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Cisco Appoints Marc Benioff and Kristina Johnson To Board Of Directors

SAN JOSE, California, August 2, 2012 - Cisco today announced the appointment of Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of salesforce.com, and Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, CEO of Enduring Hydro, LLC and former Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, to its board of directors effective August 1, 2012. 

"We are extremely pleased to welcome Marc and Kristina to Cisco's board of directors," said John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO. "Marc has changed the face of technology through his bold ideas around cloud computing and the social enterprise. Kristina brings us an unmatched expertise in science and technology, which will help guide Cisco as we continue to innovate and transform our customers' experiences."

Benioff, 47, co-founded salesforce.com in February of 1999 and has served as chairman of the board of directors since its inception. He has served as CEO of salesforce.com, which was selected by Forbes as the World's Most Innovative Company in 2011, since November of 2001. Prior to launching salesforce.com, Benioff, a 30-year veteran of the software industry, spent 13 years at Oracle.

Johnson, 55, currently serves as CEO of Enduring Hydro, LLC, a clean energy development and consulting company.  In her previous role as under secretary of energy, she was responsible for managing a broad $10.5 billion energy and environment portfolio.  Prior to this role, Johnson served as provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at The Johns Hopkins University and dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.  She currently serves on the board of directors of Boston Scientific Corporation and The AES Corporation.  Johnson is also an inventor and entrepreneur, holding more than 45 U.S. patents.  Johnson has received the John Fritz Medal, widely considered the highest award given in the engineering profession.

With the appointment of Benioff and Johnson, Cisco's board now consists of 14 members, including Carol A. Bartz, former CEO, Yahoo! Inc.; M. Michele Burns, former chairman and CEO, Mercer LLC; Michael D. Capellas, former CEO, VCE Company, LLC; Larry R. Carter, former SVP, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.; John T. Chambers, chairman and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.; Brian L. Halla, former chairman and CEO, National Semiconductor Corporation; John L. Hennessy, Ph.D., president, Stanford University; Richard M. Kovacevich, retired chairman and CEO, Wells Fargo & Company; Roderick C. McGeary, chairman, Tegile Systems, Inc.; Arun Sarin, KBE, senior advisor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and former CEO of Vodafone Group Plc; Steven M. West, founder and partner, Emerging Company Partners LLC; and Jerry Yang, co-founder and former chief Yahoo!, Yahoo! Inc.

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Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go tohttp://thenetwork.cisco.com.

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Former Apple Executive Bertrand Serlet Joins Parallels Board of Directors

July 17, 2012

Distinguished industry veteran and former head of software engineering at Apple bolsters
Parallels board with decades of industry expertise

Renton, WA, July 17, 2012 – Parallels, a global leader in cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization software, announces the appointment of Betrand Serlet, former senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, to its board of directors.

Serlet will serve as a non-executive director, bringing to Parallels his distinctive professional experience of having led the development of Mac OS X from its inception until his departure from Apple in 2011. Serlet’s distinguished background and unique insights will help Parallels accelerate growth and continue creating software that simplifies life for consumers and businesses.
"Bertrand is the rare combination of a software visionary and master of execution. We’re thrilled to be bringing his world-class experience and expertise to Parallels as the company continues its fast-paced growth and global expansion," said Birger Steen, CEO of Parallels. 

Serlet worked at Apple for 14 years, where he led the development and creation of OS X and was frequently a key speaker at Apple industry events. Serlet previously spent eight years with NeXT contributing to NeXTSTEP, OpenStep and WebObjects, and four years as researcher at Xerox PARC. Serlet holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Orsay, France.

"With Parallels Desktop, Parallels became a critical developer for the Mac platform, and I got to know and appreciate the Parallels leadership team.  I also discovered Parallels deep involvement with the cloud, represented by its rich portfolio of products.  I look forward to drawing on my career at Apple to help guide Parallels as it continues on its impressive growth trajectory," said Serlet.

The Parallels product portfolio addresses a wide range of consumer, small and medium business (SMB), enterprise and services provider needs. Parallels Desktop for Mac is the No. 1-selling software¹ for running Windows and Mac applications side-by-side on a Mac without rebooting, and is used by more than 50 percent of the Fortune Global 200. The company’s cloud enablement software is used by more than 9,000 service providers who rely on Parallels to deliver thousands of applications and cloud services to more than 10 million SMBs in more than 130 countries.

About Parallels
Parallels is a worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement and desktop virtualization. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

For information on Parallels, visit www.parallels.com/spp, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ParallelsCloud and Like Us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ParallelsCloud.

¹ Mac desktop virtualization software, new unit U.S. retail sales according to NPD Research, 1/2011-5/2012

CA Technologies Paul Lipton Elected to OASIS Board of Directors

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CA Technologies Paul Lipton Elected to OASIS Board of Directors

Islandia, NY, July 16, 2012 – CA Technologies today announced that Paul Lipton, vice president, Industry Standards and Open Source, CA Technologies, has been elected to the Board of Directors of OASIS, the international standards consortium.

“I am honored to be elected by the OASIS membership to serve on the Board of Directors,” Lipton said. “CA Technologies is proud to be an active contributor to this outstanding community of collaborators empowered by a democratic, transparent process - one that enables both innovation and consensus.”

Working with fellow directors, members and staff, Lipton will provide business and technical leadership to advance OASIS as a major standards-setting body for cloud computing, eGovernment, e-business, security and other areas of interest to the IT industry.

Lipton coordinates CA Technologies strategy and participation in IT standards and open source organizations, while also functioning as part of CA Labs, CA Technologies advanced research and technology group. He is co-chair of the OASIS TOSCA Technical Committee, and also serves on the Board of Directors of the open source Eclipse Foundation, the Object Management Group, and the Distributed Management Task Force.

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.