List of acquisitions by CA Technologies

CA Technologies (formerly known as Computer Associates), is a multinational computer software corporation that develops and markets information technology (IT) management software. CA has a long history of acquisitions in the software industry. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between CA and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because CA is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed. If the CA product that is derived from the acquired company is known, then it is also listed here.

Contents

Acquisitions

Number Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) Used as / Integrated with References
1 01981 1981 Viking Data Systems, Inc.  USA [1]
2 01982 1982 Capex Corporation MVS  USA $&1000000002200000000000022,000,000 [2]
3 01983 1983 Stewart P. Orr Associates  USA $&100000000020000000000002,000,000 [3]
4 01983 1983 Information Unlimited Software Word processing  USA $&1000000001000000000000010,000,000 [4]
5 01984 1984 Johnson Systems, Inc. Job accounting  USA $&1000000001600000000000016,000,000 [3]
6 01984 1984 Sorcim Spreadsheets  USA $&1000000002700000000000027,000,000 CA-SuperCalc [3]
7 01985 1985 Arkay Computer DOS/VSE migration to MVS  USA Undisclosed CA-Converter [3][5]
8 01985 1985 Top Secret - from CGA Computer Computer Security  USA $&1000000002500000000000025,000,000 CA-Top Secret [3][6]
9 01986 1986 Integrated Software Systems Corporation Computer graphics  USA $&1000000006700000000000067,000,000 [3]
11 01986 1986 Software International Accounting software  USA $&1000000002400000000000024,000,000 [3]
12 01987 1987 Uccel Tape Management System, Job scheduling  USA $&10000000870000000000000870,000,000 Unicenter CA-7 [3][7]
13 01988 1988 Applied Data Research Flowcharting software, Database management system  USA $&10000000170000000000000170,000,000 CA Datacom/DB [3][8]
14 01989-12-25 December 25, 1989 Cullinet Database management system  USA $&10000000300000000000000300,000,000 CA IDMS [9]
15 01991-08 August 1991 On-Line Software International Inc Debuggers  USA $&10000000120000000000000120,000,000 [10]
16 01991-09-16 September 16, 1991 Pansophic Systems Change management  USA $&10000000290000000000000290,000,000 [11][12]
17 01991-12-02 December 2, 1991 Access Technology VAX  USA [13]
18 01992-05-06 May 6, 1992 Nantucket Corporation Xbase  USA $&1000000008000000000000080,000,000 CA-Clipper [14]
19 01992-10 October 1992 Glockenspiel C++ compiler  USA Aspen [15]
20 01994-05-30 May 30, 1994 ASK Corporation Unix database  USA $&10000000311000000000000311,000,000 Ingres [16]
21 01995-05-25 May 25, 1995 Legent Corporation  USA $&100000017800000000000001,780,000,000 [17]
22 01996-10-07 October 7, 1996 Cheyenne Software Backup  USA $&100000012000000000000001,200,000,000 CA ARCserve [18]
23 01997-11-12 November 12, 1997 Avalan Technology, Inc.  USA [19]
24 01997-12-23 December 23, 1997 AI Ware Artificial intelligence  USA Undisclosed [20]
25 01998-08-05 August 5, 1998 Realogic, Inc. Consulting  USA Undisclosed Global Professional Services Division [21]
26 01998 1998 LDA Systems, Inc. Consulting  USA Undisclosed Global Professional Services Division [22]
27 01998-10-29 October 29, 1998 Viewpoint DataLabs International, Inc.  USA [23]
28 01998-09-02 September 2, 1998 QXCOM database management for Lotus Notes  USA Unicenter TNG Lotus Notes/Domino [24]
29 01999-02-08 February 8, 1999 Computer Management Sciences, Inc  USA $&10000000435000000000000435,000,000 [25]
30 01999-03-29 March 29, 1999 Platinum Technology  USA $&100000035000000000000003,500,000,000 [26]
31 02000 2000 Applied Management Systems Inc.  USA
33 02000-10-09 October 9, 2000 Sterling Software  USA $&100000039100000000000003,910,000,000 [27]
34 02003 2003 SilentRunner  USA [28]
35 02003 2003 Netreon SAN management  USA BrightStor SAN Designer [29]
36 02004-03-11 March 11, 2004 Miramar PC migration  USA Undisclosed Brightstor [30]
37 02004-08-16 August 16, 2004 PestPatrol Anti-spyware  USA Undisclosed CA Anti-Spyware [31][32]
38 02004-10-06 October 6, 2004 Netegrity Network security  USA $&10000000430000000000000430,000,000 eTrust [33]
39 02005-06-27 June 27, 2005 Tiny Software Personal firewall  USA Undisclosed CA Personal Firewall [34]
40 02005-06-07 June 7, 2005 Concord Communications  USA [35]
41 02005-10-17 October 17, 2005 iLumin e-mail archiving  USA Undisclosed Brightstor [36]
42 02005-06-10 June 10, 2005 Niku IT Governance  USA $&10000000350000000000000350,000,000 Clarity [37]
43 02006-01-05 January 5, 2006 Wily Technology Application performance management  USA $&10000000375000000000000375,000,000 [38]
44 02006-07-12 July 12, 2006 XOSoft backup  USA CA ARCserve [39]
45 02006-04-13 April 13, 2006 Cybermation Mainframe management  USA $&1000000007500000000000075,000,000 [40]
46 02006-01-11 January 11, 2006 Control-F1  USA [41]
47 02006-09-27 September 27, 2006 Cendura Application management  USA [42]
48 02006-06-14 June 14, 2006 MDY Group Records retention management  USA [43]
49 02008-10-07 October 7, 2008 IDFocus Identity management  USA Undisclosed [44]
50 02008-11-13 November 13, 2008 Eurekify Role-based access control  ISR Undisclosed [45]
51 02009-01-05 January 5, 2009 Orchestria Data security  USA Undisclosed [46]
52 02009-11-19 November 19, 2009 NetQoS  USA CA NetQoS Super Agent [47]
53 02010-01-11 January 11, 2010 Oblicore Service level management  USA [48]
54 02009-06-02 June 2, 2009 Cassatt Data center automation  USA [49]
55 02010-02-24 February 24, 2010 3tera Cloud computing  USA Undisclosed CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager [50]
56 02010-03-11 March 11, 2010 Nimsoft Application monitoring  USA $350,000,000 [51]
57 02010-08-12 August 12, 2010 4Base Technology Cloud computing consulting  USA Undisclosed Global Virtualization and Cloud Consulting Team [52]
58 02010-08-30 August 30, 2010 Arcot Authentication  USA $200,000,000 SiteMinder [53]
59 02010-09-28 September 28, 2010 Hyperformix Capacity planning  USA Undisclosed [54]

See also

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  38. ^ CA Acquires Privately Held Wily Technology (CA web page)
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  47. ^ NetQoS, a CA Technologies Company
  48. ^ CA Acquires Oblicore, Leader in IT Service Level Management
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