Computer Associates (CA) has restructured its product offerings operations in five new business units as a way of meeting the challenges faced by CIOs in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
The five new business units for CA in EMEA are enterprise system management, security management, storage management, business service optimisation and mainframe.
Current technology complexities demand that vendors like CA develop solutions that streamline technology management, said the company`s VP and GM for EMEA Andrew Dutton, during his keynote address at CA World in Las Vegas this week.
CA is focusing on delivering more value to its customers by addressing their complex IT management challenges through the re-organisation of the company into five major business units, he said.
"CIOs recognise that their job is becoming more challenging and their business and IT environment even more complex. Even so, today`s organisations still want, need and expect IT to continue to do great things for the business," said Dutton.
He outlined the three main challenges facing CIOs in the leading corporation in the EMEA region as being: simplifying and reducing the cost of managing the complex IT infrastructure; better managing the risk, especially in the areas of security and compliance; and managing IT as a business serving their corporations` strategic goals.
These observations were supported by the findings of CA`s first annual IT management index conducted by independent UK market research company, MORI, Dutton added.
"A key finding of the survey was that complexity is the biggest single issue facing CIOs, with half of those surveyed viewing complexity as the 'enemy` of the CIO," he noted.
CA`s goal is to simplify the complexity and unify the computing infrastructure of its customers, facing and offering deeper technical and business expertise than its competitors, he said.
"Over the next two years, we plan to substantially increase the ratio of CA employees who are customer facing and can deliver the breadth of expertise that enterprises are demanding. We are also unleashing the value delivered by the people and technology that have come to CA through recent acquisitions such as Concord, Netegrity and Niku," explained Dutton.
Furthermore, CA plans to realise its growth objectives in the region by executing a strategy focused on four key areas: packaging CA`s IT assets as business enablers that address specific business needs; leveraging its IT management software portfolio to achieve competitive differentiation; strengthening its position in the mainframe business; and expanding operations in the fast growing geographic regions.
"Contrary to what some might think, mainframe never died and it probably never will," Dutton commented.
Meanwhile, CA`s EMEA region, comprising 33 countries, has been has been consolidated into five regional groups run by senior managers reporting to Dutton.
These regions are Western (UK, Ireland, South Africa and Israel), Southern (France, Iberia, Italy and Greece), Central (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), Northern (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Benelux and the Baltic states) and Eastern (Arab countries, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Pakistan and Northern and Central Africa).
"Our market is constantly changing. Successful companies are those that are able to change course fast. With this re-alignment of our efforts, we believe that we can evolve to take advantage of new market opportunities and deliver what today`s CIOs really want from an IT partner," concluded Dutton.
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