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AllFusion® Newsletter
Version 06.07
December 04, 2006

In This Newsletter
Important Notice to Subscribers of AllFusion® E-News

Product News
> AllFusion® Application Development Products
> Navigation Diagram Design: Saving Time Using the Grid and the Taskbar
> AllFusion® Plex r6 Beta Program
> AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
> Important Notice: AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite News
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite
> Important Notice: AllFusion® Modeling Suite News Published in
Unicenter® Database Management Solutions E-News
> AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
> AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7 is GA
> AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7.1 Beta Program
> AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
> Product Home Page for AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
> The CA Mainframe Testing Tools r8 Releases are Now in Beta!
> CA Testing Tools Product Documentation Updates
> Announcing a 30-Day Free Trial of AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System

General Information
> CA Mainframe Application Quality and Testing Tools - Rising to Meet Today's Business Challenges
> International User Group of Testing Tools (IUGTT)

Special Events
> CA Mainframe Application Quality and Testing Tools Webcast Replay - r8 to the Rescue

Important Notice for Subscribers of AllFusion® E-News
While we will continue to provide valuable information regarding your AllFusion products, this announcement is to inform subscribers that the AllFusion E-News will change from a monthly publication to a quarterly publication. Watch for our next issue in February 2007.

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Product News
AllFusion® Application Development Products
Navigation Diagram Design - Saving Time Using the Grid and the Taskbar
For those who have experience creating windows and dialogs for applications, the idea of utilizing a Grid feature to help position and align controls at design time is a familiar one. However, for some, becoming familiar with how the Grid's features work, along with making use of the information displayed in the Taskbar, can help make designing windows quicker and easier. This Knowledge Base article explains how.

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AllFusion® Plex r6 Beta Program
We are accepting participants for the AllFusion Plex r6 beta program. AllFusion Plex is an architected, rapid application development (ARAD) tool that enables organizations to deliver multi-platform applications in a fraction of the usual time and expense.

The main new feature highlighted in this eagerly awaited release is a C# server code generator. This will enable AllFusion Plex developers to deliver back-end systems for the Microsoft .NET platform, in addition to what is supported currently (Microsoft Windows, Java, IBM System i).

Working directly with CA in our beta programs provides you with a unique opportunity to preview of newest product features. Beta programs provide assurance that our new product releases are of the best quality possible.

Please contact william.hunt@ca.com for questions or additional details.

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AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite

Important Notice: AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite News
Moving forward, we will share valuable information and relevant product updates with you in our new CA Service Management E-News newsletter. In this exciting newsletter, you will learn more about pertinent areas of our Business Service Optimization (BSO) brand, including Change Management.

Subscribe to the CA Service Management E-News by inserting a checkmark next to CA Service Management.

Beginning in September 2006, we will discontinue our Change Management updates in the AllFusion® E-News and replace it with the new CA Service Management newsletter. Your current subscription to AllFusion E-News will not carry over to the CA Service Management
E-News newsletter, so take a moment to subscribe now.

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AllFusion® Modeling Suite
Important Notice: AllFusion® Modeling Suite News Published in Unicenter® Database Management Solutions E-News
The AllFusion Modeling Team is now aligned with CA's "flagship" Unicenter® brand to lead a robust cross-platform data and database lifecycle management offering. This move permits CA to take the lead in closing the loop between the business, IT development, and IT operations as it pertains to your database and information infrastructure. As part of this new alignment, AllFusion Modeling Suite news now appears in the Unicenter Database Management Solutions E-News.

This is the last issue of the AllFusion E-News that will contain news about the AllFusion Modeling Suite. Subscribe to the Unicenter Database Management Solutions E-News today! Just click the E-News link and insert a checkmark next to Unicenter Database Management Solutions.

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AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7 is GA
We are proud to announce the General Availability (GA) for AllFusion Repository r7 for z/OS. This eagerly awaited product release contains many new important features and enhancements. AllFusion Repository continues to be an integral component of the solutions that CA provides for the z/OS platform.

Core product enhancements include the ability for text tables to support audit attributes, and to write history records, the ability to load extensions from one repository to another. New metadata exchange for XML DTDs and ODBC are now available, along with upgrades to several other exchanges including support for DB2 v8.1 and AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler r7.

More details on new features in this exciting new release are available here.

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AllFusion® Repository for z/OS 7.1 Beta Program
Participants are now being accepted for the AllFusion Repository r7.1 for z/OS beta program. Immediately following the highly anticipated release of r7 for this product, r7.1 is focused on new features contained in the Webstation Option (WSO), including:

  • Stored procedure calls in search objects.
  • The ability to query other databases in other RDBMS systems including Oracle, SQL Server and MS Access.
  • Text display from a new report menu.
  • Selected row reporting.
  • Log file processing and logon screen enhancements.

