CA Technologies Virtualization Strategy:

CA Virtual

Abstract

In order to tackle the operational challenges and technical complexities of virtualization management,

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) brought its latest virtualization management portfolio to market.

The portfolio includes support for service management, configuration management, trending and

predictive analysis, provisioning, and access control. All of the offerings are specifically designed for

virtualized environment, with pervasive support for automation. These solutions are also integrated

into CA Technologies broader enterprise management portfolio in order to deliver CA Technologies

vision of heterogeneous and hybrid management.

ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA™) analysts view these CA Technologies

additions in support of virtualization as strongly positive technical innovations, in line with the chang-

ing maturity levels and requirements as virtualized enterprise environments become more widespread.

CA Technologies portfolio is well positioned in the current and future market where service deliv-

ery needs to be more effectively automated, resilient and scalable across heterogeneous and hybrid

infrastructures.

CA Technologies vision has

been consistently directed

at providing IT management

solutions for the future, where

IT resources are delivered with

unprecedented levels of flexibility

Event

On July 20, 2010, CA Technologies announced the general availabil-

ity of new and enhanced products in its virtualization management

portfolio. They are specifically designed to enable an agile, secure and

low-cost IT environment, aligned with business service priorities. The

portfolio is intended for enterprises seeking holistic management capa-

bilities across the heterogeneous and hybrid infrastructure including

enhanced capabilities for service impact combined with powerful capa-

bilities for automation.

Context

CA Technologies: Technology and Vision

With more than 30 years of experience in developing enterprise management solutions, CA Technologies

has matured to become a leader in many enterprise management requirements for mid-tier as well as

global enterprises and service providers. CA Technologies technology portfolio ranges from traditional

mainframe automation solutions to virtualized and cloud computing management, to broad capa-

bilities in cross-domain monitoring, Business Service Management (BSM), change and configuration

management, asset management, portfolio management and financial optimization. In recent years,

CA Technologies’ vision has been consistently directed at providing IT management solutions for the

future, where IT resources are delivered with unprecedented levels of flexibility.

Problems – Infrastructure Complexity and Sprawl

The challenges that arise from virtualization go beyond just managing multiple virtual servers on

consolidated physical servers and hardware. The complexities within virtual segmentation, security,

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