Smart, self-managing solutions to be the focus of Computer Associates Middle East during GITEX 2003

Located in Hall 6, CA-ME's stand will highlight hands-on demonstrations in the four IT management areas of Enterprise Management, Security, Storage and Information Management. The focus of the CA-ME stand is the expanded Partner Pavilion, which will gather together CA-ME's strategic partners to showcase how their technology interoperate with CA solutions. In addition, CA-ME and its partners will conduct free technical seminars in the Theatre area for Gitex visitors.

Enterprise customers to CA-ME stand will be able to avail of product test drives, obtain free consultation on their key IT management challenges as well as gain access to the free security assessment programs. Channel partners will benefit from on-site technical seminars, hands-on practice sessions as well as meetings with the channel management team.

"Gitex 2003 presents an excellent platform for CA-ME and its partners to showcase the latest in our technology advancement to the regional customers," said Hayssam El Masri, Director of Operations, Computer Associates Middle East. "As CA-ME is placing increased emphasis on partnership, this event is also a perfect opportunity for us to communicate with our partners on how we can effectively deliver quality software solutions to our mutual customers."

CA Technology High-Lights
• Enterprise management Unicenter, the industry de facto standard in enterprise management, has climbed to new heights. Unicenter is now offering the industry's first comprehensive management of on-demand infrastructure (or on-demand computing), greatly enhancing flexibility, service levels and Returned Business Value. By assessing the business impact of any infrastructure failure, this revolutionary new technology code-named "Sonar," brings business relevance to IT management.

• Security CA's eTrust security management solutions offer a holistic approach to business security management by combining three solution areas — eTrust Identity Management, eTrust Access Management and eTrust Threat Management which are brought together with unified visualization and management through eTrust Security Command Center. At Gitex 2003, CA-ME will demonstrate how the eTrust solutions work with one another in real time to secure an enterprise environment.

• Storage At Gitex 2003, CA-ME will demonstrate enterprise storage management solutions including BrightStor Enterprise Backup, BrightStor Storage Resource Management, BrightStor Portal as well as a host of other storage management tools.

• Information Management The spotlight of the information management section on CA-ME stand will be on CA's AllFusion line of application life cycle management solutions. This family of solutions helps development teams achieve savings and promotes productivity through streamlining application life cycle development, simplifying mainframe change management and facilitating integrated cross-platform change management.

The information management solution demonstrations will also include CA's industry leading CleverPath Portal as well as a family of business intelligence tools, which have been designed to help enterprises turn information into knowledge and ultimately into revenue.