CA acquires Oblicore - CIOL News Reports

MUMBAI, INDIA: IT management software company CA, Inc, on Thursday announced that it has acquired privately-held Oblicore, a provider of Service Level Management (SLM) software for enterprises and service providers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Oblicore would support and strengthen CA’s ability to set, measure and optimize service levels to meet business expectations across enterprise and cloud environments. Oblicore’s solutions would also extend CA’s capabilities in cloud vendor management and assurance of cloud service quality, said a press release.

Oblicore’s customers include AT&T, ABN AMRO, British Telecom, Cable & Wireless, France Telecom, ING, Lufthansa Systems, Siemens Medical Solutions, and T-Systems. With Oblicore solutions, these organizations are better equipped to design, monitor and manage service level agreements across their IT service portfolio in business terms.

“Oblicore’s business-centric approach gives enterprises and service providers better understanding and control over the quality and value of their IT service portfolio,” said Ajei Gopal, executive vice president of CA’s Products and Technology Group. “With Oblicore and the recent acquisitions of NetQoS and Cassatt, CA is leaping ahead in our ability to help customers optimize IT for better business results and capitalize on the emerging cloud computing opportunity.”

As a long-time CA partner, Oblicore has integrations with CA solutions including CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager, CA Service Desk Manager, CA Wily Introscope, CA eHealth and CA Clarity PPM. Oblicore is designed for open connectivity to virtually any data source, with integrations to business systems and application and infrastructure monitoring tools from Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM, HP, BMC and other providers.

Eric Converse, CEO, Oblicore, said, “Service Level Management is one of the fastest growing segments in the industry. Delivering Oblicore’s solutions through CA’s thousands of expert sales, services and support professionals will allow us to bring the benefits of SLM to both CA’s vast network of existing customers and a growing global market of new ones.”

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