Computer Associates Splashes Into the Data Warehousing Market with ...

by M. Reed ... Computer Associates Splashes Into the Data Warehousing Market with Platinum Technology Acquisition M. Reed - September 23rd, 1999 Product Background. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/09/research_notes/PN_DW_MFR_9_99_1.asp - 18k - 1999-09-01 Summary: Computer Associates DecisionBase is an Extract/Transform/Load tool designed to help in the population and maintenance of data warehouses. First released in March of 1998, the product is geared towards large implementations with the need for metadata management. The current release is 1.9, which is the fo

Informatica Morphs into Enterprise Decision Support Vendor

by M. Reed ... Originally they were strictly an ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) vendor who competed with Platinum Technology, Prism Solutions, Carleton, and Evolutionary ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/01/research_notes/VN_DW_MFR_01_00_1.asp - 17k - 2000-01-01 Summary: Informatica Corporation, long an established vendor in the Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) market space, has morphed themselves into a vendor of solutions for the 'e-Business infrastructure'. In conjunction with their contract to build an enterprise data warehouse for the United States Postal Service and th

Computer Associates Goes E-Business in a Big Way

by M. Reed ... CA badly mismanaged the Platinum Technology acquisition, and has pledged to make sure that the Sterling Software acquisition will be more successful. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/04/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_04_27_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-04-27 Summary: Computer Associates announced at their CAWorld conference that e-business is the place to be, and they are re-orienting their company to facilitate it. CA has previously failed to make inroads in the consulting arena, and they feel e-business is the way to fix the problem.

What s Up with Computer Associates?

by M. Reed ... new products through the acquisition of the companies that owned or developed them (examples being Sterling Software, Platinum Technology, Legent, Cheyenne ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/10/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_10_24_00_1.asp - 10k - 2000-10-24 Summary: In a series of radical moves, Computer Associates appears to be trying to re-direct its gargantuan operations. After missing its numbers in the first calendar quarter (CA s 4th fiscal quarter), its stock was down 59% at one point.

Resistance is Futile: Computer Associates Assimilates yet another ...

by M. Reed ... However, as evidenced by Computer Associates purchases of Cheyenne, Legent, Platinum Technology, and others, the assimilation of different corporate cultures ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_02_16_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-02-16 Summary: Once again, Computer Associates is executing the largest software acquisition in history, eclipsing its Platinum Technology buyout of 1999, which was the previous record holder.

IBM Tries to Take More Market Share from Oracle, BMC, and CA

by M. Reed ... They will attempt to compete more effectively with Computer Associates (which acquired Platinum Technology and Sterling Software), BMC, and Oracle in the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/09/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_09_22_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-09-22 Summary: IBM has announced a four-year, $200 million investment to make it more cost effective and easier for companies to manage data on IBM S/390 enterprise servers. They will attempt to compete more effectively with Computer Associates (which acquired Platinum Technology and Sterling Software), BMC, and Oracl

Should interBiz Mean Intelligence And Prediction Beyond ERP?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Many of these technologies CA obtained through the acquisition of Platinum Technology (see Computer Associates Splashes Into the Data Warehousing Market with ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/12/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_12_06_01_1.asp - 18k - 2001-12-06 Summary: Although interBiz has spouted an interesting value proposition to many enterprise applications users, the company still has to address some potential stumbling blocks in order to clear the path to its applications business success.

Seagate Technology Refocuses its Software Business

by M. Reed ... their market share and will affect the sales of competing products such as Cognos Impromptu, Oracle Reports, Computer Associates/Platinum Technology Forest and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/10/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_10_6_99_1.asp - 9k - 1999-10-06 Summary: Over the past six months, Seagate Technology has made major moves to refocus their majority-owned subsidiary, Seagate Software, and put all the emphasis on their business intelligence products. These products were acquired in the early to mid-1990's with the purchase of Crystal Computer Services (Crystal

Epicor Reaches Better Vista From This Vantage Point Part Two ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In 1999, the company settled a trademark lawsuit, which was filed in 1997, with Platinum Technology (now part of Computer Associates), and changed its name to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/06/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_06_13_03_1.asp - 27k - 2003-06-13 Summary: With its solid and improving cash position and current development work in progress for contemporary Internet-based, 'software as a service' enterprise and collaborative commerce applications, and given its intentions to continue to sell both directly and indirectly with accredited VARs within certain ve

Epicor Software Corp.: How Far From Being 'One-Stop' Shop?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In 1999, the company settled a trademark lawsuit, which was filed in 1997, with Platinum Technology (now part of Computer Associates), and changed its name to ... http:/.../researchhighlights/businessapplications/2000/08/research_notes/vn_ba_pj_08_29_00_1.asp - 27k - 2000-08-29 Summary: Epicor Software has been striving to complete its evolution from a vendor of financial accounting software to a provider of holistic business performance solutions, including integrated front office, back office and e-business capabilities.