CA listed as only independent storage management software provider to achieve revenue growth in 2002

Computer Associates International, Inc (CA) was listed as the only independent storage management software provider to achieve revenue growth in the global $4.7 billion dollar storage management market in 2002, according to a recently issued report by Gartner Dataquest, a leading market research firm.

The report, 2002 Storage Management Software Market Share, states that CA grew its storage management licence revenue by 16% from 2001 to 2002.

The report also states that CA is the only one of the top five storage management providers to recognise revenue growth in 2002.

"Our ability to achieve these results during a tumultuous period in the IT industry speaks volumes about CA`s business model and our delivery of world-class storage management solutions customers want and need," said Nigel Turner, CA`s senior vice-president of BrightStor solutions. "It is evident that customers are embracing our innovative backup and recovery, storage resource management and SAN management solutions as well as our unique ability to deliver greater enterprise storage efficiencies."

According to the report, CA secured revenue growth across all six of the eight storage management software sub-segments that CA participates in.

"We expect our growth to continue in 2003 as we continue to break new ground in delivering greater business value to our customers. Our commitment to improving risk mitigation and storage efficiencies across the enterprise truly resonates with customers seeking a better approach to storage management," said Turner.

Through its BrightStor family of products, CA offers solutions for managing the entire storage lifecycle, from design and deployment through capacity monitoring and performance tuning.