/24-7PressRelease/ - TAMPA, FL, July 25, 2008 - Integrated Solutions Management, Inc. (ISM), an Information Technology (IT) Management Consulting firm focused on optimizing the value of Information Technology within the enterprise, today announced a reseller relationship with CA, one of the world's largest management software companies. As a result of the agreement, customers can now take full advantage of CA's industry-leading solutions for IT Governance and Service Management while adopting and deploying ISM's Framework for IT SuccessSM.
The Framework for IT Success (a.k.a. "Fritz") represents a best practice combination of numerous industry-recognized frameworks, processes, and architectures, including ITIL, COBIT, CMMI, and PMBOK. Seventeen-plus years of real-world experience has allowed ISM to simplify, combine, and streamline these various tool sets into a single, practical framework focused on creating a successful IT organization within the business.
CA solutions help customers improve business performance by unifying and simplifying the management of their enterprise IT environments. CA serves more than 98 percent of the Global 1000 companies, as well as government agencies, educational institutions and thousands of other customers large and small in diverse industries worldwide.
"We're seeing tremendous demand for our CA Clarity PPM and Service Management solutions as customers seek to align IT with their specific business goals," said, Todd Palmer, vice president, regional channel sales at CA. "The alliance with ISM will enable their customers to realize the benefits of CA's award-winning technology solutions in a way that best suits their particular needs and resources."
Based in Tampa, FL, ISM provides end-to-end IT Governance, Service Management, and Project Management solutions -- from assessment and planning; to process and requirements; to solution implementation and deployment; to education and training; and finally, support. Using CA's software products, ISM is helping customers improve IT strategy, performance, and alignment with the enterprise, ultimately maximizing the value IT brings to the enterprise by helping IT organizations more effectively manage the business of IT.
"IT can offer customers tremendous competitive advantages when the right technology is deployed with well-defined business processes and well-structured organizational change management," said Bill Banks, ISM's President. "The breadth and quality of CA's unique technology portfolio makes it ideal for addressing our customers' IT challenges. Through this relationship we can take full advantage of the CA application portfolio and our IT Governance framework - "Fritz" -- to craft highly customized IT solutions that deliver maximum business impact with minimized ownership costs."
About CA Partners
CA Partners are solution providers who team with CA to help customers better manage, govern, and secure IT. By leveraging CA products, services, and expertise, and adding their own, CA Partners empower IT organizations to unify and simplify operations in order to optimize the value they deliver to the business. CA's global partner network includes resellers, consulting firms, OEMs, technology and strategic partners. For more information on the CA Partner Program, please visit www.ca.com/us/partners.aspx.
About Integrated Solutions Management
Since our founding in 1991, we have worked in partnership with our clients to address their business needs based upon a clear understanding of the organization's history, current challenges, strategy, goals and objectives. ISM's business practices include IT Governance, Service Management, Application Modernization, and Project Management. For more information, please visit http://www.ismonline.com.
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