Computer Associates International, Inc (CA) today announced that it has received excellent ratings for Unicenter Asset Management, Unicenter Argis, and Unicenter ServicePlus Service Desk in a recently completed evaluation by SPEX on asset portfolio management packages.
The new SPEX report evaluates leading companies in the asset portfolio management market looking at functionalities and capabilities in detail. SPEX identifies two major portfolios within the construct of IT portfolio management - IT asset and IT projects. This particular research module focuses on the management and monitoring of the asset portfolio - including key product differentiators such as asset discovery, inventory management, configuration management, change management, business continuity support, help desk and analytics. Product evaluations are based upon the overall functionality, usability, technology, and market strength of each of the products evaluated. A Meta Group service, SPEX is a leading authority for enterprise software evaluations.
The CA solutions were specifically recognised for their strong IT asset management discovery, inventory management and help desk support, excellent discovery capabilities, very advanced inventory tracking features, and good reporting capabilities with more than 275 standard reports.
"We are pleased by our excellent rating in the SPEX Report, which specifically highlights our strong capabilities in asset discovery and reporting," said Allan Andersen, CA`s vice-president for Unicenter IT Resource Management. "Effective asset management has become particularly critical for IT departments seeking to optimise their operational efficiency, and this report clearly articulates the powerful value proposition that CA solutions offer in this functional category."
Under its Unicenter family of solutions, CA provides a full featured IT Asset Management solution, which gives organisations the ability to proactively manage their entire IT asset base from cost, contractual, support, and inventory standpoints. Additionally, CA`s tightly integrated solutions for asset discovery/tracking, contractual and financial asset management, service desk and software distribution can be implemented independent of each other providing customers with a cost-effective and phased approach to managing their IT assets from an end-to-end perspective.
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Computer Associates International, Inc (NYSE: CA) delivers The Software That Manages eBusiness. CA`s world-class solutions address all aspects of e-business management through industry-leading brands: Unicenter for infrastructure management, eTrust for security management, BrightStor for storage management, CleverPath for portal and business intelligence, AllFusion for application lifecycle management, and Advantage for data management and application development. Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than 100 countries, including 99% of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit http://ca.com.
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