The CA Application Development Radars (Vendor Focus): Industry Report

The CA Application Development Radars (Vendor Focus)

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: October 2007
Product Code: R313-26590

Description

Introduction

This brief analyses the strengths and weaknesses of CA's Application Lifecycle Management offering. CA is rated according to its market impact, user sentiment and technology strength.

Scope

Technology: an assessment of CA's technology based on specific attributes and the availability of certain features. User sentiment: tracks end-users' impression of CA's products and services based on a survey of over 210 ALM IT managers. Market impact: measures CA's market impact based on its revenues, installed base, geographic presence, growth, and R&D investments.

Highlights

Enterprise users are progressively moving away from point solutions in the application development space towards well integrated Application Lifecycle Management solutions that help them manage the entire lifecycle of application development, deployment, and ongoing management and monitoring. The ALM market is in the midst of transformation, with new players entering the market and established ones growing through acquisition. With technology equivalence an expected feature of this market in the medium term, vendors not only need to offer strong technology solutions but also differentiate on a variety of strategies and business models.

Reasons to Purchase

Gain detailed knowledge of CA's strengths with regards to technology, user sentiment and market impact. Enterprise IT managers will gain valuable insights that help inform and improve their ALM purchasing decisions. ALM vendors can benchmark their own performance against CA across various evaluation criteria.

Table of Contents

DATAMONITOR VIEW: CATALYST; SUMMARY; MARKET DEVELOPMENTS; The ALM market is consolidating in more than one direction
TECHNOLOGY DEFINITIONS: Project Portfolio Management (PPM); Requirements Management (RM); Change and Configuration Management (CCM); Model-driven Development (MDD); Build, Deploy and Release Management (BRM); Test Management (TM); Application Performance Management (APM)
ANALYSIS: CA: ALM Radars; Recommendation: Consider
APPENDIX: Datamonitor Ratings; Methodology; Extended Methodology; Technology; User Sentiment; Market Impact; Further reading; Ask the analyst; Datamonitor consulting; Disclaimer
List of Figures: Figure 1: CA ALM Radars

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