Date: November 11, 2016
To: CA VM:Secure™ for z/VM Customers
From: The CA Technologies CA VM:Secure for z/VM Product Team
Subject: General Availability and End of Service Announcement for CA VM:Secure for z/VM

On behalf of CA Technologies, 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 VM:Secure for z/VM Release 3.2 is now available.

New features for CA VM:Secure for z/VM Release 3.2 include support for z/VM 6.4.0, including Passticket Generation and CP LOGON changes, as well as other product enhancements. For more information about updates made in this release, see the Release Notes section of the CA VM:Secure for z/VM documentation at http://docops.ca.com/. We also encourage you to visit the CA VM:Secure for z/VM product information page on the CA Support Online website at https://support.ca.com/ for more information

You can download your copy of CA VM:Secure for z/VM Release 3.2 from CA Support Online http://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/support-by-product/ca-vm-secure-for-z-vm.html.

In addition, please consider this letter your written notification that we are discontinuing support for CA VM:Secure for z/VM Release 3.1 beginning April 01, 2018. This will allow our Development organization to more effectively focus its resources on and add value to the next release of CA VM:Secure for z/VM. 

At this time, we encourage you to plan for the migration to CA VM:Secure for z/VM Release 3.2 as soon as possible, so you can take full advantage of the latest new features and enhancements this release has to offer.

If you have any questions, please contact CA Support Online (https://support.ca.com/), your local CA Technologies Account Manager or CA Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see http://www.ca.com/phone for the local number in your country.

To connect, learn and share with other customers, join and participate in our CA Mainframe Virtualization Community at https://communities.ca.com/.

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

Thank you again for your business.