CA Technologies was recently acquired by Broadcom. Whether or not the acquisition has an impact on your IT infrastructure today, it’s time to consider CA product alternatives.
Your best move forward may be a switch to BMC.
About BMC
35+
35+ years in IT management
92
Used by 92 of the Forbes Global 100
10,000
10,000 customers worldwide
Operations
| Use Case | CA Technologies | BMC |
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Performance and availability management
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CA Unified Infrastructure Management (CA UIM) CA Performance Management
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Capacity management and optimization
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CA Capacity Management ( CA Capacity Manager, CA Current Capacity Reporter, CA Performance Optimizer and CA Virtual Placement Manager)
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Application performance management
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CA Application Performance Management
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Network management
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CA Network Flow Analysis
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Mainframe Solutions
| Use Case | CA Technologies | BMC |
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Mainframe AI and automation
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CA Mainframe Operational Intelligence
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Data security and compliance
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CA Compliance Event Manager
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Mainframe performance management
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Sysview Performance Management
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Mainframe storage resource management
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CA Vantage™ Storage Resource Manager
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Mainframe network management
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CA NetMaster®
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Cost and capacity management
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CA Dynamic Capacity Intelligence (zDynaCap)
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Database management for Db2®
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CA Database Administration Suite for DB2 for z/OS®
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Database management for IMS™
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CA Database Management for IMS™ for z/OS®
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Database performance
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CA Database Organizer for IMS™ for z/OS®
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Event management and automation
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CA OPS/MVS®
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Capacity planning
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CA JARS
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Automation & Orchestration
| Use Case | CA Technologies | BMC |
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Job scheduling
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CA-7 (CA Workload Automation SE)
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Job scheduling
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CA-ESP (CA Workload Automation EE)
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Job scheduling
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CA-JobTrac
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Job scheduling
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CA-Scheduler
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Job scheduling
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CA Workload Automation AE (AutoSys)
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Job scheduling
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CA Workload Automation DE
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Job scheduling
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Automic One Automation Platform
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Job scheduling
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Automic Workload Automation
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Job scheduling
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Orsyp (legacy Automic)
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Job scheduling
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$Universe (legacy Automic)
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Output management
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CA Output Management and Enterprise Reporting
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Output management
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CA Output Management Web Viewer
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Output management
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CA Spool™
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Server automation
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CA Server Automation
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Process automation and orchestration
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CA Process Automation, Autonomic Service Orchestration
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Service Management
| Use Case | CA Technologies | BMC |
|---|---|---|
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Problem and incident management
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CA Service Desk Manager
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IT asset management
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CA IT Asset Manager
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ITSM reporting and dashboards
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Xtraction for CA Service Management
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Service dependency mapping
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CA Configuration Automation
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Configuration management database
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CA CMDB
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Your checklist for IT Operations
- Performance management that leverages AI and advanced analytics to find and fix issues before they impact business
- Data center automation that allows you to securely provision, configure, patch, and maintain physical, virtual, and cloud servers
- Predictive capacity and cost management with visibility across on-premises and public cloud infrastructure
- Closed-loop IT process automation to cut costs and errors, with integrated ITSM for fast, efficient problem resolution
- Integrated DevOps processes to automate workflows and ensure security compliance
“BMC is leading the way with automated IT operations by taking the common, frequently occurring tasks that IT operations faces, applying intelligence to the data, and putting in place automation, leading to reduced costs, lower risk, higher performance, and more rapid execution of tasks.”
Source: Enterprise Strategy Group, 2018