CA Customers Earn CA VIP Awards for Outstanding IT Management and
Governance Success
Innovators Recognized for Using CA Solutions to Achieve Exceptional
Business Results
LAS VEGAS (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) November 17, 2008 --
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
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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
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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
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Vision – Rabobank Nederland,
for implementing an IT management and governance model to manage
the large amount of activities in their company
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Impact – Metro Wastewater
Reclamation District, for being a forerunner in managing records
and information for litigation preparedness, historical reference and
improving organizational efficiency
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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
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Vision – Ohio Farmers
Insurance, for enacting new best practices that enhanced service
availability and customer satisfaction
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Impact – Fujitsu Siemens
Computers, for realizing significant cost savings by centralizing
their network operations
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Progress – Elavon, for
progress in accelerating mission-critical application deployment
through data center automation
Mainframe Management
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Vision – Telefónica, for
supporting business growth while dramatically increasing mainframe
workloads
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Impact – Verizon, for its
innovative and comprehensive response to mainframe storage challenges
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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.
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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
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Vision – Turner Broadcasting
System, for implementing a common, top-down methodology to provide
better insight into financials and business analytics
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Progress – Novell, for
adopting a framework that enables better business decisions and
alignment of cross-functional teams to produce products
Security Management
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Vision – Telecom Italia,
for reducing risk, improving security and embracing the need for true
privilege management
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Impact – BT, for taking a
centralized approach to authentication and authorization that offers
staff, suppliers and customers an enhanced and secured online
experience
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Progress – Enbridge, Inc.,
for enhancing productivity through a coordinated approach to managing
resources using CA Identity Management
Service Management
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Vision – PRODESP, for
providing greater availability and quality of services in a 24x7
environment to enhance productivity and customer satisfaction
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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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software company. With CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM) vision and
expertise, organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure
IT to optimize business performance and sustain competitive advantage.
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