CA delivers comprehensive recovery management software

New Releases Provide Superior Data Protection, Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery To Middle East Businesses

DUBAI, U.A.E., February 07, 2008 - CA (NYSE: CA) today announced a major new release of CA Recovery Management enabling Middle East companies to simplify management, tighten security and speed recovery of critical business information.

CA Recovery Management includes new releases of CA ARCserve Backup, CA XOsoft High Availability (formerly CA XOsoft WANSyncHA) and CA XOsoft Replication (formerly CA XOsoft WANSync), offering channel partners and their customers the latest advances in data protection, business continuity and disaster recovery.

"This is the most significant set of new product offerings yet by CA's Mid-Market and Storage business unit", said Gilbert Lacroix, senior vice president of EMEA channels at CA. "Our customers require recovery management solutions that solve their most pressing problems and are easy to deploy, use and maintain - we are enabling our channel partners to address these needs head on."

CA's approach to meeting customers' recovery management requirements has received acclaim from storage industry analysts.

"IT organizations are adopting multi-layered data protection strategies to ensure non-stop business operations," said Lauren Whitehouse, analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "CA Recovery Management provides comprehensive technology that meets mid-market companies' data protection and recovery requirements and has many new features and enhancements to CA ARCserve Backup and CA XOsoft replication and high availability products that offer significant business value."

The new CA Recovery Management solution includes:

CA ARCserve Backup r12

CA ARCserve Backup delivers comprehensive data protection with centralized management and advanced features designed to address changing business needs. This high performance solution combines innovative disk and tape backup with powerful, integrated anti-virus and encryption tools, making it one of the most secure "out-of-the-box" backup solutions offered today.

Highlights of the new release include:

New Centralized Management capabilities

Improved encryption capabilities

Enhanced VMware integration

Advanced reporting

Extended Virtual Tape Library and disk management capabilities

New ARCserve catalog database that takes full advantage of Microsoft SQL Server

Broader platform, media and application support

Enhanced integration with CA XOsoft products

CA XOsoft High Availability r12 and CA XOsoft Replication r12

CA XOsoft Replication and CA XOsoft High Availability are robust business continuity and disaster recovery solutions that integrate replication, continuous data protection (CDP), automated failover and automated disaster recovery testing to help ensure the protection and recoverability of business-critical applications.

Highlights of the new release include:

Centralized Management

New CDP repository

Enhanced DR testing

Enhanced VSS snapshot management

New Assessment Mode to simplify bandwidth capacity planning

New synchronization design to improve data protection, reduce planned downtime and simplify maintenance

Zero Reboot Upgrades are added to Zero Reboot Implementation

Scalability and performance enhancements allow administrators to efficiently handle larger file systems and the most demanding 64-bit applications

"Our merchandising solutions are critical to our clients' day-to-day operations and profitability," stated Mounir Rahmeh, Managing Director of Soft Solutions, Lebanon . "To minimize disruption, we need to ensure that any issues are dealt with quickly and that our support services are continuously available. CA's Recovery Management solution has provided us with the peace of mind that our applications can be recovered quickly and comprehensively, enabling our clients to keep pace with the dynamic regional and global retail sectors."

The numerous enhancements to CA Recovery Management offer customers tremendous business value in safeguarding data stored on diverse Microsoft platforms, both locally and in remote offices.

More information about CA Recovery Management can be found at http://ca.com/us/eitm/solution.aspx?id=7824.

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About CA
CA (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest independent, enterprise management software companies, unifies and simplifies complex information technology (IT) management across the enterprise. Founded in 1976, CA serves customers in more than 140 countries. CA's employees live by its Core Values of innovation, excellence, teamwork, integrity and performance.

About CA in Eastern EMEA
CA's Eastern EMEA region comprises the Arab countries, Africa, Levant, Pakistan, Russia and the CIS, and Turkey. CA's strong local presence includes over 200 highly skilled professionals and a 24x7 multilingual Customer and Partner Support Center located in the region.

CA customers in the region include Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Akzo Nobel, Al Jubail Petrochemical, Al-Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp, Arab Banking Corporation, Arab Financial Services, Bank of Beirut, Banque Misr, The Contact Centre, Dubai Department of Civil Aviation, Dubai International Financial Centre, Emirates Airlines, Emirates Bank International, Emirates National Oil Company, Higher Colleges of Technology, Hugo Boss, King Saud University, Mashreq Bank, National Computer Center, PWC Logistics, Salalah Port Services, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Takreer (Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company), and many other organizations large and small.

For more information, please visit http://www.ca.com/arabworld.

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