CA

CA, formerly known as Computer Associates, is a multinational computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia, New York. Founded in 1976 by Charles Wang and Russ Artzt, the company develops and markets information technology (IT) management software. The company articulates its vision of how enterprises can harness the power of IT through what CA calls Enterprise IT Management (EITM). EITM divides into three broad categories across distributed or mainframe environments: 1. Govern – Help make better decisions by giving enterprises insight into their IT investments and risk from a single place. 2. Manage – Make it easier to manage technology so that high-quality IT services can be delivered at a competitive cost. 3. Secure – Ensure secure access to the information, applications, systems and services needed to conduct business. CA is one of the ten largest software companies in the US, with software revenues of close to US$ 4 billion.