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•In September 2006, we announced that Amy Fliegelman Olli was named Executive Vice President and Co-General
Counsel, reporting to our Chief Executive Officer. In February 2007, Ms. Olli was named Executive Vice President and
General Counsel.
•In August 2006, we announced that Dr. Ajei S. Gopal joined CA as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the
Enterprise Systems Management (ESM) business unit. Mr. Gopal succeeds Al Nugent who was recently appointed our
Chief Technology Officer.
•In July 2006, we announced that Nancy E. Cooper was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, reporting to our Chief Executive Officer.
•In June 2006, we announced that James E. Bryant was named Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
of the Company, reporting to our Chief Executive Officer.
(b) Financial Information About Segments
Our global business is principally in a single industry segment — the design, development, marketing, licensing, and support
of software products that can operate on a wide range of hardware platforms and operating systems. Refer to Note 5,
“Segment and Geographic Information”, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for financial data pertaining to
our segment and geographic operations.
(c) Narrative Description of the Business
As one of the world’s leading independent enterprise management software companies, we provide software that unifies and
simplifies complex IT management across an enterprise to help improve business results.
We believe this has become important to companies because IT is more strategic today than ever. Not only do companies rely
on IT to conduct day-to-day business, but they also need IT to fuel growth, offer new services and set them apart from the
competition. Organizations also use IT to comply with regulations, manage resources better and help drive innovation. In
short, IT has transitioned from a support function into a true business driver.
We believe that managing IT has become increasingly complex and to take full advantage of IT requires management and
integration. Companies must be able to manage IT as a whole and not as islands of technology isolated from the business.
Over the last decade, the IT infrastructure has grown into a complicated collection of silos, each handling critical but discrete
functions, often without the ability to work together. We also believe the need to better manage IT is driven by factors such as
the inadequate use of best practice processes across much of IT, the inability to gain a common view of IT, the introduction of
new technologies — such as server virtualization or mobile devices, as well as everyday business pressures such as
competition and profitability.
Our mission is to transform the way our customers manage IT, and EITM is our vision of how we can help organizations
accomplish this. With our EITM solutions and expertise, we help customers effectively govern, manage and secure IT. We
believe we have a unique competitive advantage in the marketplace with the breadth and quality of our solutions; our
hardware independence; and our ability to offer solutions that are modular and integrated so that customers can use them at
their own pace. As a result, customers gain the ability to manage risk, improve service, manage costs and align their IT
investments with their business needs.
EITM helps customers transform ITmanagement and take advantage of what ITcan do for their business. We help customers
unify disparate elements of IT, systems, processes and people, and use technology and automation to simplify complex IT
management. Rather than replacing existing IT investments, customers can gain visibility and control in order to better
manage what they already have in place — whether it’s a distributed or mainframe environment, and regardless of the
hardware or software they are using.
To help customers improve ITmanagement, we deliver solutions that effectively govern, manage and secure IT. CA Capability
Solutions are the building blocks of EITM.These solutions are modular and integrated so customers can address their needs at
their own pace and realize value quickly. CA Capability Solutions can be used individually or in combination. CA Capability
Solutions include services, education, and support, as well as partner offerings. In addition, CA Capability Solutions support a
common view of a service through our Unified Service Model, which is a core element of our architecture. The Unified Service
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