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CA, Inc. is a company providing information technology management software. CA was founded in 1976, and is headquarted in Long Island, New York.

CA is broken out into three main business units: Governance, Business Service Management, and Security Management. The Governance business unit includes the Project and Portfolio Management and Information Governance products lines. The Business Service Management business unit includes IT Service Management, Workload Automation, and Application Performance Management products. The Security Management business unit includes Identity and Access Management, Security Information Management, and Threat Management product lines.

History

  • Founded in 1976 as Computer Associates International, Inc., by Queens College graduate Charles B. Wang along with others including Russell Artzt. The company has been based in New York throughout its history.
  • IPO in 1981
  • Corporate headquarters located in Islandia, Long Island, New York
  • International headquarters located in the UK and Australia
  • Operates internationally, with 150 offices in more than 45 countries, including offices in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, The Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates
  • Research and development offices located in many offices, including: Long Island (NY), San Jose (CA), Hyderabad (India), Prague (Czech Republic), Sydney (Australia) and Melbourne(Australia)
  • Products sold through direct sales and indirect channels including resellers and system integrators
  • In Feb 2006, Computer Associates International officially changed its name to CA, Inc.

Financial information

  • For the four quarters ending March 31, 2007, the company posted revenues of $3.94Bn

Facts

  • As of March 31, 2007, holds over 500 patents worldwide with over 1,000 patent applications pending.
  • More than 15,000 employees worldwide, including approximately 5,800 engineers globally who design and support CA software
  • Claims to be the first software vendor to deliver an integrated enterprise systems and network management solution

Software products

CA provides software solutions that govern, manage and secure IT. These solutions are the building blocks of CA's Enterprise IT Management strategy and are organized into three categories:

Governance

Solutions in this category help organizations make better decisions about where to make investments, by aligning IT service portolios against business objectives — balancing costs, resources and business risks. Governance related products include CA Clarity for IT Governance and Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management.

Business Service Management

Solutions in this category manage IT services based on business priorities, and deliver reliable, high-quality services through an automated, optimized IT infrastructure. Business Service Management products include: CA Software Change Manager (formerly known as AllFusion Harvest Change Manager, Unicenter Service Desk, CA CMDB, and products Application Performance Management technologies acquired from Wily Technology in 2006.

Security management

Solutions in this category protect information assets and manage risks by monitoring and enforcing policy-based controls, managing identities and ensuring appropriate access. Products in this category include CA Siteminder and CA ACF2.

Acquisitions

CA has a long history of acquisitions in various segments of the software industry.

  • 2006

    • Cendura - for application dependency mapping
    • Wily Technology for $375M - Enhances CA's Application management software capabilities.
    • Control-F1 Corporation - extends CA's Service Desk offerings
    • Cybermation Inc. for $75 million in an all-cash transaction - Customers to gain extended workload automation capabilities
    • XOsoft, Inc. for $100 million - Provides host based replication, continuous data protection, and application high availability.
  • 2005

    • iLumin Software Services - Storage Management products
    • Qurb - enhances CA anti-spam offerings
    • Tiny Software - Firewall products
    • Niku - $350M - IT Management and Governance Solutions
    • Concord Communications - $350M - Enhances CA's network management capabilities
    • eHealth, Spectrum, & netViz product lines
  • 2004

    • Netegrity - $430M - Enhances CA's identity and access management solutions
    • PestPatrol - Industry leading anti-spyware solutions
    • Miramar - Desktop DNA configuration management product(s)
  • 2003

    • Netreon - SAN Designer product
    • SilentRunner - innovative industry leading network forensics technologies
  • 2000

    • Sterling Software - various products, most notably the NetMaster mainframe network management family, and development tools originated by Synon
    • Cayenne Software
    • Applied Management Systems Inc.
  • 1999

  • 1998

    • QXCOM
    • Viewpoint DataLabs International - 3D Modeling technology
    • Realogic, Inc.
  • 1997

    • AI Ware, Inc.
    • Avalan Technology, Inc.
  • 1996

    • Cheyenne Software - ArcServe storage products
  • 1995

    • Legent Corporation
  • 1994

    • The ASK Group, Inc. - Acquisition included the INGRES DBMS products
  • 1991

    • Pansophic Systems, Inc.
    • On-Line Software, Inc.
    • Nantucket
  • 1989

    • Cullinet - $333M
  • 1988

    • Applied Data Research - $170M
  • 1987

    • UCCEL - $780M
  • 1986

    • Integrated Software Systems Corporation (ISSCO)
  • 1985

    • Value Software, Inc.
    • Top Secret (from CGA)
  • 1984

    • Johnson Systems, Inc.
  • 1982

    • Capex Corporation
  • 1977

    • Viking Data Systems, Inc.

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