TechWeb and CA Offer Powerful Business Technology Solutions Centers to Inform and...

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Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:01am EDT

TechWeb and CA Offer Powerful Business Technology Solutions Centers to Inform
and Connect IT Professionals on Enabling Lean IT

Rich Media Concierge Web Sites with Peer-based Technology Communities Guide IT
Professionals across Security, IT Automation, Mainframe, Service Assurance,
and Application Performance Management

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TechWeb, the global leader
in business technology media, and CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA), the world's leading
independent IT management software company, today launched powerful online
Solutions Centers for busy Information Technology (IT) professionals.  These
online resources feature an interactive web site, featuring a Concierge who
guides the visitor through critical information and education tools all in a
3-D environment.  Open communities for IT professionals to connect,
collaborate and share information with peers and subject matter experts are an
integrated part of the Solutions Centers.

The Solutions Centers cover the most critical technologies areas for IT
professionals charged with simplifying IT management and creating more
business value.  The Solutions Centers are available to IT decision makers and
can be accessed at the following URLs:

Application Performance Management:        
http://apm.solutionscenter.techweb.com/

IT Automation:                             
http://automation.solutionscenter.techweb.com/

Service Assurance:                              
http://service-assurance.solutionscenter.techweb.com/

Mainframe 2.0:                             
http://mainframe.solutionscenter.techweb.com/

Security Management:                    
http://security.solutionscenter.techweb.com/


Each topical Solutions Center contains technology white papers, enterprise IT
case and use studies, tutorials, product demonstrations, and access to
podcasts, webcasts and video programming.  The communities are open,
user-driven and hosted by TechWeb editor and community manager Kim Moutsos, an
11-year technology industry professional.  The community provides an easy way
for IT professionals to collaborate, form open or private workgroups around
specific topics, geos or industries, and pose questions to the community and
subject matter experts on specific needs.  The Centers also utilize social
media applications such as Twitter, RSS and links to popular professional
networks to extend conversations and discussions across the Web.

"Enterprise IT pros ask us repeatedly for easy-to-access, intuitive web
destinations with rich information where they control their level of
participation," said Kim Moutsos, Solutions Centers editor and community
manager.  "So, we partnered with CA to provide a rich media destination with a
deep portfolio of business technology information and tools tightly integrated
with IT peer communities on specific technology solutions." 

"Our customers are asking us to organize actionable information they can apply
to their business - be it delivered via video, audio, text and/or interactive
formats," said Michelle Accardi, Vice President, Marketing Shared Services at
CA, Inc.  "These Solutions Centers guide the user in a 3-D interactive
environment with an integrated community for IT Pros to connect on real-world
business technology challenges and opportunities."

For more information, visitors can log onto the web and go directly to the
Solution Center URLs included above or contact Community Manager Kim Moutsos
at kmoutsos@techweb.com.

About TechWeb
TechWeb (http://techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business technology
media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology
decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected
and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than
13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our
communities created around our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web 2.0,
Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light
Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The
Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning
InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology
magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services including next-generation
performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services.
TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news
distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization
of more than $2 billion. (*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on
number of monthly connections.)

About CA, Inc
CA (Nasdaq: CA) is the world's leading independent IT management software
company. With CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM) 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.



    Contact:         TechWeb
                     Kerri Ross
                     Strategic Director, Integrated Programs
                     kross@techweb.com

                     CA, Inc.
                     Michelle Accardi
                     VP, Marketing Shared Services
                     Michelle.Accardi@ca.com




SOURCE  TechWeb

Kerri Ross, TechWeb, Strategic Director, Integrated Programs,
kross@techweb.com; Michelle Accardi, CA, Inc., VP, Marketing Shared Services,
Michelle.Accardi@ca.com
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