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CA Leads All Vendors with Most Nominations and Most Awards Won at 2007 Project and Portfolio Management Summit.


Wins for "Best Portfolio Analysis" and "Most Flexible/Configurable" Mark Sixth Consecutive Event with Most Awards Won

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  • Islandia, a computer game by Julian Gollop
, N.Y. -- CA (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: CA) today announced that it has been voted the winner of the "Best Portfolio Analysis" and "Most Flexible/Configurable" categories for its CA Clarity solution at the recently concluded Gartner 2007 Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Summit in Boston. In total, CA Clarity was a final nominee nominee n. 1) a person or entity who is requested or named to act for another, such as an agent or trustee. 2) a potential successor to another's rights under a contract.  for four of this year's five award categories. CA was also a finalist for "Best PPM Quality Process" and "Most PPM Synergy The enhanced result of two or more people, groups or organizations working together. In other words, one and one equals three! It comes from the Greek "synergia," which means joint work and cooperative action. ." This marks the sixth consecutive Gartner PPM Summit where CA Clarity has been recognized with more nominations and won more awards than any other vendor.

The Project & Portfolio Management Innovation[TM] Awards are especially meaningful because they are voted on solely by the 200 attending Senior IT Executives after hearing from leading PPM vendors during a series of boardroom presentations over a two day period. The awards recognize technology and service providers for their solutions, programs, service and support, and design and delivery of presentations.

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 that our CA Clarity PPM solution has again been so widely recognized by IT executives for its breadth, depth and configurability," said Carl Landers, vice president of marketing for CA Clarity. "IT faces greater challenges every year to work more efficiently, while meeting the growing needs of the business. These accolades from the Gartner PPM Summits are one very important testament from the user community that CA Clarity is seen as the trusted solution to meet these ever-changing demands."

The latest Project & Portfolio Management Innovation[TM] Awards round out a string of seven consecutive commendations for the CA Clarity product and strategy at the Gartner PPM Summits held semi-annually between North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and Europe. The strong record of success now includes:

* Best Portfolio Analysis and Most Flexible/Configurable, North America 2007

* Best Solution, Best Vendor and Best Presentation, Europe 2006

* Best Solution and Best Strategy, North America 2006

* Best Solution and Best Vendor, Europe 2005

* Best Vendor and Best Strategy, North America 2005

* Best Solution and Best Vendor, Europe 2004

* Best Vendor, North America 2004

Recently, CA Clarity was also positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant quadrant, in analytic geometry
quadrant.

1 In analytic geometry, one of the four regions of the plane determined by two lines, the x-axis and the y-axis.
 in Gartner Inc.'s "Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants.  for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applications, 2007" report.* Gartner positions vendors in the magic quadrant based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

* Gartner, Inc. "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applications, 2007," Matt Light and Daniel B. Stang, June 15, 2007

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 any vendor, product or service depicted de·pict  
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 in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability mer·chant·a·ble  
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About Project & Portfolio Management Summit

Project & Portfolio Management Summit brings Senior IT Executives from the PPM business community together with Gartner Analysts, and leading and emerging Technology Providers. The business-intensive format includes Gartner-led sessions, Case Study Presentations, a Showcase of Exhibits, and networking functions.

About Vision Events

Vision Events, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) company, is a leading producer of highly focused business events that bring resellers and end users together with leading and emerging technology providers in case study presentations to form strategic partnerships and secure new business in the technology sector. Additional information about Vision Events can be found at http://www.visionevents.com.

About CA Clarity

CA Clarity, the industry-leading IT Governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems.  solution, enables IT organizations to achieve world-class performance by improving the quality of their engagement with the business and enhancing their ability to run at peak efficiency. The Clarity system features integrated portfolio planning, demand management, project management, resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
  • Manufacturing resource planning (MRP and MRPII)
  • Distribution Resource Planning (DRP)
  • Human resources (HR)
 and time and cost management. More than 600,000 users at more than 650 companies depend on Clarity to govern IT and, increasingly, to manage new product development.

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.

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