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Computer Associates: History, Companies, Standards & Products

Computer Associates International, Inc., later CA, Inc., and CA Technologies, Inc., was an American multinational enterprise software developer and publisher that existed from 1976 to 2018. CA grew to rank as one of the largest independent software corporations in the world, and at one point was the second largest. The company created systems software…

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Computer Associates topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Standards and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Computer Associates.

Related topics
131
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
135
Extracted relationships
174
Concept neighborhoods
44
Bridge connections
135

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 103 topics
Overview · 18 topics
Corporate responsibility and recognition · 9 topics
Acquisitions · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1976; 50 years ago (1976) in New York City, New York, United States
Founders
Charles B. Wang · Russell Artzt
Industry
Software
Headquarters
Islandia, New York, United States
Defunct
2018; 8 years ago (2018)
Fate
Acquired by Broadcom Inc.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Corporate responsibility and recognition

Acquisitions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Computer Associates connects Entity context

The extracted context around Computer Associates shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Computer Associates → Acquisition, And Broadcom, Broadcom, Broadcom Inc, Broadcom's, But, CA, CA Technologies, CA's, Ever, Financially, Immediately, Islandia, It, January, Long Island-based Newsday, Manhattan, Mike Gregoire, Not, November Another extracted example is Computer Associates → Along, America, As Fortune, CA, CA's, Detractors, For, Fortune, In, IT, Nonetheless, Once, Or, That, The, The New York Times, The Register, These, Times, To. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Computer Associates

Top relations

related to Acquisition by Broadcom · 32
Computer Associates → Acquisition, And Broadcom, Broadcom, Broadcom Inc, Broadcom's, But, CA, CA Technologies, CA's, Ever, Financially, Immediately, Islandia, It, January, Long Island-based Newsday, Manhattan, Mike Gregoire, Not, November
related to Company culture · 21
Computer Associates → Along, America, As Fortune, CA, CA's, Detractors, For, Fortune, In, IT, Nonetheless, Once, Or, That, The, The New York Times, The Register, These, Times, To
related to Origins · 19
Computer Associates → American, Automation Center, By, Computer Associates International, Europe, Goodner, Haefner's, New York, Sam Wyly's, Samuel, Swiss, Switzerland, Texan, The, UCC, University Computing Company, Walter Haefner, Wyly, Zurich
related to 1990s · 17
Computer Associates → Africa, Apple Computer, At, CA, Canada, DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation, Early, Hewlett-Packard, HP, In, Japan, Latin America, May, October, Pansophic Systems, The
related to 1970s · 15
Computer Associates → CA-SORT, Computer Associates International Ltd, European, Inc, Madison Avenue, October, Software Products Division, Standard Data Corporation, Standard Data's, SYMBUG, The, Then, United States, Wang, Western
related to 1980s · 14
Computer Associates → Both CA, CA, CA's, Capex, Capex Corporation, CASI, IBM, IBM OS, IBM's DOS, In, IPO, Its, NASDAQ, The
related to 2000s · 11
Computer Associates → Attempts, By, CA, CEO, December, Hyderabad, IBM, In, India Technology Centre, John Swainson, Swainson
related to Accounting scandal · 11
Computer Associates → By, CA, Haefner, In, Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Sterling Software, Then, Wang, Wyly, Wyly's
see also · 7
Computer Associates → Altai, CA IT Process Automation, Companies, Inc, ManagerComputer Associates International, New York, Tech
related to Further reading · 6
Computer Associates → Atlantic Monthly Press, Century Management, Have Made Computer Associates, Hesh Kestin, Multibillion-Dollar Software Giant, The Revolutionary Strategies That

Important terminology

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Important terminology

ca company computer software associates new 2018 acquired companies products inc wang industry york mainframe technologies one would million years

Computer Associates relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 174 structured relationships around Computer Associates. Examples in this analysis include Computer Associates → Defunct → 2018; 8 years ago (2018) and Computer Associates → Fate → Acquired by Broadcom Inc.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Computer AssociatesDefunct2018; 8 years ago (2018)1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesFateAcquired by Broadcom Inc.1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesFormerlyComputer Associates International, Inc. (1976–2006)1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesFormerlyCA, Inc. (2006–2010)1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesFounded1976; 50 years ago (1976) in New York City, New York, United States1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesFoundersCharles B. Wang1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesFoundersRussell Artzt1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesHeadquartersIslandia, New York, United States1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesIndustrySoftware1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesProductsEnterprise software1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesTraded asNasdaq: CA (2008–2018)1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesTraded asNasdaq: CASI (1981–1987)1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesTraded asNYSE: CA (1987–2008)1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesTypePublic1.00infobox
Computer AssociatesWebsitewww.ca.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Computer Associates bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Computer, International and Software. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Computer Associates
    • Computer
    • International
    • Software
    • Company
    • New
    • Inc
    • York
    • Companies
    • Corporation
    • Industry
    • Mainframe
    • Products
  • computer associates
    • Computer
    • International
    • Software
    • New
    • Company
    • Inc
    • York
    • Companies
    • City
    • Corporation
    • Industry
    • Mainframe
  • enterprise software
    • Products
    • Mainframe
    • Company
    • Industry
    • Ibm
    • Corporation
    • New
    • Acquired
    • Acquisition
    • Billion
    • Data
    • York
  • systems software
    • Products
    • Mainframe
    • Company
    • Industry
    • Ibm
    • Around
    • Corporation
    • New
    • Data
    • Acquired
    • Acquisition
    • Billion
  • applications software
    • Products
    • Mainframe
    • Company
    • Industry
    • Ibm
    • Corporation
    • New
    • Acquired
    • Acquisition
    • Billion
    • Data
    • York
  • broadcom inc.
    • International
    • Broadcom
    • Inc
    • Technologies
    • Wang
    • Long
    • Billion
    • Years
    • Would
    • New
    • Companies
    • Acquired
  • university computing company
    • Software
    • Computer
    • Acquired
    • New
    • Million
    • Products
    • Around
    • Data
    • York
    • Companies
    • Systems
    • Also
  • computer hardware
    • International
    • Software
    • Company
    • New
    • Inc
    • York
    • Companies
    • Corporation
    • Industry
    • Mainframe
    • Products
    • Acquired

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Computer Associates, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Computer Associates with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Computer Associates — History · splits 32 ⟂ 104
Computer Associates — Overview · splits 117 ⟂ 19
Computer Associates — Corporate responsibility and recognition · splits 126 ⟂ 10

Map overview Semantic statistics

Computer Associates

Nodes136
Edges135
Triples174
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014706
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Computer Associates to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Standards & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Computer Associates · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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