CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies has been named one of the top two market share leaders in the worldwide cloud systems management software market by IDC, a leading provider of global IT research and advice.
According to the Worldwide Cloud Systems Management Software 2011-2015 Forecast Update and 2010 Vendor Shares* market analysis report, CA Technologies owns 14.7% of the market (based on 2010 estimated revenues) and is less than a half-percentage point away from taking the overall lead in this important emerging segment.
“There is a very tight race among the top three vendors in this market; together, they command nearly 44% of the total market,” says Mary Johnston Turner, Research Vice-President, Enterprise System Management Software at IDC.
“This is still a fairly nascent market that IDC expects will experience rapid growth through 2015, by which time cloud systems management software capabilities will be on the must-have list for enterprise and service provider customers alike.”
IDC's definition of the cloud systems management software market spans a range of systems management monitoring, control, optimisation and analytic functionalities as they are deployed into an automated, self-serve, consumption-aware public or private cloud operations environment.
CA Technologies' market share includes revenues from its Nimsoft, CA AppLogic software and CA Business Service Insight offerings, as well as Service Automation products implemented in cloud environments. This IDC report does not include additional revenue related to cloud management from the company's Security, Storage Management, Energy and Sustainability Management, Project and Portfolio Management, or Application Modelling portfolios, as well as portions of its Service Assurance and SaaS-delivered solutions that fall outside IDC's taxonomy of systems management software.
“Since early 2010, CA Technologies has been committed to helping customers transition from managing IT to delivering business services with the help of cloud computing,” says Gary Lawrence, managing director of CA Southern Africa.
“Recognition by IDC as a cloud systems management market share leader validates our position and further supports the progress we've made to help our customers advance in the cloud.”
CA Technologies' cloud solutions play a key role in helping CIOs and IT executives to use and provide hybrid service models, and execute on critical IT transformation strategies. This is accomplished by developing a unique roadmap to help each customer reach its business goals through business service innovation, and enabling new levels of speed, innovation, performance and cost/risk efficiencies. As a result, CIOs can realise the full benefit of cloud computing: accelerating time to market with agile business services that deliver innovation, business value and competitive advantage.
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CA Southern Africa is SA's leading IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments - from mainframe and distributed - to virtual and cloud.
CA Southern Africa utilises international innovation, augmented by locally based exceptional expertise, to simplify, manage and secure IT and support complex computing environments. Its solutions enable the construction of cloud platforms and are the building blocks for cloud-based IT.
Through its solutions and services, CA Southern Africa provides the means by which its customers can translate the promise of flexible IT and agile business into a reality.
CA Southern Africa is the sole representative of CA Technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, and is a member of the JSE-listed EOH group of companies.
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CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments - from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies' innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organisations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.
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