Amdahl Corporation Press Release

AMDAHL AND SUNEXPRESS PARTNER TO MARKET STANDARDS-BASED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS

SUNNYVALE, CA (October 31, 1994) --

Amdahl Corporation and SunExpress, the direct marketing subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced today a marketing and distribution agreement that will allow SunExpress to offer Amdahl's standards-based performance management tools for distributed servers in an enterprise. This agreement will broaden Amdahl's reach into Sun Microsystems' installed base.

SunExpress will offer Amdahl's A+View suite of performance management products, which provides comprehensive performance monitoring for distributed heterogeneous computing environments, to new and existing Amdahl customers.

"When Amdahl decided to expand beyond direct sales, it chose SunExpress as an ideal partner for introducing new A+ products and services to the SPARC and Solaris client/server arena," said Scott Claver, business area manager for Amdahl's Enterprise Management Software. "SunExpress' strong customer service focus and responsive delivery is consistent with what our customers have come to expect from Amdahl."

Genelle Trader, marketing and business development director of SunExpress, said: "This partnership expedites the availability of software tools that bring data center features and functionality into the SPARC and Solaris client/server marketplace. This agreement also signals the expansion of SunExpress offerings from add-ons to systems management products."

The A+View performance management software is part of Amdahl's family of system management products, a collection of tools that allow customers to better manage their distributed computing environments. A+UMA and A+OpenTune combine to collect and display both historical and real-time UNIX systems data to detect trends and plan for future systems needs. A+OpenWatch is a distributed threshold monitor, capable of monitoring up to 100 servers for exception conditions to help prevent performance problems in large enterprises. All A+View products are based on the emerging Universal Measurement Architecture standard, which defines a common interface for the gathering, management and reporting of systems data.

Amdahl's A+View performance management products are available through SunExpress by dialing 1-800-USE-SUNX.

About SunExpress

SunExpress, the innovative direct marketing subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides easy access to a wide range of Sun and comp products. SunExpress uses advanced technology such as a state-of-the-art database and a multilingual SunExpress TeleSalesDesk to meet customer needs worldwide. The company's comprehensive product offerings support SPARC, Solaris and other enterprise computing solutions based on the UNIX operating system. Headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, SunExpress is currently serving customers in the United States, Europe and Japan. About Amdahl

Amdahl Open Enterprise Systems (OES) is committed to providing open systems products and technologies for flexible, cost-effective management of computing resources throughout a business enterprise. In addition to the UTS system, OES offerings include the A+ family of data- center-quality software and middleware designed to deliver, drive, and support mission-critical applications on large-scale servers.

Amdahl (AMEX:AMH) is a major supplier of large-scale mainframe d computers, UNIX systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software and a variety of educational and consulting services. Amdahl products are sold in more than 30 countries for use across all types of computing environments.


Amdahl, the Amdahl logo and the UTS system are the registered trademarks and A+View, A+Edition, A+UMA, A+OpenTune and A+OpenWatch are trademarks of Amdahl Corporation. Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, SunExpress, the SunExpress logo, SunExpress TeleSalesDesk, and Solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc. All SPARC trademarks, including the SCD Compliant logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively license through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.


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