Cyborg Systems and CA form alliance to jointly offer the strength of CA-Openingres and The Solution Series/ST; Cyborg joins the CA-Openingres ISV Business Partner Program sponsored by Computer Associates

Business Wire, June 17, 1996

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1996--Cyborg Systems, a worldwide provider of client/server Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS), today announced its participation in Computer Associates' (CA) CA-Openingres(R) ISV Business Partner Program. Cyborg Systems and CA can now jointly offer the combined strength and flexibility of the CA-Openingres database and toolkit and The Solution Series/ST(R) HRMS.

Cyborg Systems has supported CA-Ingres since 1994. This multi-platform Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) has been a popular choice for Cyborg's worldwide customer base. The Solution Series/ST currently runs on CA-Ingres 6.4. Cyborg Systems is planning to support CA-Openingres 1.2 in a future release.

"The relationship with Computer Associates continues Cyborg's tradition of providing comprehensive technology choice to our growing customer base," said Michael D. Blair, CEO and chairman of Cyborg Systems. "This announcement provides added strength to both our domestic and global product offerings."

CA-Openingres is the multi-platform RDBMS designed for mission-critical business processing. It offers the leading capabilities of distributed database technologies, including replication, query optimization and active data management. CA-Openingres is ideally suited for advanced data warehousing and mobile computing applications.

"We are delighted that CA-Openingres technology is being leveraged with Cyborg Systems' technology to provide an industry leading solution to our mutual clients," said Mark Marron, CA's senior vice president of channel sales. "Today's announcement reflects our continuing commitment to provide CA-Openingres clients with the latest technology by partnering with vendors such as Cyborg Systems."

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 systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 38 countries and revenues of $3.5 billion in fiscal year 1996. CA can be reached by e-mailing info@cai.com or calling 516/342-5224.

Cyborg Systems, Inc. is a leading worldwide software vendor of client/server-based HRMS solutions. Its client/server HRMS, The Solution Series/ST, offers the most robust HR management, payroll processing, benefits and time & attendance functionality available. Founded in 1974, with headquarters in Chicago, Cyborg's operations located in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Latin America, South America, the UK, and the USA serve over 1,200 clients in a wide variety of industries. Also, Cyborg's industry leading commitment to quality has resulted in its products and services being developed and maintained under ISO 9001 certification standards -- the most comprehensive level of ISO 9000.

Visit Cyborg's web site at http://www.cyborg.com -- a constant source of human resources information. -0-

For more information about CA, please contact Herman Chin, Public Relations, 516/342-2364 or e-mail hermanc@cai.com.

The Solution Series/ST is a registered trademark of Cyborg Systems Inc. Ca-Openingres is a registered trademark of Computer Associates International Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Cyborg Systems Inc., Chicago

Angelia Darnbrough, 312/454-1865 ext. 305

e-mail: angelia_darnbrough@cyborg.com