ISLANDIA, N.Y., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA Technologies
(Nasdaq: CA), an IBM development partner, today announced that it
is working closely with IBM with the intent of providing same-day
support across its mainframe software portfolio for the upcoming
release of the IBM zEnterprise System including the new IBM
zEnterprise 196 mainframe. As part of this commitment, CA
Technologies is designing its innovative new CA Mainframe Software
Manager (CA MSM) and CA Mainframe Chorus products to operate in the
zNext environment.
The new zEnterprise 196 hardware and supporting operating
systems are perfectly aligned with CA Technologies Mainframe 2.0
strategy because they are ideal for helping customers simplify
management and improve quality of service to users.
Additionally, CA Technologies intends to support the
newly-announced zEnterprise System, a new systems architecture in
which workloads on mainframe, POWER7 and System x systems will
share resources and be managed as a single, virtualized system.
This new system offers industry leading levels of energy
efficiency, systems management, virtualization, service assurance
and cloud computing across the enterprise.
"We are committed to supporting IBM's new zEnterprise System,
which demonstrates IBM's continued investment in the most secure,
reliable and scaleable IT computing platform," said Dayton Semerjian, general manager of Mainframe
Customer Solutions Unit at CA Technologies. "To best serve
customers, we will embrace zEnterprise with our extensive portfolio
of management solutions, including the revolutionary CA MSM and CA
Mainframe Chorus products."
"IBM is pleased that CA Technologies will offer day one support
for our new zEnterprise System," said Karl
Freund, vice president, IBM System z. "By supporting
this new enterprise system, CA Technologies continues to invest and
innovate in building on the valued qualities of the mainframe and
extending those qualities to POWER7 and System x systems."
More information on CA Technologies broad portfolio of mainframe
software can be found at:
http://www.ca.com/us/mainframe-products.aspx
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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
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