CA Launches Services Division to Address End-to-End Service Requirements Worldwide.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1998-- Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Organization Provides Unified Services To Meet Enterprise Business Requirements Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced the formation of an independent professional services organization to expand CA's considerable service offerings on behalf of clients and partners around the world. CA's Professional Services Organization (PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ) consolidates many of CA's existing service functions and is expected to grow internally and through acquisition. From its inception, PSO will offer a broad spectrum of IT services, from consulting to implementation to comprehensive outsourcing and facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. . This independent division reflects growing client demand for heterogeneous turnkey solutions, including full life cycle services. CA is the world's leading provider of platform-independent business software. "PSO is CA's response to clients who have told us that they need professional services and want protection against the difficulties of integrating services, software, and facilities," said CA Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Charles B. Wang. "Tight integration between PSO and CA provides clients with consistent delivery of professional services, seamless management of end-to-end services, and one-stop shopping for their IT requirements." The services industry has traditionally been highly labor-intensive. In delivering services around the world, Professional Services will leverage the labor-savings benefits of CA's software toolset, and pass those savings on to clients. "We believe PSO can redefine Verb 1. redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of 2. the services business by utilizing automated CA solutions that have proven to be so efficient in thousands of organizations around the world," said Chris Wagner, CA executive vice president for the new division. PSO offers services in dozens of disciplines. Initial areas of concentration include: - Corporate Infrastructure Management - Application Development and Integration - Year 2000 Compliance Services - Asset Management - Deskside Support - End User Productivity "We have taken this step to focus the combined resources of CA service offerings and value-rich solutions, and to ensure they are targeted effectively and accurately at our clients' most pressing business challenges," said Wagner. PSO will identify service providers that fit an important market segment, have a particular geographic value, or offer a unique value of interest to a particular client, 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. Wagner. "Our objective is to grow PSO organically, but we consider selected acquisitions if the target augments our ability to serve our customers," he said. CA's Professional Services Organization is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y. and has offices in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and the Far East. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.5 billion in calendar year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Bob Gordon Bob Gordon may refer to:
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