CA Technologies Issues CA Smart Government Challenge to U.S. Developers: Help the Federal Government Enhance its “Citizen E...
November 15 2017 - 11:32AM
Business Wire
Developers To Compete For Prize Money and
Technical and Business Support From the CA Accelerator, CA’s
In-House Startup Incubator
CA WORLD ’17 — CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today announced the
CA Smart Government Challenge, a new innovation competition that
invites U.S.-based developers to submit their most innovative ideas
for improving the “citizen experience” of the U.S. federal
government through open source software.
CA will award up to five finalists a cash prize of $5,000 and
the chance to vie for a grand prize of $75,000 and access to the CA
Accelerator Boot Camp, an immersive course that has never before
been open to developers outside of CA.
Launched internally in 2016, the CA Accelerator operates like a
venture capital fund within the company. It provides financial and
incubator support to CA employees who have ideas for new software
offerings that are relevant to CA’s customers, which include some
of the most prestigious companies and government agencies in the
world. To date, the CA Accelerator has funded 14 teams, 11 of which
are still in business today. Two notable examples are Waffle.io,
which provides project management powered by GitHub, and CA Jarvis,
an advanced analytics platform, which has been embedded in several
products across the company’s portfolio.
With the CA Smart Government Challenge, CA will put this
powerful engine of innovation to work in a new area: the “citizen
experience” of the U.S. federal government.
“Governments around the world increasingly are looking for ways
to improve the citizen experience through software,” CA
Technologies CEO Mike Gregoire said in unveiling the CA Smart
Government Challenge today at CA World '17, CA’s annual customer
conference in Las Vegas. “Whether it’s in the form of smart,
sensor-driven trash pickup in Washington, D.C., or the
‘whole-government API’ that has been created in Singapore – both
developed, incidentally, with help from CA – governments are
embracing the opportunity to use software to deliver experiences to
the citizens they serve that match modern customer experiences
delivered through the private sector. We are excited to help bring
fresh ideas that can support the modernization of government IT and
complement the good work underway in many parts of the federal
government.”
Developers participating in the CA Smart Government Challenge
will engage in the following process:
- Submit their idea in the form of a
one-page Lean Canvas style business plan.
- A panel of judges led by CA Accelerator
founder and CA Chief Technology Officer Otto Berkes will select
five finalists to receive a $5,000 prize and a consultation with
members of the CA Accelerator team, who will provide suggestions on
how to move the finalist’s idea forward.
- After six months of incubation,
finalists will present their progress to the CA Accelerator for
consideration for the $75,000 grand prize.
- The grand prize winner will travel to
participate in the CA Accelerator boot camp session, with travel
expenses covered by CA.
The judging panel will select the best software idea based on
criteria that include:
- Citizen value: impact on the experience
of interacting with the federal government
- Impact on federal government
efficiency
- Market opportunity, including potential
for growth and applicability to other government agencies or
governments
- Creativity and differentiation from
other submissions
- Sophistication: use of modern
agile/devops development techniques
- Likelihood of long-term success.
“Until today, the CA Accelerator’s work has been focused on
developing new technologies that can enhance our portfolio of
enterprise IT products,” said Berkes. “We are excited now to apply
the Accelerator model, which combines the learn-fast creativity of
a VC-backed startup with the significant resources of a major
company like CA, to the customer experience of the federal
government. The result could be a new company, a free app, some
solution that hasn’t even been conceived of yet, or simply a better
understanding of the complexity of government services. That’s the
beauty of true innovation driven by a pure desire to solve a
problem that matters – we don’t know what the end result will be.
And as with all projects in the Accelerator, we’re excited to see
where this journey takes us.”
Developers interested in learning more can register on the CA
Technologies Smart Government Challenge website to receive
application materials that will be made available by December 1.
Applications will be accepted during the month of December and the
finalists will be selected and announced in February 2018.
For more information on all news being announced at CA World
‘17, please visit the CA World ‘17 Newsroom. To access replays of
the CA World ’17 keynotes, please click here.
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