CA Divides Into Five Separate Business Units
April 8, 2005
CA Divides Into Five Separate Business Units
Article Summary:
"Computer Associates International last week stepped up its management technology march with a major restructuring and the acquisition of Concord Communications. CA CEO John Swainson last week made his biggest changes since taking the helm four months ago, restructuring CA into five business units-Enterprise Systems Management, Security Management, Storage Management, Business Service Optimization and and the CA Products Group-each with complete profit-and-loss responsibility. Moreover, Swainson moved to acquire Concord for $330 million in an all-cash deal under which CA also will assume $20 million in net debt."
Productive Quote:
"Todd O'Bert, president of Productive, a security solution provider in Minneapolis, said he expects his CA sales to double this year to $2 million as a result of the named-accounts model and changes taking hold under new CA CEO John Swainson. 'Swainson is getting rolling, and we're just starting to see the impact,' said O'Bert, a member of CA's Enterprise Partner Advisory Council. "[CA's] guys are moving in lockstep with partners.'"