LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today presented its 2008 CA VIP Awards to technology customers and partners who have demonstrated innovative use of CA technologies. This year’s candidates competed for awards in seven categories: Application Performance Management, Governance, Infrastructure Management and Data Center Automation, Mainframe Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Security Management and Service Management.

“Every CA World, CA recognizes customers who have used CA technology to transform the way they manage IT,” said John Swainson, CA’s chief executive officer. “This year’s award winners are prime examples of how automation technology, combined with innovation and best practices, can significantly enhance the ability of business to deliver outstanding levels of IT service to their business at an affordable cost.”

“VIP” refers to Vision, Impact and Progress. The Vision Award recognizes success in achieving excellence in IT management and for demonstrating a clear vision of how IT supports overall enterprise success. The Impact Award recognizes demonstrable and measurable results from improved IT, especially in terms of productivity, financial benefits, quality improvements and/or customer satisfaction. The Progress Award recognizes organizations that have achieved outstanding implementation success or process improvements and demonstrate excellent planning or communications.

The following CA customers were honored at CA World today:

Application Performance Management

• Vision – Axciom, for managing the performance and availability of its fifth generation SOA Enterprise Services Bus to reduce mean-time-to-repair and improve service levels
• Progress – MetLife, for transforming into a strategic, proactive application management organization that anticipates problems and improves application reliability and predictability across the application lifecycle

Governance

• Vision – Rabobank Nederland, for implementing an IT management and governance model to manage the large amount of activities in their company
• Impact – Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, for being a forerunner in managing records and information for litigation preparedness, historical reference and improving organizational efficiency
• Progress – Colorado Department of Human Services, for improvements in operational performance and service delivery that enable them to maximize use of taxpayers’ money

Infrastructure Management and Data Center Automation

• Vision – Ohio Farmers Insurance, for enacting new best practices that enhanced service availability and customer satisfaction
• Impact – Fujitsu Siemens Computers, for realizing significant cost savings by centralizing their network operations
• Progress – Elavon, for progress in accelerating mission-critical application deployment through data center automation

Mainframe Management

• Vision – Telefónica, for supporting business growth while dramatically increasing mainframe workloads
• Impact – Verizon, for its innovative and comprehensive response to mainframe storage challenges
• Progress – Bank of New York Mellon, for standardizing systems and application monitoring and automation from three major financial institutions through a common automation platform and common automation rules

Project and Portfolio Management

This year’s program also includes a special Leadership Award that recognizes the innovative use of technology in support of a consequential mission.

• Leadership – Office of the CIO for Health and Human Services, City of New York, for Health and Human Services Connect, which utilizes ground-breaking and innovative technologies to provide better customer service and online access
• Vision – Turner Broadcasting System, for implementing a common, top-down methodology to provide better insight into financials and business analytics
• Progress – Novell, for adopting a framework that enables better business decisions and alignment of cross-functional teams to produce products

Security Management

• Vision – Telecom Italia, for reducing risk, improving security and embracing the need for true privilege management
• Impact – BT, for taking a centralized approach to authentication and authorization that offers staff, suppliers and customers an enhanced and secured online experience
• Progress – Enbridge, Inc., for enhancing productivity through a coordinated approach to managing resources using CA Identity Management

Service Management

• Vision – PRODESP, for providing greater availability and quality of services in a 24x7 environment to enhance productivity and customer satisfaction
• Impact – Pinellas County of Florida, for implementing a service management framework (ITIL®) that integrated Incident, Change and Configuration Management to improve reliability and formalize processes

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