MUMBAI  
JULY 12, 2006

CA has acquired the privately held XOsoft Inc, a provider of continuous application availability solutions that minimize application downtime and accelerate time to recovery.

The acquisition enables CA to offer a complete recovery management solution that allows customers to minimize the risk of data loss, reduce the time spent on backups and expedite recovery of critical business services.

XOsoft's products provide uninterrupted access to all types of file and application servers including Windows Servers, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft IIS and Oracle and allow instantaneous recovery from any type of disaster.

CA plans to integrate XOsoft's products with BrightStor ARCserve Backup to deliver a complete solution for protecting and recovering critical applications. Using XOsoft's patented technology, CA also will develop a next-generation information protection platform to unify and simplify recovery operations.

"IT organizations need to ensure the availability and recoverability of email, database and other business applications across their storage infrastructure," said Bob Davis, Senior VP and GM of CA's Storage Management business unit.

"With this acquisition, CA is meeting customers' requirements for protecting, securing and quickly recovering critical applications and information from any location across the enterprise."

With the addition of XOsoft to its intelligent storage management portfolio, CA is enabling its customers to implement this kind of multi-layered approach including traditional backup, offsite vaulting and disaster recovery.

CA intends to market and support XOsoft's complete family of products through its direct sales force and authorized XOsoft and CA partners.

CA did not disclose terms of the transaction, which follows its recent acquisition of MDY Group International, Inc. a leading provider of records management software and services.

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