Get ready! It's time for May Mainframe Madness! From May 01 to May 31, 2012, prepare to join us at the largest mainframe-focused event of its kind. Every weekday in May brings new insights, tools and strategies to help you understand and maximize the strength and relevance of 21st century mainframe solutions. There are more than 100+ valuable sessions, demos, papers and other valuable tools available over every business day in May, so you won't want to miss a thing! From application development and performance, to databases and storage, to Linux on System z, MMM 2012 has your area covered! Register today at ca.com/mmm. For more details about May Mainframe Madness 2012, visit ca.com/mainframe/may.

Don't miss Auditorium sessions of special interest to Application Lifecycle attendees:

• CA Endevor® Software Change Manager Status and Plans: Friday, May 04, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. ET
• Total Eclipse of the Testing Tools: Tuesday, May 08, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. ET
• Don't Let Managing Application Performance Manage Your Business: Monday, May 14, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. ET
• The Application Lifecycle: Can It Be Managed? Friday, May 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. ET

Of special interest to Application Lifecycle attendees will be these booths:

• Software Change Management
  • Highlights CA Endevor® Software Change Manager with informative sessions, demos, and presentations by IT professionals and subject matter experts. Join us to learn about all the new features, options/interfaces, future plans as well educational sessions.
• Application Quality and Testing Tools
  • Highlights CA InterTest™, CA SymDump®, CA File Master™ Plus, CA Mainframe Application Tuner and CA Optimizer®/II with webcasts, demos, white papers, strategy reviews and a look at how Eclipse-based interfaces are transforming these products.
• Application Development
  • Highlights CA Gen and CA Aion® Business Rules Expert (BRE) with over 30 sessions, demos, white papers and educational downloads. Product updates and plans for CA Gen and CA Aion BRE will feature the latest features and future plans. Network and interact with other application developers and experts worldwide!

Other booths of interest include:

• Controlling Costs
• Database Management (DB2 for z/OS; IMS for z/OS)
• Databases (CA IDMS™)
• Databases (CA Datacom®)
• Next-Generation Mainframe Management

CA Software Change Manager r12.1.03 General Availability Announcement
We are pleased to announce the availability of CA Software Change Manager r12.1.03. This interim release includes all maintenance published prior to this update. By installing CA Software Change Manager r12.1.03, you ensure that your systems are current on maintenance. To view the detailed announcement, click here.

Connect, Learn and Share With MyCA
MyCA is where you can connect, learn and share on ca.com with new features to improve your online experience. CA Community members can test drive the new beta features that integrate online support and Go Live with CA Technologies project management into MyCA.

To register for MyCA and build your personal MyCA page:

• Go to the MyCA link at the top of any ca.com page. Enter your login information or register.
• Update your profile by clicking your first name at the very top of the web page
• Then click the Edit Profile button and enter an Alias/Screen Name that makes you easily identifiable, such as firstname_lastname - no spaces are allowed. Click Submit.
• Click Take Me Back to return to your MyCA page, join a CA Community and start sharing!

The Training and Insights area on your MyCA home page will help answer your questions about interacting with CA Communities. Visit the MyCA Help Library for more information and "how to" videos.

CA Endevor® SCM V15.1 Early Beta Recruitment
Interested in Beta Testing Version 15.1? Please send an email to corpbeta@ca.com. For more information on our Beta Programs, go here.

CA Endevor® SCM Vnext Development Partner Recruitment
Interested in reviewing, commenting, and sending feedback on upcoming features? Please email corpbeta@ca.com.

CA Software Change Manager Plug-in for Eclipse Update Site
Use this site to download the CA SCM Plug-in for Eclipse versions using the Eclipse Update Manager for automatic installation on your workstation. Follow the appropriate steps to install the CA SCM Plug-in for Eclipse. View these details on the product page of support.ca.com.

Harweb With SQL Server Fails to Start
This document describes what to do when an error appears when trying to login after installing Harweb. You can find the details of this technical document (TEC568684) under the Knowledge Document section of the support page.

