CA Technologies Named Market Share Leader

CA Technologies Named the Worldwide Network Management Software and Appliance Market Share Leader by Market Research Firm

ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 19, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced it has been named the market share leader in the worldwide network management software and appliance market by IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice.

According to the market analysis report entitled Worldwide Network Management Software and Appliance 2012-2017 Forecast and 2010 and 1H11 Vendor Shares*, worldwide revenue for the network management software and appliance market in 2011 was $2.5 billion, growing 9.1 percent over 2010. IDC expects this market to grow at a CAGR of 7.5 percent to $4 billion from 2012 to 2017. CA Technologies owned 14.1 percent of the market in 2010 and 13.1 percent in the first half of 2011.

The report’s author, Lee Doyle, group vice president and general manager, Network Infrastructure and Security Products and Services, summarized CA Technologies offering, “CA Technologies believes that the relationship between the performance and the availability of infrastructure and applications is the fundamental key to ensuring consistent, high-quality business service operations management. As such, CA Technologies network/infrastructure management offering has a strong focus on unified proactive performance management, intelligent infrastructure fault isolation and root cause analysis, network flow analysis, application delivery, physical/virtual systems management, and unified communications monitoring. In combination with CA Application Performance Management (for end-user experience management, cloud and transaction monitoring, and deep-dive application analytics) and CA Service Operations Insight (for IT and business service modeling and event management), CA Infrastructure Management is a cornerstone in CA Technologies Service Assurance portfolio of solutions.”

“CA Technologies innovative and comprehensive service assurance portfolio allows customers to realize Business Service Innovation,” said Mike Sargent, general manager, Enterprise Management, CA Technologies. “Our integrated offerings enable CIOs and IT executives to focus on delivering new, innovative business services instead of managing and maintaining IT. This recognition by IDC as the network management market share leader validates our success in helping enterprise and service provider customers accelerate cycle times, reduce IT costs, improve service quality and ensure service performance.”

* IDC, Worldwide Network Management Software and Appliance 2012-2017 Forecast and 2010 and 1H11 Vendor Shares, Doc #233296, March 2011.

Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend & Share Repurchase Program

Apple Announces Plans to Initiate Dividend and Share Repurchase Program

Expects to Spend $45 Billion Over Three Years

CUPERTINO, California—March 19, 2012—Apple® today announced plans to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program commencing later this year.

Subject to declaration by the Board of Directors, the Company plans to initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share sometime in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012, which begins on July 1, 2012.

Additionally, the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized a $10 billion share repurchase program commencing in the Company’s fiscal 2013, which begins on September 30, 2012. The repurchase program is expected to be executed over three years, with the primary objective of neutralizing the impact of dilution from future employee equity grants and employee stock purchase programs.

“We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure. You’ll see more of all of these in the future,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Even with these investments, we can maintain a war chest for strategic opportunities and have plenty of cash to run our business. So we are going to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program.”

“Combining dividends, share repurchases, and cash used to net-share-settle vesting RSUs, we anticipate utilizing approximately $45 billion of domestic cash in the first three years of our programs,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “We are extremely confident in our future and see tremendous opportunities ahead.”

Apple will provide live streaming of a conference call to discuss its plans beginning at 6:00 a.m. PDT on Monday, March 19, 2012 at www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/call31912. The Company will not be providing an update on the current quarter nor will any topics be discussed other than cash. This webcast will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.

This press release contains forward-looking statements including without limitation those regarding future business outlook and plans for dividends and share repurchases. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ. Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company’s business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company’s international operations; the Company’s reliance on third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company’s products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings. More information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s financial results is included from time to time in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s public reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2011 and its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.

News Release from CA Technologies - Mainframe Academy Scholarships

CA Technologies First Mainframe Academy Scholarships Support Next-Generation Management Talent

Global Recipients Recognized For Dedication to Mastering Mainframe Skills

ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 12, 2012 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the first five recipients of scholarships to its Mainframe Academy with CA Technologies, an accelerated educational curriculum that helps promising young technologists expand their skills and fill potential talent gaps in future mainframe management.

CA Technologies announced the scholarship program* last March as part of its workforce education effort, promising over $1 million in grants to attend the Mainframe Academy through 2016.  Recipients are selected by SHARE representatives, who award  scholarships to applicants that demonstrate a desire to master mainframe programming skills.

