CA

CA (formerly known as Computer Associates) is a business software development company. The company designs, markets, and licenses computer software products that allow businesses to run and manage critical aspects of their information technology operations and that allow data center managers and programmers to automate their daily functions. The company is considered an independent software vendor (ISV). As an ISV, the company's software products are designed to work with almost every commercially available computer hardware platform and with all types of common software operating systems. The company has six product areas: Unicenter, for enterprise management; eTrust, for security; BrightStor, for storage; AllFusion, for application lifecycle management; Advantage, for data management and application development, and CleverPath, for Portal and Business Intelligence. It has approximately 16,000 employees globally. In November 2018, Broadcom Inc. acquired CA Technologies for $18.9 billion in cash and CA operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom.Read more ⏷