CA Completes Nimsoft Acquisition

ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

• Acquisition Expands CA's Presence in Emerging Enterprise and MSP Markets

• Nimsoft to Operate as a Standalone Business Unit Within CA's Cloud Business Line  

CA, Inc. (Nasdaq: CA) today announced it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Nimsoft, Inc.—a leading provider of IT performance and availability monitoring solutions for emerging enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs)—for $350 million in an all-cash transaction.  

The acquisition significantly extends CA's ability to meet the unique IT management needs of emerging enterprises and MSPs, both of which are playing leading roles in the growth of cloud computing.  Nimsoft's technology and go-to-market approach also will leverage CA's presence in growing international markets—where the Company expects cloud computing and hosted/managed services to play a central role in business development.

"We believe that the acquisition of Nimsoft by CA will result in enhanced monitoring solutions in the area of hosted/managed services," said Kevin Crowe, Director of Managed Services of Long View Systems. "Nimsoft technology, combined with CA's commitment to cloud computing, will provide us with a robust solution that will allow us to create more value for our clients and will enable us to continue to evolve and innovate as an MSP."

The acquisition also will extend CA's leadership position in the Service Assurance market segment, offering one of the most comprehensive suites of IT monitoring and management solutions in the industry.  

Nimsoft will operate as a standalone business unit within CA's Cloud Products & Solutions Business Line.  

For additional information, please visit http://www.ca.com/nimsoft.

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CA (NASDAQ: CA), the world's leading independent IT management software company, helps customers optimize IT for better business results. CA's Enterprise IT Management solutions for mainframe and distributed computing enable Lean IT—empowering organizations to more effectively govern, manage and secure their IT operations. For more information, visit www.ca.com.

About Nimsoft

Nimsoft is the first provider of Unified Monitoring™ solutions for virtualized datacenters, hosted and managed services, cloud platforms, and SaaS resources. The Nimsoft Unified Monitoring architecture eliminates the need to deploy a new monitoring solution for outsourced services, public or private clouds, or SaaS implementations. About 800 customers use Nimsoft Unified Monitoring solutions, including both mid-market and global organizations such as Amway Corporation, Barclays Capital, Casual Male, European Medicines Agency (EMEA), Ladbrokes, TriNet, and hundreds of leading hosting, Cloud and Managed Service Providers such as 1&1, CDW, Hitachi, and Rackspace.  For more information, visit www.nimsoft.com or to see Nimsoft Unified Monitoring in action, visit the Nimsoft public portal at www.unifiedmonitoring.com.

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