CA Technologies Announces Support for Latest Advancements in IBM® zEnterprise(TM) Technology


Continues to Integrate IT Management Software to Help Customers Lower IT Costs Across Mainframe, Distributed and Cloud Environments

ISLANDIA, N.Y. - CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced its support for IBM's new zEnterprise Technology, including the new zEnterprise 114. By integrating its IT management solutions with zEnterprise, CA Technologies helps customers lower TCO in mainframe, distributed and cloud environments.

"CA Technologies and IBM continue to work together to deliver innovations that strengthen the value proposition for customers by helping to improve operational efficiencies," said Dayton Semerjian, general manager, mainframe, CA Technologies. "Our cross-enterprise management capabilities, combined with the performance of the newly announced IBM zEnterprise 114 and the associated hybrid and cloud computing benefits of The IBM zEnterprise System and the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX), help them to achieve their IT goals."

CA Technologies will support IBM zEnterprise technology by:

o Providing management capabilities for z/OS, Linux on z and cloud applications.

o Extending the reduction in cost and complexity, and optimizing the performance that the CA VM:Manager(TM) Suite for Linux on System z offers in z/VM for Linux environments.

o Leveraging IBM's new APIs across CA Technologies broad portfolio of mainframe and distributed management products to help enable seamless management of customer workloads across their enterprise.

o Adding management capabilities that complement zBX's integrated IBM Smart Analytic Optimizer, and developing solutions to support IBM Power7 Blades and the IBM DataPower XI50z workload-optimized appliance in this hybrid environment.

"CA Technologies ongoing investments in support of the System z mainframe environment demonstrate their continued commitment to this important ecosystem," said Doris Conti, director, IBM System z. "We will continue to work together to support our common goals for our mutual customers."

More information on CA Technologies mainframe management software can be found at: www.ca.com/us/mainframe-products.aspx.

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments - from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies' innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.

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