CA Clarity PPM Recognized in First Report of its Kind to Separately Evaluate PPM for Business and IT-Driven Portfolios

ISLANDIA, N.Y., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA) today announced that leading analyst firm Forrester Research, Inc. has named CA a leader in both IT and business-driven project portfolio management (PPM). In its December 2009 report "The Forrester Wave(TM): Project Portfolio Management, Q4 2009,"* Forrester evaluated 14 PPM vendors on 89 points of criteria, positioning CA as a leader for its "versatile offerings combined with strong product and corporate focus."

For the first time, Forrester evaluated PPM solutions for use outside the IT organization, for example in new product development and corporate portfolio management, acknowledging the growing use of PPM anywhere organizations are managing people, projects and portfolios. CA's success in providing PPM solutions for IT and the business was recognized by Forrester, naming CA a leader in both PPM for IT-driven portfolios and PPM for business-driven portfolios.

"CA provides a strong all-around offering coupled with strong organizational commitment," wrote Margo Visitacion, vice president at Forrester and the report's author. "CA continues to provide the pragmatic features that IT organizations have long required to gain necessary visibility into managing various types of IT work...CA has not left immature organizations behind. Its commitment to offering SaaS solutions and deep training capabilities make it more accessible for the 'accidental project manager.'"

In both the IT and Business evaluations, CA scored the highest of the 14 vendors in Strategy, which is based on Forrester's assessment of CA's product strategy, corporate strategy and solution cost in the PPM market. In addition, CA received the highest scores in usability, integration, resource management, integrated IT management, advanced project and financial management, as well as support for systems integrators and technology partners.

"The results of the Forrester evaluation are a testament to CA's forward-looking vision for integrated enterprise IT management and project and portfolio management," said Brian Bell, senior vice president and general manager of the Project & Portfolio Management business unit at CA. "With comprehensive and flexible PPM solutions for IT and business users, CA continues to deliver leading solutions for CIOs and business executives focused on making smart investment decisions and confidently delivering on their commitments."

Trusted by more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide, CA Clarity PPM offers tailored SaaS and on-premise solutions for new product development (NPD), public sector grants management and IT governance. Many new customers can be up and running on CA's on-demand service in as little as five days, investing in a proven PPM application they'll never outgrow.

Adding to the value of CA Clarity PPM for business and IT driven portfolios, CA and salesforce.com announced a partnership in November to deliver agile development management in the cloud on the Force.com platform. The planned introduction of CA Agile Planner is being designed to help agile developers in small businesses and enterprises alike accelerate development timelines while gaining better control and visibility over their software development initiatives. The planned integrated solution of CA Agile Planner and CA Clarity PPM is being designed to help development managers view and manage all application development projects in one system of record. More information is available at www.ca.com/agile.

Click here for a copy of The Forrester Wave(TM) and Vendor Summary for CA.

* Forrester, Inc., "The Forrester Wave(TM): Project Portfolio Management, Q4 2009" by Margo Visitacion and Tim DeGennaro, December 18, 2009.

About CA Clarity PPM

CA Clarity PPM, the industry-leading project and portfolio management solution, helps public and private sector IT organizations to achieve world-class performance by improving the quality of their engagement with their stakeholders and enhancing their ability to run at peak efficiency. The CA Clarity PPM system features integrated IT portfolio planning, demand management, project management, resource planning and time, cost and earned value management. More than 1,000 companies, organizations and government agencies depend on CA Clarity PPM to govern IT, optimize new product development (NPD) and manage public sector grants. For more information on CA Clarity PPM, please visit www.ca.com/ppm. To receive updates, follow CAClarity on Twitter.

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