CA Southern Africa has announced the acquisition of Arcot Systems by CA Technologies (Nasdaq:CA), for $200 million.
According to Ugan Naidoo, MD Security, CA Southern Africa, the acquisition of Arcot - a leader in cloud authentication - adds visionary technology for fraud prevention and advanced authentication to CA Technologies' leading Identity and Access Management (IAM) offerings.
“Arcot solutions - delivered as on-premises software or as a cloud service - also builds on CA's cloud security strategy and helps accelerate the company's delivery of IAM solutions as a comprehensive service from the cloud,” says Naidoo.
He adds that controlling identities and access to information is a critical area of security.
“The combination of Arcot's software-only approach to advanced authentication and fraud prevention and our CA SiteMinder portfolio gives our customers robust and flexible options for reducing risk, supporting regulatory compliance and confidently securing business transactions,” Naidoo concludes.
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CA Southern Africa is the sole representative of CA Technologies in sub-Saharan Africa and is a member of the EOH group of companies.
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CA Southern Africa utilises international innovation, augmented by locally based exceptional expertise, to simplify IT and unify complex computing environments. The company delivers turnkey solutions to the market through the provision of traditional software based offerings - plus other outcomes-based services - that require little upfront investment or skill.
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