Computer Associates, one of the world largest management software companies, has urged its regional enterprise customers to take control of their IT asset base to optimize IT asset utilization and improve investment returns. The announcement comes just days after CA was announced, for the third consecutive year, as the worldwide market leader in IT Asset Management on license revenue with a 27 percent share by Gartner, Inc. in its report entitled “Market Share: Enterprise Management, Worldwide, 2004.”
“Regional enterprise organisations are deploying the latest solutions to help them cope with operational growth and expansion while streamlining efficiencies to improve profitability,” said Maria Medvedeva, technology services director at Computer Associates in the Arab countries. “However, regional companies need to proactively manage their entire IT asset base if they are to compete at profitably. This means better optimisation of business performance, improving productivity, reducing risk and accelerating time to market through CA’s globally-leading IT Asset Management solutions, optimising total returns on what are in many cases substantial technology investments.”
The Gartner report also showed that CA is the leading independent software vendor in the worldwide enterprise management software market with a 14.5 percent market share. The total market grew 11 percent in 2004 to $6.2 billion, according to Gartner.
“CA's Asset Management solutions enable organizations to proactively manage their entire IT asset base through automated discovery, configuration management, software usage monitoring, and cross-platform reporting. By implementing CA's Asset Management solutions in conjunction with the company's Service Management solutions, customers gain significant additional capabilities – including comprehensive change management and sophisticated asset billing/chargeback functionality.,” added Medvedeva.
CA’s Asset Management solutions are part of the company’s Business Service Optimization (BSO) portfolio, designed to help customers realize the full business value of their technology assets, services and investments.
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), one of the world's largest management software companies, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y. and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information, please visit http://ca.com.
CA users in the Arab World include Emirates Bank International, Dubai Department of Civil Aviation, Etisalat Contact Center, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company, Al Jubail Petrochemical, Bank of Beirut and the Royal Court Affairs in Oman
