Sydney, Australia 2 November 2006 - Agreon, Australia’s leading independent systems integrator specialising solely in identity management, today announced it has been awarded CA Enterprise Solutions Partner (ESP) status for CA’s security management solutions (www.ca.com/security).

CA’s ESP program is built for high-end solution providers that have deep technical and consulting skills to deliver value around CA's solutions to the enterprise. The program provides certification training, free technical support, best practices, and customised revenue generation programs, all designed to promote success for CA partners.

According to Brian Brannigan, Managing Director, Agreon, “Agreon was only too pleased to grow what continues to be a very healthy ongoing relationship with CA as an ESP. Building on our Netegrity heritage dating back to 2001, our relationship with CA continues to evolve and thrive.

“Agreon is an Education Partner for CA’s Identity and Access Management suite and has the largest CA Identity and Access Management deployment practice within the region. We continue to work closely with CA within APAC and EMEA as a service delivery and education partner across the breadth of CA’s security management solutions.”

Mike Bosnar, CA’s Director, Channel and Alliances said, “Channel partners such as Agreon play a critical role in the success of CA’s business model. CA’s ESP Program is set up to identify partners who have the capabilities and experience to develop, market, deliver and implement CA’s suite of end-to-end technology solutions and integration services.

“Combined, CA and its ESPs leverage our resources, strengths, reputations and capabilities to deliver greater value to our customers. We’re very pleased to have Agreon joining CA’s ESP program and look forward to expanding our relationship.”

Agreon is Australia's leading independent systems integrator with a sole focus on Identity Management. Headquartered in North Sydney, Australia with regional offices in Dublin, Ireland, Agreon has an enviable history of client satisfaction delivered with its unique blend of systems integration, security and business process experience. Through its strategic alliances with Sun Microsystems, CA Inc, Oracle and others, Agreon has assisted many of the worlds Global 1000 organisations across Australasia, the Middle East and Europe realise the potential of end-to-end Identity Management implementations.

For more information on Agreon and its services, please visit www.agreon.com or call +612 99298932.

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