CA AND NEC COLLABORATE TO OFFER SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES CUSTOMISED, READY-TO-USE BACK-UP SOLUTIONS

DATCHET, UK / PARIS, FRANCE, September 28, 2005 – Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) and NEC Computers International today announced an OEM agreement to bring to market customised hardware and software solutions for the back-up, restoration, archiving and protection of critical data. The new solution is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Linux and Netware server environments. The new solution will be available in October across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) via the NEC Computers International sales network of partners and resellers.

CA and NEC is offering a complete solution for customers, combining world-class hardware and software, which will provide SMBs with leading-edge data protection that is customized, validated and supported by NEC. Customers can build their own bespoke backup server solution from the NEC product catalogue of NEC Express5800 servers, tape backup devices, and operating systems, along with CA’s BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 software. NEC will provide ongoing support for BrightStor ARCserve Backup and all other products included in the solution, ensuring any technical or after-sales support can be handled simply and efficiently.

The NEC Express5800 server range, which has been growing twice as fast as the market for the past two years in France (source: IDC), offers a wide range of platforms, from single-processor to quad-processor systems and tower through to rack-optimized designs.

To satisfy a full-range of end-user requirements NEC can integrate a wide range of tape backup technologies into the Express5800 servers including DAT, DLT, LTO and AIT.

NEC's capacity for manufacturing fully customizable server systems in its Angers factory in France, combined with the efficiency and simple administration of CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5, make these solutions unique.

The scaleable data protection solutions are fully configurable to meet demanding end-users' requirements of flexibility and price responsiveness.

Each customer obtains an individually customized data protection solution that is validated, supported, and guaranteed by NEC.

BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 provides optimal protection for an SMB’s server, data and applications. CA’s backup software continuously and progressively secures all critical files and performs transparent, powerful backup and restore operations. Moreover, BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 can be installed and configured in NEC's CLUSTERPRO/ExpressCluster r3.1 SE and LE environment, to provide backup and restore solutions in a NEC cluster environment.

"NEC is continuing with the strategy of offering fully integrated and supported solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Our partnership with CA, a leader in the storage market, not only meets this goal, but also enables us to offer our customers all-in-one customized solutions at very attractive prices," said Denis Bellicam, Director of Enterprise Computing at NEC Computers International.

"Satisfying the specific IT needs of SMBs is a key focus area for CA in EMEA," said Tim Goodwin, CA’s OEM Sales Manager for EMEA. "By working with OEM partners like NEC whose European manufacturing infrastructure offers great flexibility, we continually reinforce our promise of providing SMBs with solutions to simplify the protection of their IT environments so they can focus on their core business."


Example Data Protection Solution Configuration:
Scaleable Dual-Processor Tower Backup Server
NEC Express5800/120Eg
1x Intel Xeon 2.8GHz/1MB/800MHz with EM64T
1GB DDR dual channel ECC SDRAM
CD-ROM & Floppy Disk drives
SATA 4-Channel RAID Controller
2x 80GB SATA HDD Hot Swap
2x 570W HotSwap Redundant Power Supply Units
AIT-2 Turbo (80/200GB) SCSI Internal Tape Drive
Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition (5 CALs, EN)
BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.5 for SBS 2003 Standard Edition

Availability
BrightStor ARCserve Backup Data Proctection Solutions through NEC will be available to buy from October 2005 throughout the EMEA region.

About NEC Computers International
NEC Computers International (NEC CI) manufactures and supports all NEC PCs, Servers and Storage within EMEA. NEC CI also serves the consumer market with Packard Bell, one of Europe’s home PC leaders
For more information, please visit www.nec-computers.co.uk.

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. For more information, please visit http://ca.com.

For further information about NEC Computers International:

Jonathan Green
Phone number: + 33 (0) 1 55 23 72 96
Email address: jonathan.green@nec-computers.com