CA’s Swainson Maintains that Technology is Key to Weathering Economic
Downturn
Calls Management the “Killer App” for Virtualization
LAS VEGAS (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) November 16, 2008 --
John Swainson, chief executive officer of CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA), today
told attendees at CA World that at no time in recent history has
technology been in a better position to be a key driver of business
growth, success and, in some cases, survival.
“Organizations around the world are striving to cut costs and become
more efficient and the current economic uncertainty has intensified the
pressure to do more with less,” Swainson said. “At the same time,
companies seek a competitive edge to ensure that they not only survive
the current economic downturn, but emerge from it strong and thriving.
Many companies look to IT to provide that competitive edge.”
The key, Swainson offered, is the ability for companies to maximize the
benefits of a vast array of technologies already in their IT
infrastructures, while dealing with numerous technology advances now
entering the environment, including virtualization,
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud computing and Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA).
“Every one of these improvements presents a new challenge for
governance, management and security, which continue to be requisite
elements for guaranteeing services levels and ensuring that IT
investments are optimized,” Swainson said. CA, with its leading IT
management, governance and security solutions, is dedicated to helping
customers “not only survive, but thrive in today’s marketplace.” he
said. “We can help companies stay competitive and emerge stronger and
well positioned to take advantage of the inevitable recovery in global
markets.”
More than 5,000 IT professionals from around the globe are attending CA
World to get insights into what is happening in the IT management space
and how to best leverage CA software to maximize their organization's IT
capabilities. The user conference, starting today and ending Nov. 20,
also will showcase a number of new CA solution offerings supporting CA’s
Enterprise IT Management vision in the areas of Security Management,
Service Management, Infrastructure Management, SaaS, Governance,
Emerging Technologies and Mainframe Management.
Management is the “Killer App” for Virtualization
In his address, which included a “Virtual John” in a “Second Life”
segment, Swainson pointed to the many IT advances that are providing
significant customer benefits, but also adding complexity and cost to an
already complicated IT environment. Such advances as virtualization,
SaaS, SOA, cloud computing and faster and more ubiquitous networks,
improve and enhance the IT environment, but also add layers that need to
be governed, managed and secured.
In specifically talking about virtualization, Swainson said it “promises
myriad benefits—from reduced costs, improved service quality and
increased agility, to a smaller carbon footprint and reduced business
risk—all acute concerns for business today. With a sound virtualization
strategy and effective virtualization management, an organization should
be able to transform IT management and provide dramatic business
benefits—a compelling attraction in today’s challenging economic
conditions.
“Management is the killer app for virtualization,” Swainson said.
“Management is the technology that will allow virtualization to achieve
its full potential—to deliver all the benefits being talked about.”
Swainson pointed to recent releases of two virtualization management
solutions— CA Advanced Systems Management and CA Data Center Automation
Manager—as evidence of CA’s strong support of virtualization technology.
CA Advanced Systems Management enables the management of several
different virtualization technologies from many different vendors, while
CA Data Center Automation Manager is a breakthrough solution for
comprehensively managing the provisioning of both physical and
virtualized data center resources and systems.
“CA’s approach to virtualization is all about managing risk and ensuring
service quality, so companies can drive real value from virtualization,”
he said. “Our technology discovers application dependencies and
relationships so IT professionals know which virtual and physical
resources are supporting critical business processes and can manage them
accordingly.”
Enterprise IT Management (EITM)
Swainson pointed to CA’s three-year-old EITM vision as the cornerstone
of the Company’s coordinated efforts to enable organizations to drive
business value from IT.
“We introduced EITM in November of 2005 and it has always fundamentally
been about transforming the way the world manages IT,” Swainson said.
“For the past three years, we’ve been refining it and delivering on the
vision with enhancements to our leading solutions and new solutions that
meet evolving IT needs. CA, through its EITM vision, can help IT
departments be more responsive to business requirements, improve
service, lower IT costs, manage business risk, ensure compliance and
better align IT investments with business priorities.”
Swainson pointed to a white paper by IDC that showed that eight
companies surveyed reported an average 433 percent return on investment
with EITM*. The white paper, sponsored by CA, found that the companies
experienced payback of their initial investment in less than one year.
Announcements at CA World
The Company plans to make the following announcements over the course of
the five-day conference:
-
Mainframe 2.0 – The initiative directly addresses the critical
issue of an aging mainframe workforce by radically simplifying
mainframe ownership—enabling customers to successfully leverage the
unique advantages of the platform even as they continue to experience
staffing shortages in the coming years.
-
SaaS – CA will announce three new SaaS offerings across its
Enterprise IT Management and Governance portfolio including CA Clarity
PPM On Demand; CA Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager On Demand;
and CA Instant Recovery On Demand. The offerings are designed to help
customers rapidly and cost-effectively maximize the business value of
their software implementations.
-
Security – CA will unveil a new Federation product, an update
to its SOA security product and an integrated solution for Secure Web
Business Enablement (SWBE) that will expand and improve an
organization's business operations by enhancing the reach, quality,
and security of its online relationships with customers, partners and
employees.
-
Service Management – CA will announce software enhancements,
integrations, and services to help organizations realize faster
time-to-value in their IT service management initiatives at a lower
total cost of ownership.
-
CA Clarity – The newest version of CA Clarity PPM will provide
several new features that help IT better align itself with the
business.
-
EITM Business Services Integrations – As part of its Enterprise
IT Management initiative, CA has developed two business service
integrations—Identity and Access Management as an Automated Service,
and Manage Infrastructure as an IT Service—designed to meet customers’
most pressing needs while speeding time-to-value.
-
Virtualization and Cloud Computing – Building on the Oct. 7,
2008 launch of CA Data Center Automation Manager, CA will announce a
solution that meets cloud computing’s growing management demands. The
company will also announce a comprehensive, integrated suite of EITM
solutions designed to maximize the business value of virtualization.
* IDC White Paper sponsored by CA, “Improving IT Economics and Gaining
Business Value with CA’s Enterprise IT Management Software: An ROI
Study,” Doc # 214817, November 2008
About CA
CA (NASDAQ: CA) is the world's leading independent IT management
software company. With CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM) vision and
expertise, organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure
IT to optimize business performance and sustain competitive advantage.
For more information, visit www.ca.com.
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