting in a rapid return on investment that increases over time.
About B&L Associates
B&L Associates, established in 1975, is the largest media management provider to the Unisys ClearPath marketplace and a leader in open systems media management. The company offers a full suite of data center operations automation products and storage management solutions, as well as on-line scheduling, billing and labeling systems. B&L, with installations in 26 countries, serves some of the world's leading organizations, including Electronic Data Systems (EDS), the Home Shopping Network, the city of Miami, the state of Michigan, the General Services Administration, and Unisys Corporation. B&L is a Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Development Partner and Vertices has achieved the "Unicentered'' level of integration. For further information, contact B&L at 877-VERTICES (877-837-8423) or http://www.bandl.com.
B&L, the B&L Associates logo, the BBARS logos, BL/SCHED, BL/PACK, BL/SOURCE, BL/DIST, and BL/LIB are registered trademarks of B&L Associates, Inc. VERTICES®, the Vertices® logo, and THE POINT WHERE ALL MEDIA COME TOGETHER are registered trademarks and VERTICES AUTOMATION MODULE™, VERTICES AUTOMATION AGENT™, VERTICES BAR CODE SCANNING MODULE™, and VERTICES LABELWRITER MODULE™ are trademarks exclusively licensed to B&L Associates, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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