CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup Continues to Take Top Spot in Comparative Independent Lab Reviews Worldwide Industry-Leading Backup and Recovery Solution Consistently Selected Over Competing Products From VERITAS, Legato and Others ISLANDIA, N.Y., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced the continued success of BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9, its backup and recovery solution for distributed enterprise and SMB customers, in head-to-head reviews conducted by independent labs across the world. BrightStor Enterprise Backup v9 has also received high praise in more than a dozen other standalone reviews by leading IT publications. BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9 repeatedly beat out competing products from VERITAS, Legato and others to win "Best in Test," "Editor's Choice," "Labs Winner" and similar titles. In their reviews, editors have cited BrightStor ARCserve Backup's superior management features, broad platform support, ease of use, outstanding performance and seamless integration with third-party products. Publications recognizing BrightStor ARCserve Backup's competitive superiority this year include: Technology Channel News Spain October 2003 PC Professional UK October 2003 PC Plus UK October 2003 Natverk & Kommunikation Sweden September 2003 PC Professional Germany September 2003 Technology & Business Australia September 2003 CCI Communications US April 2003 Network Computing Germany March 2003 Personal Computer World UK February 2003 "BrightStor ARCserve Backup is a superb product," wrote Alan Stevens in his review for Personal Computer World. "(It) is light-years ahead of other backup solutions." In addition to the head-to-head comparisons, reviewers at CRN, China Computerworld, China Computer Users, China Network World, Germany's PC Professional, Italy's Computer Programming, Spain's Dealer15 and Byte, Taiwan's Windows.NET, and Denmark's Alt om NET & PC PRO all gave BrightStor ARCserve Backup strong praise in standalone reviews. "BrightStor ARCserve Backup has established a phenomenal track record with industry experts around the world," said Frank Yang, CA senior vice president of BrightStor solutions. "We will continue to focus on raising the bar in product functionality and quality to ensure the same results in future tests." BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9 is available for Windows, NetWare and Linux. Additional information about CA's complete family of BrightStor solutions is available at http://ca.com/brightstor. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20021111/CALOGO ) About CA Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), one of the world's largest software companies, delivers software and services that enable organizations to manage their IT environments. Focus areas include network and systems management, storage and security management, portal and business intelligence, and application life-cycle management. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and operates in more than 100 countries. For more information on CA, please visit http://ca.com/. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20021111/CALOGODATASOURCE: Computer Associates International, Inc. CONTACT: Debra Novack, +1-631-242-2971, Web site: http://ca.com/ http://ca.com/brightstor Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/196575.html

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