CA Taps Nexio Technologies to Deliver Mainframe 2.0 Out-Tasking to Canadian Customers.Subscription-Based Access to Essential Software and Skills Helps IT Organizations Ensure Data Center Health Despite Resource Constraints TORONTO -- As part of its far-reaching Mainframe 2.0 initiative, CA (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CA) today named Montreal-based Nexio Technologies as part of its business partner network to deliver Out-Tasking for Canada. Nexio will deliver turnkey management software and services solutions that will enable customers to better govern, manage, and secure their mainframe environments, despite budget and staffing constraints. CA's innovative "Out-Tasking" is an accelerated time to value turnkey offering that combines software delivery with well-defined management services in a single subscription-based package. This combined software and services approach helps deliver rapid ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). by enabling customers to quickly and cost-effectively address key mainframe management challenges so that they can more effectively fulfill service-level agreements, maintain policy compliance, and optimize application performance. Mainframe workloads continue to grow as the mainframe becomes an even more compelling platform because of its reliability, scalability, security, price/performance, and energy-efficiency. At the same time, many IT organizations are experiencing shortfalls in mainframe staffing and skills or extremely heavy workloads. Budget constraints A Budget Constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices and his income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference ordering to analyze consumer choices. may also prevent them from hiring highly experienced mainframe professionals and deploying advanced management solutions. As a result, some key management processes are not completed or are being done sub-optimally. Because the software is not directly licensed by the customer and the customer obtains its benefits through a turnkey services offering, the customer may be able to fund Out-Tasking from operating budgets Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. rather than from restricted IT capital budgets. Business Alliance with Nexio Technologies CA selected Nexio Technologies, a leader in IT governance risk and control services, as its Canadian Out-Tasking business partner due to the depth of its experience in mainframe consulting and the quality of its service management. Nexio has been a CA business partner for more than 10 years. "Decades of experience with mainframes have taught us how IT organizations can fall short of their objectives and how to best remediate re·me·di·a·tion n. The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency: remediation of a learning disability. re·me operational shortfalls," said Fran[?]ois Dansereau, chief information officer, Nexio Technologies. "With CA's Out-Tasking offering, Canadian mainframe users will be able to rapidly leverage the power of our expertise and the power of CA's technical expertise with a single, economical decision." The initial Out-Tasking solution to be delivered by Nexio will be CA Compliance Out-Tasking for Mainframe Security. This solution features: * Mainframe Access Control, based on CA Cleanup, which provides routine maintenance of security definitions. This service includes hands-on assistance in the identification and removal of obsolete, unused and rogue user IDs and access rights. * Mainframe System Integrity, based on CA Auditor for z/OS[R], which identifies vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement in an organization's z/OS security policies. This service includes hands-on assistance in identification and interpretation of potential security issues associated with the status and/or changes in status of the z/OS 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. , programs, files, and libraries. CA's Compliance Out-Tasking for Mainframe Security is delivered remotely and includes a software subscription, customized software See custom software. implementation, baseline assessment, around-the-clock monitoring, on-demand reporting, periodic performance reviews, knowledge transfer, and expert advice on relevant mainframe management best practices. "A shortage of experienced mainframe experts in Canada has led the many organizations that rely on mainframes to look for outside help," said Jimmy Fulton, vice president and country manager, CA Canada. "Together, CA and Nexio are responding to this need with well-defined offerings that address the most common and egregious e·gre·gious adj. Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant. [From Latin shortfalls in customers' internal capabilities." Nexio expects to begin delivering Out-Tasking services to new and existing CA customers by February, 2009. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Out-Tasking solutions will initially be delivered in conjunction with CA service provider Acxiom[R] Corporation, a leading provider of IT services including remote infrastructure management and mainframe hosting. Mainframe 2.0 Initiative and the Mainframe in Canada Out-Tasking is part of CA's Mainframe 2.0 initiative, which addresses both the evolving role of the mainframe and the fact that many IT organizations are facing the retirement of their most experienced mainframe professionals. Key mainframe challenges to be addressed by Out-Tasking will include compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). , capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. , chargeback Chargeback The charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. Notes: Customers dispute charges to their credit card usually when goods or services are not delivered within the reporting, database management, service level management, change management, and system diagnostics. CA has been helping global companies make the most of their mainframe investments for over 30 years. The mainframe continues to be the core platform for the global enterprise--running business-essential applications and hosting some of the world's most critical data. In its 2007 ESM/Virtualization Worldwide Survey*, The Strategic Counsel estimated that more than 30 per cent of Canadian enterprise-class organizations continue to rely on mainframes as an important computing platform See platform. . The Strategic Counsel also estimated that more than 16 per cent of Canadian enterprise-class businesses rely on mainframes as their most mission-critical platform. *The ESM/Virtualization Worldwide Survey was conducted by The Strategic Counsel between January 2 and February 2, 2007. A total of 969 e-mail and telephone surveys were conducted among a random sample of IT professionals throughout 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. , Europe and Asia-Pacific/Japan. Respondent organizations were limited by size to organizations with 500 or more employees. About CA CA (NASDAQ: CA) is the world's leading independent IT management software company. With CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM EITM Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models EITM Enterprise Information Technology Management EITM Elliot in the Morning (radio show) EITM Environmental Information Technology Management EITM Enterprise It Management ) vision and expertise, organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure IT to optimize business performance and sustain competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.ca.com. About Nexio Technologies Established in 1994, Nexio is a leader in the delivery of comprehensive products and services designed to help organizations' facilitate IT governance and compliance. At the heart of its success is experience and innovation. With each client opportunity, Nexio endeavors to help clients move beyond traditional IT approaches and continuously improve their bottom line performance. Nexio offers a comprehensive portfolio of IT professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and tools dedicated to integrating people, processes, and technology. Nexio's flagship application, Nucleus, helps companies optimize the productivity of their IT organizations and improve the alignment of IT investments with business priorities. Nexio's world class team comes from the ranks of leading global companies and have acquired years of practical,' real world' experience in the application of the advanced IT and service delivery frameworks we endorse, implement and teach. Nexio delivers the timely insight and guidance required to ensure success. For more information: www.nexio.com. 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