CA GARNERS TOP SCORE IN BLOOR RESEARCH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT REPORT

“Gold Medal” Rating Based on Functional Capabilities, Product Roadmap, and Customer Implementations

ISLANDIA, N.Y., October 27, 2005 – Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) today announced it has been awarded a gold medal and earned the highest score among the identity management suite vendors in the Bloor Research Bullseye report on Identity Management. (1) The score was based on CA's all-around abilities in identity management, its product roadmap for next year, and the scale and depth of customer implementations.

“CA has built an impressive, well rounded suite of identity management products which has earned it a gold medal and highest ranking among all of the identity management vendors we analyzed,” said Fran Howarth, security practice leader for Bloor Research. “The strength of the company's technology, including its roadmap for integrating the recently acquired Netegrity products, and evidence from customers place CA in a very strong position in the identity and access management (IAM) market.”

Bloor research has adopted the Bullseye open research framework for all its reports which provides an independent, multi-dimensional model for comparative analysis of IT products. The Bullseye measures technology and business to provide a set of weighted attribute scores that support optimal purchaser decision making. Vendors are rated based on a variety of criteria including stability and risk, product performance, support, and the maturity of the product line.

“CA continues to deliver the industry's most robust and comprehensive IAM suite of products that enables our customers to effectively manage risk while reducing their administration costs,” said Bill Bartow, senior vice president of eTrust Identity and Access Management at CA. “We are honored that Bloor recognizes our leadership position in the rapidly growing IAM market.”

Bloor's recognition of CA's IAM leadership follows similar reports from leading industry analysts including:

• IDC — being named the worldwide market leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) software by IDC for the fifth consecutive year. (2)
• Gartner — being positioned on the axis of the leader and visionary quadrants in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Extranet Access Management (EAM), Second Half 2005. (3)

CA's identity and access management architecture empowers IT organizations to better secure their environments and successfully cope with increased complexity and a growing number of internal and external end-users and their access to a whole range of systems, from mainframe to Web applications.

The Bloor Research report on identity management can be found at
http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Collateral.asp?CID=74945.

1. Bloor Research, “Identity Management”, by Fran Howarth, October 2005
2. IDC, “Worldwide Identity and Access Management 2005-2009 Forecast and Analysis” IDC #33851, August 2005
3. Gartner Research “Magic Quadrant for Extranet Access Management, 2H05” by Ray Wagner. August 5, 2005.


About Bloor Research
Founded in 1989, Bloor Research is one of the world's leading IT research, analysis and consultancy organizations — distributing research and analysis to IT user and vendor organizations throughout the world via online subscriptions, tailored research services and consultancy projects. Bloor Research improves business performance by guiding organizations on the effective development and use of information technology through independent and impartial research, analysis and advice.

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About CA
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), one of the world's largest management software companies, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and serves customers in more than 140 countries.

(27.10.2005)

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