In his inaugural CA World keynote address, Mike Gregoire, chief
executive officer of CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA), today challenged
the 5,000 attendees to embrace disruptive technologies such as
cloud, mobile, social and big data management analytics to
transform business and drive competitive advantage.
“Value is no longer measured by the size of the IT staff, the
computing power (MIPs) under management or the square footage of
your data centers," said Gregoire. "IT’s value today is all about
providing the innovation, speed, insight and security the business
needs to gain a competitive advantage – using resources from both
inside and outside your company. This creates a huge opportunity
for CIOs and other IT leaders to act as a catalyst and enable
modern business models and methods – to not only transform IT, but
to transform the business. The question you have to ask yourself is
this: Will I drive the change, or will I be driven by it?”
Boundaries of the Data Center Have Been Expanded
Gregoire described an IT world where more and more systems, data
and applications exist outside data centers – and outside
firewalls, producing additional challenges and demands.
“First, it raises the stakes for IT management and security
across this vast new landscape,” he said. “They become even more
important as you manage and secure your infrastructure, data,
applications, and business services across your existing
environment and private, public and hybrid clouds. Second, it
creates both a challenge and opportunity for CIOs.”
Focus on Enabling Technologies
In his keynote, Gregoire also highlighted CA Technologies focus
on four technology trends that will enable its customers to deliver
and orchestrate IT with greater impact on business: DevOps,
Mobility, SaaS (Software as a Service) and Big Data Analytics
Management.
DevOps: The Need for Speed
Gregoire said the communication, integration and collaboration
between software application developers and IT operations
professionals – commonly called DevOps – is vital if companies wish
to transform their business models in order to deliver services to
the market faster.
“The demand for applications today appears to be nearly
insatiable. I ran across a reference recently that says it all --
calling this new world “The Planet of the Apps,” stated Gregoire.
“The benefits of DevOps are not trivial. We believe our solutions
can help you achieve as much as a 30 to 50 percent reduction in
time to market … an 80 to 100 percent improvement in quality …and a
20 to 30 percent reduction in infrastructure costs.”
Gregoire detailed CA Technologies market-leading position in
DevOps because of the company’s service virtualization
capabilities, as well as its acquisition of continuous application
delivery resources. These capabilities, coupled with CA’s Cloud
Management solution, enable customers to get applications in
production more quickly, with higher reliability and less risk.
Mobile Management: Launch of Comprehensive Solutions to
Embrace the Mobile Opportunity
The explosion of mobile devices is a big challenge for IT
organizations, Gregoire said. While business is demanding more
mobile applications to gain anytime access to corporate data, when
it comes to the security of data, what users don’t know, he said,
can hurt them. While discrete products to manage devices are
available today, they do not help manage the content and
applications being deployed.
“True enterprise mobility management requires a comprehensive
approach that extends beyond device management to include mobile
application, content and services management,” said Gregoire.
“That’s why we’re launching a comprehensive solution for enterprise
mobility management here at CA World, and extending our existing
solutions to support the mobile enterprise.”
Software-as-a-Service: A Technology Infrastructure and
Business Model Shift
Gregoire said CA Technologies will invest in
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery by product segment, with the
ultimate goal of providing a suite of management and security
functions delivered as a service.
“For most people, SaaS means moving applications to the public
cloud,” he said. “But I have a different point of view. To me, SaaS
is more of a technology infrastructure and a business model shift.
Ultimately, SaaS is a business model that enables us to provide
better quality code faster, deliver continuous innovation, meet
your needs more rapidly and accurately, and help you deliver better
business results in a public cloud, private cloud or behind a
customer’s firewall.”
Data Management Analytics: More Data, More Problems
Massive amounts of data are not helpful without a means to mine
and analyze the information for insight and business value, he
said.
“The first challenge is to manage and secure all this data. The
bigger the data, the bigger the challenge for management and
security, and this is our sweet spot,” said Gregoire. “We see a
significant opportunity to use big data to make management and
security more intelligent and to increase the business value we
deliver. It’s an emerging area for us, but one that’s receiving a
lot of development focus.”
What’s Next for CA Technologies
Gregoire said the market will see more emphasis from CA
Technologies on organic innovation with a goal of differentiating
everything the company does to deliver even more value to
customers. That means innovation on the mainframe, innovation in
distributed computing, and innovation in cloud management.
Additionally, he focused on the emphasis the company is putting
on ensuring customer success. This includes investments in moving
customers to newer versions of software and delivering “bankable”
product roadmaps.
“Who better than CA to redefine IT management and security in
this new world of cloud, social, mobile and big data and to define
new markets like DevOps?” Gregoire said. “This takes a significant
commitment to innovation and we are committed to this mission.”
More than 5,000 IT professionals and customers from around the
world are attending CA World in Las Vegas to hear about the latest
trends, learn how to best leverage CA Technologies products and
solutions, and network with peers and industry thought leaders. The
user conference kicks off today and ends April 24.
For more information on CA World 2013 including a full agenda
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support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA
Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation,
transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the
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