6 posts and columns on CA

Dell Taps Former CA Head Swainson to Run Software Unit

in News on February 2 at 1:14 pm PT

Meanwhile, he turned down a nearly identical job offer from Hewlett-Packard.
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Oracle Buying Hewlett-Packard? Fuhgeddaboudit!

in News on September 30, 2011 at 11:40 am PT

For some reason the notion that Oracle might bid on a weakened HP refuses to die. There are many reasons why it should.
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Oracle's Phillips Lands First CEO Job At Atlanta's Infor

in News on October 25, 2010 at 12:10 pm PT

Former Oracle Corp. Co-President Charles Phillips will finally have a chance to try his hand as a CEO, after failing to land the top spot at another software company earlier this year. Infor, a closely held maker of software aimed at mid-size companies, on Monday said Phillips will take over as its CEO starting Dec. 1.

CA Says “See Ya” to 1,000 Employees

in News on April 6, 2010 at 11:01 am PT

According to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, layoffs are declining. Sadly, that’s not the case at CA–or Computer Associates, as it was once known. The software company is sacking 1,000 employees, about eight percent of its staff, according to a filing Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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2009 Software Outlook Predictably Crappy

in News on January 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm PT

Goldman Sachs published its “Americas: 2009 Software Outlook” report today and it’s as dismal and ugly a forecast as you’d expect, given the current economic climate. Of course, as ugly as it was, it could have been worse.

Sanjay Kumar Goes to White Castle Prison

in News on September 4, 2008 at 12:05 pm PT

If I go down, you all go down. That’s the personal philosophy former CA CEO Sanjay Kumar appears to have embraced after serving a few years in prison for conspiracy, securities fraud and obstruction of justice. In a 27-page affidavit filed in court Tuesday, the disgraced Kumar claims that several current and former directors were aware of the company’s … generally unaccepted accounting practices and concealed them from government investigators.