CA Technologies CEO Calls for Business Leaders to Harness the Power of Disruption or Become Obsolete
November 18 2015 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
CA Technologies Enables Customers to Gain
Business Agility and Grow in the Age of Software
CA WORLD ’15-- CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) CEO Mike Gregoire
opened CA World ’15 by focusing on the changing timescales of
innovation in the business landscape, and called on companies to
harness software as a basic organizing principle of their
businesses to stay relevant in a fast changing world.
The Challenge of Our New World is Speed
Gregoire said it is imperative that companies use software to
correctly identify and leverage waves of innovation before they
pass by. The “application economy” demands that businesses are
agile, use application programming interfaces (APIs) and implement
DevOps and invest significantly in security. People who can catch
the wave of innovation and channel the power of disruption to
deliver the fastest solutions in our new digital world will
prosper. Those who rest easy will no longer be in business.
“Fifteen years elapsed between the introduction of the personal
computer in 1978 and the first Internet browser in 1993. From the
Internet browser to Facebook took only about 9 years. And this rate
of ‘innovation compression’ is getting faster. The first true
smartphones came out in the mid-2000s. It took only five years for
the sharing economy to appear. You have to catch the wave when it
hits – or risk being left behind. The window of opportunity to surf
the wave is getting shorter. History books are filled with tales of
big companies that were once stalwarts… but misjudged the rate of
innovation compression. Today innovation is incredibly democratic –
and fast. And it radiates at an exponential pace,” he said.
Software as an Organizing Principle
Gregoire asked the audience: “How do you take the power, the
connectivity, the innovation available and turn it into better
products and services?” His answer? Software.
“Not software simply as a technology product. Instead, software
as a basic organizing principle for your business. Software with
the ability to become a lever to innovate and grow. Software allows
scale, reduces friction, adds speed. Software creates completely
new business models,” he said.
The Power of Agile
As a key piece of digital transformation, CA Technologies is
betting big on agile development, Gregoire said. “We see Agile as
being central to success. Not just for developers but for all
businesses that need to succeed in today’s Application Economy. It
is central to digital transformation.”
CA’s Renewed Focus and Strategic Approach
Gregoire detailed CA’s renewed focus on delivering leading
products, led by the strategic hiring of Otto Berkes as Chief
Technology Officer from HBO and Ayman Sayed as Chief Product
Officer from Cisco.
He said, “Today, analysts rate our offerings as leaders in many
of the categories in which we compete. We’ve increased our
investment on Research & Development. At the same time, we have
acquired the best technologies to augment our existing portfolio
solutions. I’m incredibly proud of our progress, but we are not
satisfied. We are committed to raising our game. There is no finish
line in customer service.”
At the conference, CA unveiled new products and enhancements
across its portfolio spanning DevOps, Agile Management, Security
and Mainframe. These announcements reflect CA’s commitment to
delivering solutions that help customers operate with agility and
accelerate their pace of transformation.
Following the keynote, Gregoire joined special guests Fareed
Zakaria, Steven Kotler and Peter Diamandis on stage for a panel on
disruption and its impact on today’s world. To view the keynote
live or as a replay, register here.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels
transformation for companies and enables them to seize the
opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart
of every business in every industry. From planning, to development,
to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide
to change the way we live, transact, and communicate – across
mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe
environments. Learn more at www.ca.com.
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