List of mergers and acquisitions by CA Technologies

CA Technologies, Inc., formerly Computer Associates International and CA, Inc., was an American multinational software company that developed and published enterprise software. Active from 1976 to 2018, the company was co-founded by Charles B. Wang and Russell Artzt. The pair incorporated CA to capitalize on the emerging market of third-party mainframe software. It grew its portfolio and became successful through acquiring many companies in disparate fields, including system monitoring and management, ID management, security, and anti-virus, among others. In 2018, CA itself was acquired by Broadcom Inc. for nearly US$19 billion in cash.[1]

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Acquisitions

Acquisition dateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (US$)Used as or integrated withReferences
1981Viking Data Systems  United StatesUndisclosed[2]
August 31, 1982Capex CorporationOS/MVS and DOS/VSE mainframe job scheduling and programmer productivity  United States$22,000,000[3][4]
1983Stewart P. Orr Associates  United States$2,000,000[5]
July 1, 1983Information Unlimited SoftwareWord processing  United States$10,000,000[6]
1984Johnson SystemsJob accounting  United States$16,000,000[7]
May 31, 1984SorcimSpreadsheets  United States$27,000,000CA-SuperCalc[8][5][9]
1985Arkay ComputerDOS/VSE migration to MVS  United StatesUndisclosedCA-CONVERTOR[5]
May 1985Value Software, Inc. (previously Value Computing, Inc.)Mainframe data center operations packages  United StatesUndisclosed[10]
December 2, 1986Software InternationalAccounting software  United States$24,000,000[11]
December 5, 1985Top Secret, from CGA ComputerComputer security  United States$25,000,000CA-Top Secret[12]
December 8, 1986Integrated Software Systems CorporationComputer graphics  United States$67,000,000[13][14]
August 20, 1987UccelTape management systems, job scheduling, rerun/restart, mainframe security  United States$870,000,000Unicenter CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, CA-ACF2[15][16]
October 14, 1988Applied Data ResearchFlowcharting software, database management systems  United States$170,000,000CA-Datacom/DB[17][18]
December 25, 1989CullinetDatabase management system  United States$300,000,000CA-IDMS[19][20]
September 27, 1991On-Line Software InternationalDebuggers  United States$120,000,000[21][22]
October 30, 1991Pansophic SystemsChange management  United States$300,000,000CA-Panvalet[23][24]
November 12, 1991Access TechnologyVAX (division of H&R Block)  United StatesUndisclosed[25]
May 6, 1992Nantucket CorporationXbase  United States$80,000,000 (estimated)CA-Clipper[26][27]
September 1992Glockenspiel Ltd.C++ compiler  IrelandUndisclosedAspen[28]
June 24, 1994ASK GroupUnix database  United States$308,700,000Ingres[29][30]
July 29, 1995Legent Corporation  United States$1,740,000,000–
$1,800,000,000
[31][32][33]
November 12, 1996Cheyenne SoftwareBackup  United States$1,200,000,000CA-ARCserve[34][35]
November 12, 1997Avalan TechnologyRemote monitoring and management  United StatesUndisclosed[36][37]
December 18, 1997AI WareArtificial intelligence  United StatesUndisclosed[38][39]
August 5, 1998RealogicConsulting  United StatesUndisclosedGlobal Professional Services Division[40][41]
September 2, 1998QXCOMDatabase management for Lotus Notes  United StatesUndisclosedUnicenter TNG Lotus Notes/Domino[42]
October 29, 1998Viewpoint DataLabs International3D-CGI model and image libraries  United StatesUndisclosed[43]
November 24, 1998LDA SystemsConsulting  United StatesUndisclosedGlobal Professional Services Division[44][45]
March 25, 1999Computer Management SciencesConsulting  United States$415,000,000[46][47]
June 7, 1999Platinum TechnologyConsulting  United States$3,500,000,000[48][49]
