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CA's Clarke: SOX Driving IM: Page 3 of 3

Clarke believes that with its recent acquisition of Netegrity, CA has an ace in its pack, though that remains to be proven (see CA Completes Netegrity Acquisition ). “That’s why we bought Netegrity. That will allow you to get into any element of the data.”

CA has certainly been extremely aggressive in this space, which it describes as Identity and Access Management (IAM). The vendor has made a slew of acquisitions over the last 12 months, including anti-spyware specialist PestPatrol, network management company Concord Communications, and, this week, firewall vendor Tiny Software (see CA Acquires PestPatrol, CA Completes Concord Acquisition, and CA Gets Tiny).

Is more M&A activity likely? “We’re certainly in digest mode now,” Clarke told NDCF. “But if other technologies emerge, we will look at them.”

— James Rogers, Site Editor, Next-Gen Data Center Forum