Working directly with CA in our beta program provides you with a unique opportunity to preview the newest product features. In addition, participating in the Beta programs provides assurance that our new product releases are of the best quality possible.

Additional information and registration for the AllFusion Repository r7.1 for z/OS is located here. You can also contact William Hunt for questions or additional details.

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AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
Product Home Page for AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
Visit the AllFusion Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite home page for comprehensive information for all of the AllFusion Testing & Fault Management Products. Find Product News under the "What's New" area, search for Solutions and Patches under the "Solutions and Patches" area and find individualized product pages for all of the AllFusion Testing and Fault Management Products under the "Product Information" area. Each individualized product page contains a "Technical Information" area, where you can view and/or print product manuals.

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The CA Mainframe Testing Tools r8 Releases are Now in Beta!
The r8 releases of CA-InterTest® Batch, CA-InterTest® for CICS, CA-SymDump® for CICS, and the NEW CA-File Master Plus™ for IMS product are now in beta and are available for customer testing. These releases contain powerful and easy to use new features such as:

  • New IMS data and file management
  • Debugging extended to DB2 nested stored procedures
  • Exploitation of SOA/web services enablement features found in IBM CICS Transaction Server 3.1
  • User-focused enhancements including:
    • Enhanced trace capability with historical data value display
    • After breakpoints
    • Scrollable Keep Windows
  • Enhanced integration with CA Endevor® Change Manager

WE NEED BETA SITES to ensure high quality, value-add products and features tested in "real world" environments. YOU can help.

To learn more, check out the "CA Beta Programs" section on SupportConnectSM. Here you will find product datasheets, beta registration information, and much more:

CA-File Master Plus for IMS:
supportconnectw.ca.com/cso/closed-betas/filemstrims8/filemstrims8beta.asp
CA-InterTest Batch:
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/beta/inttestbatch8/inttestbatch8beta.asp
CA-InterTest for CICS and CA-SymDump for ICS:
supportconnectw.ca.com/public/beta/afcics8/afcics8beta.asp

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CA Testing Tools Product Documentation Updates
The CA Testing Tools Technical Publications organization continues to develop best-in-class product documentation. As we publish documentation in the CA standard format of .pdf, we will inform you of the latest technical guides available to you in SupportConnectSM.

This month, documentation for AllFusion® CA-Optimizer® for VSE Release 6.0 is now available in .pdf format.

Look in future versions of E-News for more product documentation updates.

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Announcing a 30-Day Free Trial of AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System
AllFusion CA-SymDump System r7, which uses Unicenter® CA-SYSVIEW® technology, provides powerful, easy-to-use features for enhanced system dump viewing and dump management.

A free 30-day trial is now available for download. You get access to all features and functions of AllFusion CA SymDump System, including the integrated Web Viewer.

An overview of AllFusion CA-SymDump System describes how it integrates with Unicenter
CA-SYSVIEW Realtime Performance Manager.

Download this free trial of AllFusion CA-SymDump System r7 today. This release is easy to install and configure and delivers superior performance.

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General Information
CA Mainframe Application Quality and Testing Tools - Rising to Meet Today's Business Challenges
In today's enterprise IT organization, you are faced with the distinct challenge of extending your mainframe applications to leverage technology improvements while continuing to support your mission-critical business applications. Add to this a shrinking pool of skilled mainframe application developers and lack of integration across your development environment and your challenges become even more daunting. CA's mainframe application quality and testing tools can help you meet these challenges with the new features and enhancements found in r8. Visit our website at ca.com/mainframe/testingtools to learn more.

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International User Group of Testing Tools (IUGTT)
A great way to get the latest information about CA mainframe testing and fault management tools, including AllFusion® CA-InterTest®, AllFusion® CA-SymDump®, AllFusion® CA-File Master™ Plus, AllFusion® CA-Verify®, AllFusion® CA-Optimizer®/II, and others, is to join IUGTT. IUGTT meets quarterly, with active participation and discussion about how to get the most from your tool investment. IUGTT is an effective way to network with testing tool users around the world. For information about how to join, visit the IUGTT webpage.

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Special Events
CA Mainframe Application Quality and Testing Tools Webcast Replay – r8 to the Rescue
CA's mainframe application quality and testing tools are rising to meet today's business challenges with the new features and enhancements found in r8, including: new IMS data and file management, debugging extended to DB2 nested stored procedures, enhanced integration with CA's change management solutions, and more. To find out all that the new r8 release has to offer, view the Webcast replay, CA Testing Tools - Rising to Meet Today's Business Challenges. For more information on our testing tool products, please visit: ca.com/mainframe/testingtools.

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