I'm speaking to strategy people at Computer Associates, so I'd like to
know which companies are their main competitors.

http://www.cai.com/

Hello bjfogg,  


According to Hoover’s Online fact sheet for Computer Associates, their
top competitors are:

BMC Software 
IBM 
Microsoft

Source: Hoover’s Online
http://www.hoovers.com/free/co/factsheet.xhtml?ID=10383


From WORLD TRADE’S EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH REPORT - June 2003

Computer Associates International, Inc. ranked number five by sales
for companies that design, develop and market computer software
products.

Overview:

- “A major player in the software industry offering more than 800
products

- Well known for “Unicenter” EM software

- Applications: enterprise management, business intelligence, storage
and network management designed for mainframes and distributed
computing environments.”

2002 Sales (MIL.): $2,964
1-YR.Sales Growth: (29.4%)
Number of Employees: 16,600

Industry List Rank: 
#387 Fortune 500
#360 FT Global 500

Top Competitors:
BMC Software
IBM
Microsoft
Source: World Trade Magazine
http://www.worldtrademag.com/FILES/HTML/PDF/0603leading-high-tech.pdf


“CA sees IBM and BMC as two main competitors, in addition to
traditional CA foes such as Tivoli (part of IBM) and Hewlett-Packard's
OpenView product.”
Source: Silicon.com
http://www.silicon.com/news/500008/1/1010912.html


In a recent article dated May 12, 2003, “BMC Blasts Competition During
Analyst Day” by Barry Zellen, BMC sees Computer Associates as one of
their main competitors.

“According to Friedman Billings Ramsey (FBR), competitive pressures
are expected to increase and “BMC believes Hewlett-Packard and
Computer Associates were overall more formidable competitors than IBM,
with the four of these companies dominating the market. Veritas and
Mercury Interactive were cited as two companies that are likely to
further expand into BMC’s markets as business conditions have not
improved.“
Source: Technology Reports
http://technologyreports.net/enterpriseinnovator/?articleID=1733



Search Criteria:

Main competitors of "Computer Associates"
Hoover’s Online
"Computer associates * * competitors”


I hope this helps. If anything is unclear or if a link does not
function, please let me know and I’ll be glad to offer further
assistance.


Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 18 Aug 2003 10:13 PDT

This may interest you as well.

BrightStor Storage Resource Manager (formerly CA-Vantage):

Key Competitors:

The primary competitors in the Storage Resource Management (SRM) space
are:
• BMC: PATROL SRM (and MAINVIEW SRM for OS/390)
• EMC: ControlCenter Suite
• SUN Microsystems: HighGround Storage Resource Manager

Computer Associates International Website
http://www.cai.com/channel/emea/mktg/kits/srm_rk/comp_analysis.pdf


Competitors in Anti Virus Software:

Veritas
Symantec
Network Associates
Trend Micro

From the CA website:

“If your customers use software from Veritas, Symantec, Network
Associates, Trend Micro or other competitors, your CA Partner Manager
will work with you to help your customers deploy CA solutions to help
ensure a smooth implementation and profit margin for you.”

Computer Associates International
http://www.cai.com/channel/cpp/support/bus_sales.htm

Thanks! Good answer with helpful links.