CA Technologies upgrades mainframe mgmt workspace

MUMBAI, INDIA: CA Technologies announced two new, integrated roles and a new release of its Mainframe Chorus unified management workspace.

In addition to the DB2 for z/OS management role included with the first release of CA Mainframe Chorus, the new release extends its management paradigm with two new roles – CA Mainframe Chorus for Security and Compliance Management and CA Mainframe Chorus for Storage Management. 

All the three roles access a common management workspace with CA Mainframe Chorus.

“CA Mainframe Chorus is a ground-breaking innovation from CA Technologies and the cornerstone for our next-generation mainframe management strategy, which helps customers reduce costs, simplify management and increase IT agility,” said Dayton Semerjian, general manager, Mainframe Customer Solutions Unit, CA Technologies. “The advances in the CA Mainframe Chorus platform and expansion of its management roles help enable the new hybrid IT staff required to run the next generation hybrid mainframe.”

The new CA Mainframe Chorus for Security and Compliance Management extend CA ACF2 and CA Top Secret’s Compliance Information Analysis database.

The new CA Mainframe Chorus for Storage Management provides web browser capabilities, an interactive graphical topology.

And the new CA Mainframe Chorus for DB2 Database Management, the second release of the DB2 DBA role, includes enhancements that are designed to simplify and streamline management, and extend flexibility and control in managing the DB2 environment.

All of the new CA Mainframe Chorus releases and roles will be available this month.