CA Technologies Delivers Ground-Breaking CA Mainframe Chorus Solution to Help Control Costs, Increase Productivity and Agility
Announcement posted by CA Technologies 12 Jan 2011
Sydney, 12 January 2010 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that CA Mainframe Chorus and CA Mainframe Chorus for DB2 Database Management are now available.
CA Mainframe Chorus is the most important innovation yet in CA Technologies Mainframe 2.0 strategy to simplify mainframe management, and help this critical platform to continue to be an effective and integral part of CA Technologies customers’ evolving IT infrastructure.
“The most critical challenges faced by mainframe customers are to control costs, increase productivity, sustain high levels of mainframe skills amongst employees, and enhance the agility of the platform to meet their business needs,” said Savio Saldanha, Director, Mainframe, CA Technologies Australia & New Zealand. “CA Mainframe Chorus is a ground breaking innovation that addresses all these concerns by simplifying mainframe management through integration, automation, and modernisation, thereby helping the mainframe to continue to help power the global economy.”
CA Mainframe Chorus helps:
- Reduce the time and effort required to securely manage the mainframe environment.
- Enable faster problem resolution and improved service levels.
- Increase productivity for current expert mainframe staff and more rapid on-ramping of new staff.
CA Mainframe Chorus’ role-based integrated management workspace, rich data visualisation, modern GUI, and advanced knowledge capture and transfer capabilities, help redefine the future of mainframe management.
Each CA Mainframe Chorus role leverages functionality from the CA software that supports a key management discipline. CA Mainframe Chorus for DB2 Database Management is the first role bringing together features from seven individual CA tools that support IBM DB2 for z/OS in the unified workspace.
A marquee feature of CA Mainframe Chorus is time series graphing for DB2 Application Performance data – functionality that was developed by CA’s Sydney-based development team. Time Series supports the charting and comparison of DB2 performance information over a range of time periods. Additionally, it simplifies the identification of key contributors to performance issues allowing for easier problem diagnosis and quicker resolution of DB2 performance issues.
“CA Technologies is constantly investing in R&D. With our specialist Mainframe development team based in Sydney, CA Mainframe Chorus has slowly been introduced to key customers in beta form over the last twelve months and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. We’re confident that it will not only benefit our customers now, but play an integral role in engaging the next generation of mainframers for years to come,” said Savio Saldanha, Director, Mainframe, CA Technologies Australia & New Zealand.
Key benefits specific to CA Mainframe Chorus for DB2 Database Management (highlighted by customers) include:
- Increasing productivity and faster problem solving via enhanced visualisation of data and historical data comparative capabilities
- Saving time and money with simplified management of complex DB2 for z/OS workloads
- Optimizing DB2 for z/OS performance by proactively monitoring DB2 for z/OS thresholds and alerts, more quickly identifying and resolving DB2 for z/OS bottlenecks and leveraging displayed historical data to predict trends
- Simplifying mentoring of new staff and accelerating the ability to expertly manage DB2 through instant access to decades of DB2 experience and ongoing knowledge management capture and transfer capabilities
CA Technologies Mainframe 2.0 management strategy helps organisations to maximise platform value and workforce agility by simplifying its management through integration, automation, and modernisation.
For more information on CA Mainframe Chorus and CA Mainframe Chorus for DB2 Database Management visit http://www.ca.com/us/products/detail/CA-Mainframe-Chorus.aspx.
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