CA Software Change Manager r12 Helps Prevent Business Disruptions by Managing Software Change from Request to Release

October 7, 2008 9:49 AM EDT

    ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

    News Facts

    --  CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced a new release of CA
        Software Change Manager to help organizations better manage
        and control globally distributed software change initiatives,
        from request to release. By integrating CA Software Change
        Manager r12 with CA Clarity, CA Service Desk Manager and CA
        Software Delivery, CA offers customers the ability to
        streamline software and operational change management
        processes and more quickly respond to changing business
        opportunities and demands.

    --  CA Software Change Manager r12 (formerly known as CA Harvest
        Change Manager) is designed to support IPv6 and FIPS 140-2,
        and includes more than 200 process and functionality
        enhancements such as a completely new developer's interface
        and modern development environment. Integrated software change
        and build management are designed to result in higher quality
        applications and faster deployment cycles.

    --  According to Enterprise Management Associates, more than 60
        percent of all critical system and application outages are
        caused by inappropriate change. An integrated solution of CA
        Software Change Manager with CA Service Desk Manager and CA
        Software Delivery helps organizations prioritize and quickly
        deliver the right changes with a clear understanding of
        service dependencies. This helps minimize service
        interruptions and optimize application maintenance costs.

    --  Organizations managing application portfolios with CA Clarity
        and managing software change with CA Software Change Manager
        benefit from the integration as they can better manage release
        projects with greater confidence that the right governance
        processes are in-place and projects are delivered on time.

    --  This release is one of 10 new and enhanced Enterprise IT
        Management (EITM) and Governance solutions CA has announced
        today to help organizations address IT management issues
        intensified by today's challenging economy by better adapting
        to change, capitalizing on new opportunities and controlling
        costs.

    --  New Features Help Prevent Business Disruptions:

        --  New Developer Workbench - The new Eclipse(TM)-based,
            full-featured interface is designed to optimize both
            traditional and agile software development lifecycles,
            supporting isolated and shared work areas for optimum
            flexibility in development. CA Software Change Manager r12
            also allows users to custom-configure their interface
            giving them easier access to the information they need in
            the way they want to see it for improved developer
            productivity.

        --  Refactoring Support - CA Software Change Manager r12 is
            designed to ease refactoring, including Java(TM)
            refactoring, by automating the changes in the software
            change management system. As programmers use refactoring
            for more agile development, CA Software Change Manager
            gives them the ability to rename files and paths of the
            source code without breaking Builds. It also retains full
            auditing, security permissions, and an archived history of
            modifications with complete roll back support.

        --  Work Area Synchronization - CA Software Change Manager r12
            helps deliver higher quality code faster as it tracks,
            analyzes and reconciles files that developers are working
            on while disconnected, and then synchronizes easily with
            the change management repository at any time, with full
            control and management of code conflicts and Concurrent
            Development.

    --  CA Software Change Manager r12 Premium Edition with OpenMake
        Meister is designed to solve the cost, delay and compliance
        problems associated with mismanaged builds. While continuing
        to offer "build forensics" to bridge the production
        application back to its source code and ease audit processes
        for compliance needs, CA Software Change Manager r12 has
        simplified the entire build process by integrating the
        OpenMake user interface within the CA Software Change Manager
        interface so developers can see the build while continuing to
        code.

    --  CA is a leader in helping customers execute successful change
        management across the enterprise. CA Software Change Manager
        r12 with CA Endevor Software Change Manager is designed to
        provide integrated and simultaneous release management for
        distributed and mainframe platforms. This need has escalated
        in recent years as businesses deploy SOA-based Web services on
        the mainframe to support applications on a distributed
        platform.

    Supporting Quotes

    --  "CA Software Change Manager r12 is designed to provide
        critical functionality in IT change, configuration and release
        management that helps ensure that customers have an optimized
        development environment that gives them the flexibility to
        capitalize on emerging business opportunities," said Brian
        Bell, senior vice president and general manger, CA Service
        Management. "It continues to provide the trusted server
        technology known by thousands of customers for managing
        software changes and now combines that with a modernized
        interface for the developer community."

    --  "CA Software Change Manager r12 is highly scalable to help
        meet the diverse needs of an organization's global development
        teams, which typically operate with multiple methodologies,
        multi-platform environments and on multiple projects at the
        same time," said Prajval Parthasarathy, vice president,
        software engineering, CA. "At CA we use CA Software Change
        Manager in our own development environment to manage the needs
        of 3,500 developers worldwide. Their work is managed from a
        single datacenter that requires fewer than four
        administrators."

    --  "At Sallie Mae we began incorporating IT Infrastructure
        Library guidance to improve our IT effectiveness and
        capitalize on emerging opportunities while reaping the cost
        savings that come from better processes. In deploying CA
        Software Change Manager and integrating it with CA Service
        Desk Manager we have streamlined our application change
        processes to make it more consistent and automated and in line
        with ITIL guidance," said Jo Lee Hayes, vice president of
        Enterprise Technologies, Sallie Mae. "We worked closely with
        CA on this new release of CA Software Change Manager and our
        developers are looking forward to its full deployment at
        Sallie Mae."

    --  "We've been working with CA Software Change Manager, formerly
        known as Harvest, for several years and have built a solid
        business helping organizations solve their software change and
        configuration management challenges," Warren McCall, president
        and CEO, SCM Solutions, Inc., said. "With the enhancements to
        release 12 of CA Software Change Manager and the price point
        CA offers, we anticipate our customers will be impressed with
        the return on investment they can get by using CA Software
        Change Manager in their application development process."

    --  "OpenMake is a proud CA partner and this release is the result
        of many years of cooperation and co-development to help create
        a seamless solution for software change and build management,"
        said Stephen King, CEO OpenMake Software. "Modern development
        requires continuous build management to be part of a complete
        change solution for quality and compliance needs. CA Software
        Change Manager r12 Premium Edition delivers that capability."

    --  "Users increasingly seek integration across the broad swath of
        change, system service and demand management products to be
        able to succeed and survive with an increasingly chaotic and
        unpredictable global economy," said Melinda Carol-Ballou, IDC
        program director, Application Lifecycle Management & ITMS.
        "And in an industry where compliance seems to touch every
        aspect of IT, the ability to demonstrate control over the
        software change process is being mandated by businesses to
        support governance and corporate compliance initiatives."

    CA World 2008

    --  To learn more about how CA solutions help customers govern,
        manage and secure IT for greater business value, join the
        world's largest gathering of CA customers and partners at CA
        World 2008, November 16-20, 2008, at The Venetian Congress and
        Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Additional Resources

-- IDC Report: Sallie Mae Evolves Effective Change and Service Management: Setting a Baseline First to Establish Key Benefits

-- Technology Brief: CA Saves $3 Million a Year, Improves Competitive Advantage by Simplifying Software Change Management

-- Industry Research: Change, Configuration and Release: What's Really Driving Top Performance?

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