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CA, Inc.
Type Public (NASDAQ: CA)
Founded 1976
Headquarters Islandia, New York, USA
Key people John A. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Swainson, CEO, Michael J Christenson, President & COO, Russell Artzt, Co founder, Al Nugent, CTO, Nancy Cooper, CFO, Jim Bryant, CAO, Don Friedman, CMO
Industry Enterprise software
IT Services
Products See article
Revenue ▲ $3. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Enterprise software is Software intended to solve an enterprise problem (rather than a departmental problem and often written using an Enterprise Software Architecture Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 94 billion USD (2007)
Employees 14,000 (2008) [1]
Website CA, Inc.

CA, Inc. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages NASDAQ: CA, formerly known as Computer Associates, is a multinational computer software corporation based in the United States. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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History

Computer was founded in 1976 as Computer Associates International, Inc. , by Queens College graduate Charles B. Wang and Russell Artzt. Charles B Wang ( (born August 19, 1944) is the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc Russell Artzt (born 1948 Co-founded Computer Associates International, Inc Specializing in information technology management software, their solutions include CA Project & Portfolio Management. The company has been based in New York throughout its history.

Facts

Software products

CA provides software solutions intended to help companies govern, manage and secure their IT provision. These solutions are the building blocks of CA's Enterprise IT Management strategy and are organized into four categories:

Governance

Products in this category are designed to help organizations make better decisions about where to make investments, by balancing costs, resources and business risks. Enterprise IT Management (EITM is a strategy conceived and developed by CA Inc.

Business Service Management

Products in this category are designed to manage IT services based on business priorities, and deliver services through an automated, optimized IT infrastructure.

Security management

Products in this category are designed to protect information assets and manage risks by monitoring and enforcing policy-based controls, managing identities and ensuring appropriate access.

Network and Systems Management

Products in this category help organizations maintain service level agreements, diagnose system and application problems, and do planning and capacity management. CA provides Network and Systems Management products for both the IBM z/OS mainframe platform, and for distributed platforms.

Litigation and Accounting Problems

Computer Associates v. Quest Software

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2002 SEC probe for financial irregularities

In 2002 the US Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission investigated possible accounting manipulation by CA senior management, said to have booked too much revenue too soon from multiyear software-licensing contracts. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility The SEC launched similar investigations into many similar companies at the time.

In August 2003 CA announced plans to settle all outstanding litigation related to claims about past accounting issues[1]. The SEC continued to review some of CA's other activities. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is an independent agency of the United States government which holds primary responsibility

Sanjay Kumar

CA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Kumar was convicted of offences relating to fraud-related and insider-trading and given a 12 year costodial sentence. Sanjay Kumar(Tamil-சஞ்சய் குமார் (born [2]

Acquisitions

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

References

  1. ^ Number of CA, Inc. Employees. CA, Inc. . Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits
  2. ^ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/snapshots/341.html
  3. ^ CA Annual Report 2007. CA, Inc. . Retrieved on 2007-02-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead
  4. ^ CA moving to Nasdaq, keeping trading symbol. Reuters. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.

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