CA Technologies reaches VCE product certification milestone

Issued by Blain Communications for CASA Software

Johannesburg, 17 Jan 2013

CA Southern Africa today announced that 25 of CA Technologies' software offerings are now certified by VCE to run on Vblock Systems, demonstrating the company's ongoing commitment to supporting converged infrastructure platforms. The 13 new certified offerings include several security products, as well as additional unified automation, service assurance and virtualisation products, joining the list of 12 certified offerings announced earlier this year.

CA Technologies Vblock Ready offerings allow customers to accelerate private cloud deployments and time-to-market for new business services while containing costs. Customers can also reduce risk by opting for fully tested and integrated CA Technologies offerings with official certification from VCE.

"As organisations move to the cloud at a rapid clip, converged infrastructure options, such as VCE's Vblock Systems, can significantly reduce time-to-deploy and time-to-value," says Andrea Lodolo, chief technology officer at CA Southern Africa. "Our customers want to deliver a better bottom-line value to their businesses, and, to do so, need to manage, monitor, secure and automate their cloud deployments in order to realise the full benefits. We remain committed to making sure our offerings meet VCE's stringent certification requirements, so that our customers can move from simply maintaining IT to focusing on driving innovation and increased business value."

"CA Technologies is providing customers with broad and comprehensive support for Vblock Systems," says Todd Pavone, executive vice-president, VCE. "Our extensive work with partners like CA Technologies is resulting in a broad ecosystem of leading capabilities that have been pre-tested and enable fast, reliable deployment of enterprise cloud infrastructures."

CA Technologies' recently certified Vblock Ready offerings include:

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* CA Server Automation
* CA Business Service Insight
* CA Application Performance Management
* CA Nimsoft Monitor
* CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers
* CA IdentityMinder
* CA ControlMinder for Virtual Environments
* CA AuthMinder (formerly CA Arcot WebFort)
* CA SiteMinder
* CA GovernanceMinder
* CA ControlMinder
* CA ControlMinder Shared Account Management
* CA DataMinder

For the latest updates on the VCE partnership and related offerings, visit http://www.ca.com/us/vblock.aspx.

CA Southern Africa - IT management experts

CA Southern Africa is SA's leading IT management software and solutions company, with expertise across all IT environments - from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud.

It utilises international innovation, augmented by locally based exceptional expertise, to simplify, manage and secure IT and support complex computing environments. Its solutions enable the construction of cloud platforms and are the building blocks for cloud-based IT.

Through its solutions and services, CA Southern Africa provides the means by which its customers can translate the promise of flexible IT and agile business into a reality.

CA Southern Africa is the sole representative of CA Technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and is a member of the JSE-listed EOH group of companies.

For further information, log on to www.ca.com/za.

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 organisations 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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