ASG Acquires Platinum Products.(Allen Systems Group acquires mainframe systems management applications from Computer Associates)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)

Enterprise Systems Journal, January, 2000

Allen Systems Group Inc. (ASG) has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice to acquire specific Platinum mainframe systems management software products and related assets from Computer Associates (CA). To comply with U.S. anti-trust regulations, CA was forced to divest specific products that it acquired when CA purchased Platinum Technology International. These include products formerly known as AutoSys/Zeke for VSE and MVS (including AutoSys/GWS), AutoRerun, AutoMedia and CCC/Life Cycle Manager. ASG estimates these products may bring in nearly $35 million in revenue in 2000.

ASG employs nearly 350 worldwide. Based on projected software revenue, ASG will soon be one of the world's top 100 overall software providers.

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