- published: 10 Sep 2012
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CA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA), formerly CA, Inc. and Computer Associates International, Inc., is one of the largest independent software corporations in the world. Headquartered in Islandia, New York, the company creates software which runs in mainframe, distributed, virtualized and cloud environments.
Although the company once sold anti-virus and Internet security programs for consumer personal computers, it is primarily known for its commercial mainframe computer and distributed computing applications since the spin off of their security products into Total Defense. CA Technologies claims that its software is used by a majority of the Forbes Global 2000 companies.
CA Technologies posted $4.4 billion US$ in revenue for fiscal year 2010 (ending March 31, 2010) and maintains 150 offices in more than 45 countries. The company employs 13,200 people (March 31, 2010), including 5,900 engineers. CA holds more than 400 patents worldwide, and has more than 700 patent applications pending.
In 2010 the company acquired eight companies to support its cloud strategy: 3Tera, Nimsoft, NetQoS, Oblicore, Cassatt, 4Base Technology, Arcot Systems, and Hyperformix.