CA cruises partners through its strategies and roadmaps

Mumbai

March 14, 2007

Computer Associates (CA) India recently hosted a two day Partner Conference
on board 'The Star Cruise' which aimed to provide insight into its strategy
and help give a direction to the partner community. The event was well attended
by 100 partners.

The two-day event included conferences, sessions on industry trends and
roadmaps for the various business units of CA (from security, storage,
enterprise systems management and business service optimization). Partner
testimonials of CA's solutions 'At Work' were also part of the event to
give the Indian channel an insight to the global partner community. The event
ended with an awards ceremony filled with fun and games.

The event also included addresses and keynote speeches from CA visiting
executives Brenton Smith, Area Manager, CA, Asia South; Chris Wilson, Regional
Manager, Channels, CA, APJ and Spencer B Schweibold, VP, Business Development,
CA Inc.

Commenting on the event, Vivek Sharma, Country Business Manager, Wipro
Infotech said, “The idea of the cruise was definitely a new one and an
excellent opportunity to meet other partners and network.” Sharing similar
views, Manish Manocha, IT-Head, F1 Infotech said, "This has given us a
platform to understand new business dynamics, new opportunities and new
technology. The event was really motivating and we appreciate the initiative
taken by CA."

“The event has helped partners come together in a forum to express their
commitment to selling CA Solutions,” said Sasikanth R, GM and Head Enterprise
SBU, Redington (India) Ltd. “The highlight of the event was that it brought
out the clear-cut strategy of CA for the Indian Market.”

Pravir Arora, Head Channels, CA India and SAARC said, “Our partners have
been an integral part of CA's business and we value their efforts and
contribution. This occasion further enabled us to garner vital feedback from
channel partners in order to enhance our solutions, services and support."

Some of the enterprise partners who attended the event included Wipro, HCL,
TCS, CMC, CMS, Tech Valley, Millennium Information Technologies, Satyam Computer
Services, Allied Digital Services, Datacraft India, L&T Infotech, etc.

Distributors and channel partners who were present were Redington India,
Ingram Micro India, Open Systems Technologies, Kinfotech, Binary Consulting
Solutions, Benelec Infotech, Comprehensive Consultancy, F1 Infotech, Futuresoft
Solutions, Locuz Enterprise Solutions, Micropro Software Solutions, PH Teknow,
Pace Infotech as well as Creative Peripherals and Distributions.

Looking forward to similar such events Prashanth S, Director,
Quadrasystems.net (India) said, “We appreciate CA's passion for success and
commitment towards the partner community. This will only strengthen our resolve
to strike gold with our partnership in the coming years.”