Computer Associates Middle East to showcase four new eBusiness management solutions

Dubai, UAE
GITEX visitors can get a first-hand look at the following four new brands: Unicenter infrastructure management solutions, eTrust security solutions, BrightStor storage solutions, and Jasmine eBusiness solutions.

"Computer Associates has introduced four new brands to its eBusiness management solutions portfolio to provide Middle East organizations with increased levels of security, reliability, availability, and performance. At GITEX 2001, our experts will be demonstrating the importance of these sound IT infrastructure investment solutions and their impact on organizations in the region," said AbdulAziz Al-Salloum, Managing Director of CA Middle East.

CA-ME's newly revamped stand will host some of its regional partners, with four specific eBusiness corners to showcase the company's four new eBusiness offerings. Visitors will receive live product demonstrations, as well as one-to-one consultations on how CA can improve the performance and profitability of their organizations.

In addition, CA Middle East will be conducting free customer education seminars - which will focus on security, storage, and eBusiness - in Dubai World Trade Center rooms located just outside the main exhibition halls.

"By participating in GITEX 2001, Computer Associates Middle East is able to get close to its customers and share with them the true potential of their IT operations, through increased efficiencies introduced with the use of CA's suite of eBusiness management solutions," said Dan van der Westhuizen, Computer Associates' Senior Vice President for Africa and Middle East.

Key Solution Areas for GITEX 2001
Computer Associates' solutions can be grouped into three strategic categories:

eBusiness Process Management to seamlessly manage business processes within and across the extended enterprise.

eBusiness Information Management to cohesively manage vital business information and leverage it for new opportunities.

eBusiness Infrastructure Management to powerfully manage the core infrastructure, keeping the eBusiness up, running, and secure while connecting customers, suppliers, partners, and employees.

These strategic categories deliver innovative technology, offering tremendous value to CA-ME customers throughout the Middle East. Across these three strategic categories, Computer Associates is especially focused on six key solution areas that address today's most pressing eBusiness needs:

Enterprise Management
Security
Storage
eBusiness Transformation And Integration
Portal And Knowledge Management
Predictive Analysis And Visualization

By targeting these focus areas, CA-ME is able to offer its customers in the region the solutions they need to overcome the challenges presented by the next generation of eBusiness and fully embrace the opportunities that lie ahead.


Computer Associates Middle East is the Middle East region's leading provider of the software that manages e-business, and its GITEX 2001 exhibition stand will be located in Stand L6-3 in Hall 6.

About Computer Associates Middle East
Computer Associates Middle East (CA-ME) - the region's leader in implementing eBusiness management software - employs more than 50 persons across the region, and maintains offices in Bahrain; Kuwait; Khobar, Jeddah, and Riyadh (regional headquarters), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; as well as Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. CA-ME's customer-base in the region includes the largest enterprises in the banking and finance, oil and gas, and communications sectors.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) delivers The Software That Manages E-Business. CA's world-class solutions address all aspects of e-business process management, information management, and infrastructure management in six focus areas: enterprise management, security, storage, e-business transformation and integration, portal and knowledge management, and predictive analysis and visualization. Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than 100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, please visit us at: http://www.ca-me.com

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