CA Clarity Positioned in `Leaders' Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management.Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute ISLANDIA, N.Y. -- CA (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant quadrant, in analytic geometry quadrant. 1 In analytic geometry, one of the four regions of the plane determined by two lines, the x-axis and the y-axis. in the Gartner Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applications.* The CA Clarity system--which features integrated portfolio planning, demand management, project management, resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
"We believe being positioned as a leader in Gartner's PPM Magic Quadrant underscores CA's long-term focus and commitment to help organizations align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. their technology investments with their strategic business imperatives," said Carl Landers, vice president of marketing for CA Clarity. "Our customer community, which now exceeds 700 global enterprises, offers definitive proof that CA Clarity significantly improves IT investment decision-making--while also optimizing project efficiency and completion rates with limited budgets." Last fall, CA introduced CA Clarity r8, the next generation of PPM solutions which delivers the foundation for comprehensive IT governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. by providing a single system for the strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and financial control of IT services. By maximizing IT's ability to align budgets and resources with business needs and minimizing the risk of inadequate controls across the enterprise, CA Clarity r8 helps deliver on CA's Enterprise IT Management (EITM EITM Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models EITM Enterprise Information Technology Management EITM Elliot in the Morning (radio show) EITM Environmental Information Technology Management EITM Enterprise It Management ) vision of unifying and simplifying IT. CA will demonstrate the latest version of CA Clarity at the Gartner PPM Summit in Boston, June 18-20, and feature global staffing leader, Manpower, as a showcase CA Clarity implementation. To learn more about CA Clarity, please visit http://www.myclarity.com. The "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applications, 2007" report evaluates each vendor according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its completeness of vision and ability to execute. About CA Clarity CA Clarity, the industry-leading project and portfolio management solution, enables IT organizations to achieve world-class performance by improving the quality of their engagement with their customers and enhancing their ability to run at peak efficiency. The CA Clarity system features integrated IT portfolio planning, demand management, project management, resource planning and time and cost management. More than 650,000 users at more than 700 companies depend on CA Clarity to govern IT and, increasingly, to manage new product development. For more information on CA Clarity, please visit http://www.myclarity.com. About CA CA (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest information technology (IT) management software companies, unifies and simplifies the management of enterprise-wide IT. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information on CA, please visit http://ca.com. The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted June 15, 2007 by Gartner, Inc., and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability mer·chant·a·ble adj. Suitable for buying and selling; marketable. mer  chant·a·bil or
fitness for a particular purpose.
* Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management Applications, 2007" by Matt Light, Daniel B. Stang, June 15, 2007. Copyright (c) 2007 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. |
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