Software facilitates Windows Vista deployment/management.

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Leveraging desktop and server management software and best practices, Business Desktop Deployment Plus optimizes and automates every step of deploying and managing Windows Vista OS. Areas of focus include project planning and infrastructure assessment, hardware tracking, application compatibility assessment, software delivery, and decision support analytics. Software ensures continued desktop security, mitigates error-prone manual processes, and decreases help desk intervention.



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CA Business Desktop Deployment Plus to Simplify Deployment and Management of Windows Vista



bles Customers to Quickly Reap the Benefits of New Windows Operating System

ISLANDIA, N.Y., Nov. 30 - CA (NYSE:CA) today announced Business Desktop Deployment Plus (BDD+), a comprehensive management solution that helps reduce the time and cost of deploying and managing the Windows Vista operating system.

Leveraging CA's industry-leading Desktop and Server Management software and best practices, CA BDD+ addresses every step of the deployment process - from planning and implementation, to process management and reporting. By optimizing and automating all phases of Windows Vista implementation, CA BDD+ increases technician productivity, ensures continued desktop security, mitigates error-prone manual processes, decreases help desk intervention, and reduces the time and overall costs of deployment.

"By streamlining the operating system migration process, CA BDD+ will help customers reap the business benefits of Microsoft Vista more quickly and with less work," said Dave Wascha, director of Windows Client at Microsoft. "These capabilities will be particularly attractive to companies with large and/or complex IT environments."

As enterprises become even more dependent on technology, it is essential that IT organizations effectively manage updates and upgrades. To minimize costs, downtime and disruption to business operations, they therefore need an automated, tested and proven solution that allows them to make changes in their infrastructure easily and securely.

CA BDD+ fulfills this requirement by delivering a comprehensive solution for cost effectively planning, managing and supporting deployment of Windows Vista. It supports all aspects of such deployments - including project planning and infrastructure assessment, tracking of hardware inventory, assessment of application compatibility, software delivery, migration of user preferences and settings, automation of help desk tasks, and decision support analytics.

"Attempting a large-scale migration such as Windows Vista using a point solution or service can result in higher costs and project delays," said David Hurwitz, vice president of product marketing at CA. "With CA BDD+, they can define and automate a migration based on existing best practices, thereby optimizing returns on their investment in the new operating system and minimizing disruption to the business."

In addition to CA BDD+, CA today announced broad support for Windows Vista across all of its product lines, and value-add risk mitigation and compliance solutions for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

More information about CA BDD+ is available at http://ca.com/bso/vista.

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