Tag: CA

  • Link: Broadcom can’t get there from here

    “The tiny margin in CA’s enterprise software business, which contrasts with its richly profitable mainframe division, won’t help Broadcom hit its projected EBITDA targets, no matter how many ‘adjustments’ are made. In fact, the division stands in the way.” Original source: Broadcom can’t get there from here

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  • Link: CA Technologies Begins Site, Workforce Consolidation

    ‘Part of this shift is driven by a site consolidation strategy “to move more of our people into our centers of excellence,” said Gregoire. “This migration of our teams into fewer, larger locations supports our agile methodology.” According the Gregoire, the company has embraced an “agile” model, where employees need to be present in the…

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  • Link: Yes, DevOps is all about business growth, especially the digital variety

    Vendor survey, but whatever: “A survey of 1,300 executives just released by CA Technologies and Freeform Dynamics finds that while 75 percent recognize that these approaches drive significant business success when implemented together, only a relatively small proportion – about one in five – consider the consistency, depth and breadth of usage of these practices…

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  • Link: Why CA left the DCIM market

    “According to IDC, the market will reach $576 million in revenue this year – up from $475 million in 2014 — and hit close to $1 billion by 2019.” That’s a really small market to be operating in, no matter what your marketshare. Also, check out the quote from Rhonda at 451! Source: Why CA…

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  • [Coté Memo #8] @CAinc’s board wears no ties, Hangouts.biz, cleaning data with Excel

    Meta-data Hello again, welcome to #8. Not so brief today with all the typing, I know. Today we have still have 22 subscribers. I’d love to hear what you like, dislike, your feedback, etc.: memo@cote.io. See past newsletters in the archives, and, as always, see things as they come at Cote.io and [@cote](https://micro.blog/cote). Sponsor 451…

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  • What if WS-* had worked out, figuring out CoreOS

    Meta-data Hello again, welcome to #6. It’s Friday night, and most of time was spent talking with people, so this will be short. Today we have 20 subscribers, so we’re +1. I’d love to hear what you like, dislike, your feedback, etc.: memo@cote.io. See past newsletters in the archives, and, as always, see things as…

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  • Adding commentary to an earnings call in markdown

    The spook’s cloud, the most boring annotations you’ll ever read, PE goes after EMC’s future

    Meta-data Hello again, welcome to #5. This one will be short. Today we have 19 subscribers. It’s starting to smell like real growth hacking up in here! I’d love to hear what you like, dislike, your feedback, etc.: memo@cote.io. See past newsletters in the archives, and, as always, see things as they come at Cote.io…

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  • Screenshot of markdowning next to rendering

    CA Technologies FY2015Q1 marginalia, experimenting with CriticMarkup

    While reading through CA’s recent quarterly conference call transcript, I thought I’d try out an idea I had this morning: using CriticMarkup to DIY what Genius.com does: annotating content. It worked OK, except I didn’t invest time in getting the HTML output right, so it looks kind of crappy – you can see the raw…

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  • CA divests ERwin to Embarcadero

    Embarcadero expands its DBA tools business, CA focuses more on IT ops: “We are actively managing our portfolio and investments, and the sale of CA ERwin further sharpens our focus on core capabilities, such as IT Business Management, DevOps and Security across mainframe, distributed, cloud and mobile environments,” [Jacob Lamm, executive vice president of Strategy…

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