CA Acquires Arcot- CA Technologies

On October 5, 2010, CA Technologies announced it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Arcot Systems, Inc., a leader in providing advanced authentication and fraud prevention solutions through on premises software or cloud services.

The acquisition builds on CA Technologies cloud security strategy, providing the on-ramp to accelerate its delivery of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions as a comprehensive service from the cloud.

Read the press release

Letters to Customers and Partners

CA Technologies and Arcot have issued letters to Arcot's customers and channel partners summarizing the agreement and the positive value we believe this brings to them.

Letter to Customers (58 KB PDF)
Letter to Partners (61 KB PDF)

CA Technologies Commentary

To learn more about the importance of this acquisition and what it brings to CA Technologies and Arcot, as well as partners and customers, read our blogs:

The CA Cloud Storm Chasers: CA snags Arcot: Another step for cloud identity and security
CA Technologies on Security Management: Delivering the Enterprise-Ready Cloud – The Acquisition of Arcot Systems, Inc.

Press Coverage

CIO.com: CA Buying Arcot for Cloud Authentication Services
CRN: CA Cloud Spending Spree Hits Near $1 Billion With Arcot Acquisition by Andrew Hickey
Dow Jones Newswire: CA Inc To Buy Fraud-Prevention Specialist Arcot For $200M by Nathan Becker
eWeek: CA to Acquire Arcot Systems for Fraud Prevention by Brian Prince
Gartner Inc. Blog: CA Technologies to Purchase Arcot Systems by Mark Diodati
IDG News Service: CA to pay $200M for cloud security vendor Arcot by Chris Kanaracus
SeachSecurity.com : CA to acquire Arcot Systems for SaaS identity management