IDC ranks CA number one in automated software deployment market

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced that a new IDC research report confirms CA as the market leader in automated software deployment - possessing both the largest overall market share and one of the highest growth rates in the industry.

"CA, with a growth rate of 61.5%, is clearly a company to watch," said the report, entitled "Worldwide Software Deployment Market Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004."

The report also noted that this market is continuing to expand, reaching a projected $2.8 billion by 2004. This growth is due to the cost of manually delivering, installing and configuring software, which can often exceed the cost of buying software itself. The time delay such a manual approach introduces is also not feasible since, in today`s eBusiness environment, it has become more critical than ever to have applications and content in place as soon as they are required.

Revisions, upgrades and fixes of software and content have also become increasingly frequent - further driving up the cost, labour, and delays associated with manual approaches to distribution.

With CA`s automated software deployment solutions, organizations can radically reduce the costs of software distribution - as well as the strain on their limited resources and the "lag" associated with conventional manual approaches. CA`s solutions, which include Unicenter TNG Software Delivery Option and ShipIT, also greatly reduce distribution errors that rob knowledge workers of productivity and can even disable revenue-critical business processes. These errors are becoming increasingly difficult to avoid as applications become more complex and are characterized by multiple internal and external dependencies between systems.

In addition, the number and variety of network nodes requiring service is exploding as PDAs, non-IT equipment (such as kiosks and ATM machines) and other types of devices proliferate. CA`s unique breadth of support for these devices makes it particularly well suited to the evolving software distribution needs of eBusiness.

"IDC`s latest survey confirms that CA offers a superior architecture for managing the complexities of software distribution across heterogeneous enterprise infrastructures," said Joe Pascal, CA brand manager, desktop management solutions. "It also confirms the fact that this market will continue to expand as fast, accurate software distribution becomes increasingly critical to the competitive health of the technology-fueled enterprise."

IDC is recognized as one of the market leaders in providing research and analysis to eBusiness executives, IT professionals, IT suppliers, and services suppliers. Individuals and organizations need to make the right decisions today and through IDC`s standard-bearer research, organizations have been able to ensure their future success and market position. Many corporations look to IDC for clarification, validation, and guidance when making tactical and strategic decisions. IDC has become one of the standards in the industry due to its highly dependable, high-impact insights and advice on the future of eBusiness to help corporations make sound business decisions.