March 29, 2000Applied Management SystemsFederal e-business software  United StatesUndisclosed[50][51]
April 4, 2000Sterling SoftwareNetwork management  United States$3,910,000,000[52][53][54]
February 3, 2003NetreonStorage area network management  United StatesUndisclosedBrightStor SAN Designer[55]
July 2003SilentRunnerNetwork monitoring  United StatesUndisclosed[56]
March 11, 2004Miramar SystemsPC migration  United StatesUndisclosedBrightStor SAN Designer[57][58]
August 16, 2004PestPatrolAnti-spyware  United StatesUndisclosedCA Anti-Spyware[59][60]
October 23, 2004NetegrityNetwork security  United States$430,000,000eTrust[61][62]
June 7, 2005Concord CommunicationsNetwork management  United States$350,000,000Spectrum Network Management[63][64]
June 27, 2005Tiny SoftwarePersonal firewall software  United StatesUndisclosedCA Personal Firewall[65][66]
July 29, 2005Niku CorporationIT governance  United States$350,000,000CA PPM[67][68]
October 17, 2005iLuminE-mail archiving  United StatesUndisclosedBrightStor[69]
January 11, 2006Control-F1 CorporationService management  United StatesUndisclosed[70][71]
January 5, 2006Wily TechnologyApplication performance management  United States$375,000,000[72]
May 9, 2006CybermationMainframe management  Canada$75,000,000[73][74]
June 13, 2006MDY GroupRecords retention management  United StatesUndisclosed[75]
July 11, 2006XOSoftBackup  United StatesUndisclosedCA-ARCserve[76]
September 27, 2006CenduraApplication management  United StatesUndisclosed[77]
October 7, 2008IDFocusIdentity management  United StatesUndisclosed[78]
November 13, 2008EurekifyRole-based access control  IsraelUndisclosed[79]
January 5, 2009OrchestriaData security  United StatesUndisclosed[80]
November 19, 2009NetQoSNetwork quality of service  United StatesUndisclosedCA NetQoS Super Agent[81]
January 11, 2010OblicoreService level management  United StatesUndisclosed[82]
June 2, 2009Cassatt CorporationData center automation  United StatesUndisclosed[83]
February 24, 20103teraCloud computing  United StatesUndisclosedCA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager[84]
March 11, 2010NimsoftApplication monitoring  United States$350,000,000[85]
August 12, 20104Base TechnologyCloud computing consulting  United StatesUndisclosedGlobal Virtualization and Cloud Consulting Team[86]
August 30, 2010Arcot, Inc.Authentication  United States$200,000,000SiteMinder[87][88]
November 2, 2010HyperformixCapacity planning  United StatesUndisclosed[89][90][91]
August 16, 2011ItkoService virtualization and API testing  United States$330,000,000CA LISA, DevTest Solutions[92]
August 16, 2011WatchMouseWebsite monitoring  NetherlandsUndisclosedCA APM Cloudmonitor[93][94]
April 22, 2013Layer 7 TechnologiesAPI management  Canada$155,000,000[95][96]
April 22, 2013NolioApplication release automation  Israel$40,000,000CA Release Automation[97][98]
May 27, 2015Rally Software DevelopmentCloud-based agile development management platform  United States$480,000,000CA Agile Central[99][100]
August 17, 2015XceediumPrivileged identity and access management  United StatesUndisclosed[101]
June 4, 2015Grid ToolsEnterprise test data management, automated test design, and optimization software  United KingdomUndisclosed[102]
June 8, 2015IdMLogicIdentity management applications  IsraelUndisclosed[103]
November 15, 2016Mobile System 7User behavior analytics and security  United StatesUndisclosed[104]
October 12, 2016BlazeMeterSaaS-based open-source test execution platform  IsraelUndisclosed[105]
December 1, 2016AutomicBusiness automation  Austria$635,000,000[106]
March 6, 2017VeracodeSaaS-based secure devops platform provider  United States$614,000,000[107]
September 28, 2017RunscopeAPI monitoring  United StatesUndisclosed[108]
April 9, 2018SourceClearSoftware security tooling and automation  United StatesUndisclosed[109]

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