CA Announces Day One Support for Mainframe Virtualization Software.Immediate Availability Across Product Lines Enables CA Customers to Reap REAP Rural Education Achievement Program REAP Reserve Education Assistance Program (US DoD) REAP Resource Efficient Agricultural Production (Canada) REAP Rural Economic Area Partnership Benefits of New Platform Features ISLANDIA, N.Y. -- CA (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) today announced "Day One" support for IBM's z/VM V5.3 across its security, storage and systems management product lines, continuing its unbroken record of immediate support for every release of the VM operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . This immediate support enables CA customers and partners to reap the full benefits of the new platform's features without delay. CA solutions for z/VM V5.3 empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems customers to optimize optimize - optimisation utilization of data center resources, reduce total cost of ownership, align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. utilization to changing business requirements, secure critical systems, and ensure the continuous availability of essential IT services. CA worked closely with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) during its early test program for z/VM V5.3. z/VM V5.3 can host a large number of virtual images on a single hypervisor--virtualization technology that makes one computer look like multiple computers--enabling organizations to further optimize and consolidate their IT infrastructures. "IBM z/VM V5.3 offers today's IT organization unmatched flexibility, scalability, reliability and cost-efficiency," said Mark Combs, senior vice president at CA. "By providing Day One support for z/VM V5.3, CA is giving customers the tools they need to take full advantage of this state-of-the-art platform." Compatibility charts for the new release are available at http://www.ca.com/products/zvm. About CA CA (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest information technology (IT) management software companies, unifies and simplifies the management of enterprise-wide IT. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information, please visit http://ca.com. Copyright (c) 2007 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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