CA Honored as Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year

Integration of Broad Set of Innovative CA Enterprise Solutions Across Key
Microsoft Platforms Plays Major Role in Joint Success

ISLANDIA, N.Y., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA (Nasdaq: CA) today
announced that it has been selected as the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner
Conference Awards winner in the Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year
category. CA was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft
partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft
technology.

The Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure (storage, management, security, tools
and virtualization) Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award is given to
the global ISV partner in the infrastructure category that has demonstrated
leadership and has been the most valuable global ISV partner in delivering
Microsoft solutions to mutual customers over the past year. The award
acknowledges the global partner that has demonstrated leadership in driving
Microsoft-based infrastructure solutions and has been the most valuable
partner to Microsoft's worldwide field.

"CA has designed innovative solutions that have enabled their customers to
maximize their IT investment in industry-leading enterprise management,
storage, security and information management tools," said Ross Brown, vice
president, Solution Partners and ISVs, Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft is proud to
recognize CA as the Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year. Today CA
has one of the largest portfolios of Microsoft-based products built to work on
the latest Microsoft platforms, as well as service the legacy products that
mutual customers still rely on."

CA has successfully participated in more than 11 Microsoft advanced technology
and launch programs in 2009, creating immediate value by helping support
customers' Lean IT initiatives by reducing waste, increasing productivity and
improving the customer experience. In addition, ongoing support of joint
go-to-market and sales initiatives across CA management solutions extend the
value of Microsoft platforms and accelerate the adoption of CA's
infrastructure solutions.

Highlights of CA successes include:

-- CA ARCserve(R) Backup delivering state-of-the art data protection
across
all the latest strategic Microsoft platforms, including Windows
Server(R) 2008, Windows(R) Essential Business Server 2008 and
Hyper-V(TM).
-- CA Service Desk Manager offers full, bi-directional information flow
with Microsoft System Center Operations Manager for incident and event
management, helping CA customers maximize their infrastructure
investments.
-- CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager integration with Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager enables enterprise IT operators to
consolidate
multi-vendor systems, network, database and application event
monitoring
to a single management console.
-- CA Records Management/Office SharePoint(R) Joint Solution Offering
(JSO)
providing Public Sector customers control and governance over
information across all key Microsoft user applications to enhance
manageability, scalability and compliance.
-- CA SiteMinder(R) extending identity and access management with support
for Active Directory(R) Federated Services, Microsoft's CardSpace
II and next generation identity solutions including support for Office
SharePoint Server, among other Microsoft systems.
-- CA ERwin(R) Data Modeler presenting a competitive advantage by pairing
modeling and configuration management with SQL Server(R).
-- CA XOsoft(TM) High Availability and Replication helping drive
successful
SQL Server, Office SharePoint and Microsoft Exchange engagements.

-- CA's Day One support for Windows Vista(R) and Windows 7 with its
threat products helping reduce security threats for both commercial
environments and consumers.

"Customers must justify upgrades to their IT infrastructure by demonstrating
that they can maximize investment and gain fast ROI," said Tom Kendra,
corporate senior vice president of Strategy and Business Development for CA.
"CA has worked closely with Microsoft for many years to integrate our
management solutions across key Microsoft platforms and applications to
achieve this goal. We are pleased that Microsoft has recognized our joint
success"

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organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure IT to optimize
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