April 20, 2020

To:       CA IT Asset Manager (CA ITAM) - Software Asset Manager (SAM)

Customers From: The CA Technologies IT Asset Manager Product Team

Subject: General Availability Announcement for CA ITAM – Software Asset Manager 4.5.0

On behalf of CA Technologies, A Broadcom Company, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. Today, we are pleased to announce that CA ITAM - Software Asset Manager 4.5.0 is now available.

New features for CA ITAM - Software Asset Manager 4.5.0 include:

·         Extension of Enterprise Application Management: New count columns allow for a better overview of related licenses and contracts. New lifecycle status and classification tables offer a possibility to filter the services. Relations between services can be defined.

·         New REST API: The new REST API offers read and write access to lots of the application's tables. Extensive filtering possibilities are available. Authentication is possible with credentials of interface users, either via Basic Authentication or via JSON Web Token (JWT).

·         Further Changes:

The date filter functions in table views have been extended: In addition to the today() function, the new month() and year() functions allow to filter for months and years in ISO 8601 date formats (first 7 or 4 characters).

·         Platform Support:

Not Supported - PHP 7.1, Oracle Java 1.8, OpenJDK 1.8, and Internet Explorer 11 are not supported anymore as of this release. Oracle 11, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2, MariaDB

10.0 & 10.1, and MySQL 5.6 & 5.7 are not supported anymore as the basis of the application.

Supported – Oracle 19 & Windows Server 2019

You can download your copy of CA ITAM - Software Asset Manager 4.4.2 online at https://casupport.broadcom.com where you can also utilize CA’s case management system. To install your product, follow the installation procedures for your product at techdocs.broadcom.com. If you have any questions or require assistance, contact CA Customer Care online at broadcom.com/support/services- support/ca-support.

To connect, learn and share with other customers, join and participate in our Service Management Community at

https://community.broadcom.com/home

To review CA Support lifecycle policies, please review the CA Support Policy and Terms located at: https://casupport.broadcom.com.

Thank you again for your business.

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