We Need a List of SCM Tables and Fields for CA SCM r12.1
This document describes how to find a list of tables and fields for CA SCM r12.1. You can find the details of this technical document (TEC568677) under the Knowledge Document section of the support page.

CA Endevor® SCM - DID YOU KNOW?

• Looking for OPTION U on your CA Endevor SCM QUICK-EDIT Panel? You'll find it in CA Endevor SCM Version 15.0!
• You can quickly display a summary of changes for the current release by keying in Option "C" from the CA Endevor SCM Primary Options Panel.
• You can quickly display a summary of changes for the previous release by selecting Option "Z" from the CA Endevor SCM Primary Options Panel.

For additional information, login to support.ca.com.

CA Green Books and Green Papers - providing implementation best practices and use case scenarios to assist you with optimizing CA Products and solutions in your IT environment. Available for download on CA Support Online at ca.com/greenbooks.

Gain valuable product knowledge and insight with CA Communities. Could you benefit from practical product knowledge from other CA solution users? Would you like to have insight into product roadmaps, presentations and product specific training? Visit communities.ca.com, where you will find the directory of online global user communities and regional user groups with event listings, message boards/discussion forums, document libraries and more. Joining a CA Community is as easy as logging in with your CA Support Online identification, searching for available communities, and clicking "JOIN COMMUNITY" on the respective community's home page.

CA Endevor® Community Members Wanted!
Don't miss the CA Endevor Membership Drive going on right now for CA Endevor users. Visit the CA Endevor Global User Community site on MyCA for details.

CA Software Change Management Global User Community (CA Harvest)

• Check the CA Software Change Manager Community on MyCA for information on the next webcast.
• Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Recording Available
• Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - Recording Available
• Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - Recording Available

Life Cycle Management Global User Community (discusses CA Harvest and Endevor®)

• Check the CA Life Cycle Community on MyCA for information on the next webcast.
• Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Recording Available
• Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - Recording Available
• Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - Recording Available

CA Endevor® Global User Community

• The next meeting of the Endevor Global User Community is scheduled for May 08, 2012. Please check the event calendar on the Endevor User Community page for details coming soon!
• Tuesday February 14, 2012 - Recording Available
• Thursday, December 08, 2011 - Recording Available

CA Testing Tools Global User Community
The CA Testing tools hold Monthly webcasts on various topics of interest. Check the Testing Tools User Community site for details!

• June 2012 - CA Mainframe Application Tuner: ISPF Panel Tips for Expediting Monitor Analysis

**Note: We will not have a User Community Webcast in May due to May Mainframe Madness.

Recent Recordings

• April 17, 2012 - Topic: CA SymDump® Batch: Using the CA SymDump Eclipse-Based User Interface to trouble-shoot a COBOL/IDMS application ABEND
• March 20, 2012 - CA File Master™ Plus: Using CA File Master Plus for Discovery and Global Change
• February 2012 - CA InterTest™ Batch: Configuring the integration with CA Endevor® Software Change Manager
• January 2012 - CA OPTIMIZER®/II: SNAPs and Intercepts for COBOL Application Debugging

Special Offer *** The World Needs More Mainframers
For a limited time only, enroll one student in the June 18, 2012, cohort of Mainframe Academy in Herndon, Virginia, and get the second student enrollment for 50% off. Click here for more information.

Reduce Training Costs and Drive User Productivity With CA Endevor® Software Change
Manager r1
CA Productivity Accelerator (CA PA) is a cost-effective documentation, training, and delivery solution that simplifies the creation of education materials and enhances performance support. It is a unique, synchronized, customizable solution that helps you quickly create the critical documentation, training, and support materials your organization needs to drive user productivity.

Learn more about CA Productivity Accelerator.

Mainframe at CA Technologies
This fun, 8-minute video describes the CA Mainframe CSU, touches on some of the innovative mainframe solutions we offer and describes how CA Technologies uses our own mainframe solutions to support business growth.

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