“With the mainframe continuing to play a vital role in their IT strategies, many of our global customers are looking at ways to proactively address the skills gap as senior staff approaches retirement age,” said Dayton Semerjian, general manager, Mainframe, CA Technologies. “We created the Mainframe Academy to help address this requirement and help some of the best young talent get a jump-start to a career in IT.”

The recipients include an IBM intern based in the U.S., a systems analyst for BRQ IT in Brazil, a University of Kentucky graduate interning at General Electric, and two system programmers from Garanti Technology in Turkey -- all of whom are looking to expand their mainframe knowledge.

“CA Technologies is providing a great opportunity with its Mainframe Academy scholarship program,” said Janet Sun, President, SHARE Inc.  “We are pleased to participate in the selection process and to support the growth and development of the next-generation of mainframe talent.  This aligns with our zNextGen program and is supported by the research we have done regarding the Mainframe Skills Gap.”

The Mainframe Academy with CA Technologies is an 8-week, vendor-agnostic, immersion program that blends instructor-led classroom activity with virtual and self-paced learning designed to provide core skills to manage the mainframe environment.   Young IT professionals enrolled in high school, undergraduate and graduate university programs, or recent graduates are eligible for the scholarship.

CA Technologies will issue three additional scholarships at the SHARE Conference in August.  Applications are being accepted through May 31, 2012 at the program website.

*Scholarships are awarded in the amount of $35,000.00 USD per winner and are payable solely as a credit for publically scheduled Mainframe Academy with CA Technologies education courses; scholarships will not be paid in cash or subject to refund, in whole or part.  Scholarship credits must be used within 12-months from the award date. Application submission requirements and rules apply. Applicants are obligated to ensure that they are eligible to apply for or accept the potential scholarship award consistent with the applicable rules of their employer, including without limitation, a code of conduct or similar conduct policies.  This Scholarship offer may not be available to any employee or official of any governmental or quasi-governmental entity. Mainframe Academywith CA Technologies education courses and training is subject to standard CA Technologies terms and conditions.

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News Release from EMC - Storage Software

EMC Achieves Decade of Storage Software Market Share Leadership—Gains Market Share

EMC Captures More Than 2X the Market Share of Closest Leading Vendor in Storage Infrastructure Software Market, Driven by Customer Adoption of EMC FAST Technology, According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Qview

HOPKINTON, Mass. - March 6, 2012

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the #1 worldwide storage software market leader in total revenue for the 10^th consecutive year, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software QView, March 2012. EMC outpaced the storage software market growth and gained market share during the fourth quarter and full calendar year of 2011. EMC also recently announced its position as the leading provider of external disk storage systems for the 15^th consecutive year in factory revenue, according to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, March 2012.

EMC's decade of leadership, and most recently its ability to capture 2X the 2011 market share of the closest leading vendor in the storage infrastructure software market, is driven in large part by rapid customer adoption of EMC® FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering). EMC FAST is one of EMC's fastest-growing storage software products. The technology enables customers to achieve higher levels of performance, cost efficiency and storage utilization in virtual data centers by exploiting the benefits of enterprise Flash drives and a tiered architecture. Additionally, in 2011, EMC shipped over 24 PBs of Flash drive capacity—more than any other storage vendor in the market today (see related newsrelease).

IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software QView Highlights

• EMC maintained its #1 leadership position in the overall storage software market for 2011.
• EMC outpaced the storage software market with 13.9% year-over-year growth, while the overall market grew 11.3% in 2011.
• EMC leads the storage infrastructure software market with 41.6% market share in 2011-more than 2X that of the closest leading vendor, capturing 10.5 points of additional market share compared to 2010, and grew storage infrastructure software revenue at 52.5%.

"EMC is leading customers on their journey to hybrid cloud computing, which is forever changing the way IT is built, operated and consumed. Data centers have been consolidated, standardized and virtualized. Customers are using 'smart' software, like EMC FAST, to automate more and more of what previously were burdensome administrative tasks to make their data centers more reliable and efficient. EMC's decade of storage software market leadership has been achieved by continually innovating and delivering solutions like FAST that drive the adoption of powerful technologies like enterprise Flash drives," said Pat Gelsinger, President and Chief Operating Officer, EMC Information Infrastructure Products.

Additional Resources:

• Read IDC's news release
• More information on IDC’s Worldwide Storage Software QView
• Connect with EMC via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn