CA named worldwide market share leader for 2005 in job scheduling and asset management by leading analyst firm

CA's market share was 30 percent in job scheduling, a 12 percent increase over 2004, and 21.1 percent in asset management for major vendors, a 13.2 percent increase. (1) The report marks the fourth consecutive year that CA has been ranked as the overall market leader in IT asset management. (2) Gartner estimates that the value of the overall IT operations management market grew 12.6 percent over 2004. (1)

According to Gartner, the solid growth trend in the IT operations management market 'is an indication that the IT operations management market is still attracting considerable interest from end-user organizations. The various technologies belonging to this market generally provide a good return on investment as they help to optimize existing IT infrastructure. As a result, they provide lower costs for IT operations, improved quality of service and reduced business risk.' (1)

CA's job scheduling solutions provide the foundation for event-driven automation that can align workload execution with business policies, help ensure optimized service levels, and boost operational productivity. CA recently augmented its offering in this area, often referred to as workload automation, with the acquisition of Cybermation, a leading provider of software and services that modernize traditional job scheduling solutions and simplify complex IT infrastructures.

Bjarne Rasmussen, Vice President of CA Technology and Business Units, EMEA Eastern Markets commented:

'This is a major achievement for CA. We look forward to helping customers in the Middle East region make the best out of their IT infrastructure investment using our technology, expertise and especially our experience from servicing customers around the world'.

According to Gartner, IT workload automation brokers represent 'an emerging technology that is proving critical for end-to-end automation and will be part of the initial stages of implementing the service governor concept of RTI (real-time infrastructures).' (1)

In asset management, CA continued to strengthen its leadership with CA Asset Management r11, delivered earlier this year. This integrated solution helps customers reduce costs and improve decision-making by optimizing the technical, operational and financial performance of their IT resources.

According to Gartner, 'user organizations' preferences have reflected a trend of increasing interest toward a suite-based approach and preferring vendors that offer problem, change and asset management.' (1)

'We believe this report clearly demonstrates that CA is one of the first choices for any company seeking to improve IT service and reduce the cost of IT operations,' said Alan Nugent, senior vice president and general manager for CA's Enterprise Systems Management business unit. 'We continue to deliver modular, integrated solutions that help organizations optimize their IT infrastructure-and align their technology assets to their business processes. You can expect to see continued innovation and leadership from CA as we help our customers move from basic infrastructure management to a higher level of control and automation.'

In the overall IT operations management market, CA ranked second in market share, but showed the fastest growth rate of the three leading vendors. (1)