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CA has acquired for an undisclosed sum the assets of data center automation vendor Cassatt, perhaps salvaging the technological innovation developed earlier this decade at the financially struggling start-up.
CA unveils Compliance Manager for z/OS for mainframe policy control
CA Wednesday unveiled Compliance Manager for z/OS, software that works in tandem with any of three mainframe access-control products -- CA's Access Control Facility or Top Secret plus IBM's Resource Control Access Control Facility -- to boost real-time monitoring and policy control on data.
CA tries to groom next generation of mainframers
CA has been working to lure a new generation of talent to the mainframe platform as part of an initiative aimed at easing the process of managing and installing its mainframe software.
CA has top option for cross-platform VM management
Of the products we compared, CA's NSM/ASM pairing served up the best combination of VM management components. But it wasn't problem free.
CA unwraps storage software for cutting IT cost, complexity
In keeping with the ongoing trend of IT cost-cutting, CA on Monday detailed new storage software that it claims reduces administration expenses while also improving data protection.
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