CA’s Unicenter solutions outpace competition

IDC has named Computer Associates International (CA) the worldwide leader in
software delivery with a 14.7% marketshare. CA’s 13.4% revenue growth - more
than four times the industry average - also surpassed the competition.

CA’s Unicenter Software Delivery solution provides a highly scalable and
automated means of delivering software across servers, desktop PCs,
laptops/notebooks, PDAs and mobile phones. It also integrates with additional CA
solutions to create a comprehensive environment for managing enterprise assets,
ensuring desktop security and automating end-user support.

IDC report states that software delivery tools focus primarily on pushing an
application or operating environment to a new user location. Its functions
include packaging, distributing, installing and updating an application or
operating environment.

Provides a highly scalable and automated means of delivering software Integrates with additional CA solutions for managing enterprise assets

"This market has vendors, who provide solutions that perform only
software distribution," informs Frederick W Broussard, Senior Research
Analyst for IDC. "However, CA has solutions that not only perform software
distribution, but also augment it with IT asset management, remote control and
problem management."

Recent IDC reports have also cited CA’s market leadership in other key
management markets including enterprise system and storage management,
performance and availability management as well as security 3A (administration,
authorization, and authentication).

"Corporate IT managers are increasingly pleased with the functionality
and breadth of our management solutions," remarks Mark J Barrenechea,
Senior VP of Product Development at CA.

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