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May 23 2013, 09:32 AM
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Mary Cauwels
It's with great pleasure that I announce that CA Technologies received a "Strong Positive" rating, the highest rating possible, in the 2013 Gartner MarketScope for IT Project and Portfolio Software Applications*. According to the report: "IT project and portfolio management (PPM) leaders are under extreme pressure to improve the speed, accuracy and agility of their project organizations, while also managing risks and costs. IT PPM software products included in this MarketScope are rising to meet the challenges of portfolio, program or project management office (PMO) leaders, or program/project managers and resource managers that continue to struggle with: Selecting IT programs and IT Projects, prioritizing them, and executing...
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By: Mary Cauwels
As Director of Product Marketing, Mary is responsible for coordinating go-to-market activities for IT Service & Portfolio Management solutions from CA Technologies. She brings 15 years of experience in service management and customer relationship management. Prior to joining CA Technologies, Mary...
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May 06 2013, 12:05 PM
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Crystal Miceli
At CA Technologies, our development organization uses the Scrum approach to accelerate new releases of products to our customers. Since much of the work our marketing team does is in support of these product launches we thought it made sense to apply Agile methodology to our marketing team as well. So, I decided to be the guinea pig for our first ever sprint in Solutions Marketing, where I work on the CA Clarity TM solution . Although I'm in marketing, I have a technical background-I started as a programmer-and have run development teams. However, I've never been a software developer on an Agile project, so my first step was to educate myself on the concepts. I chatted with members of our product management team and did some Internet...
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By: Crystal Miceli
Crystal Miceli serves as Sr. Principal Solution Marketing Manager for CA Technologies, specializing in Project & Portfolio Management, IT Asset Management and Service Desk solutions. Crystal has over 15 years of experience in designing and implementing IT Service Management solutions across a range...
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April 24 2013, 04:00 PM
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David Werner
CA World offers many experiences and opportunities: lessons from customer sessions, tips from the technical campgrounds, new ideas for processes or implementing, and of course new relationships made with other CA Technologies customers. By the time you leave, you'll have attended so many sessions, had so many conversations, and taken in so much information that it can be hard to keep track of it all. But, one thing you'll tell yourself as you get on the plane to head home is that you'll put all of this valuable information into practice as soon as you get back to the office-except, too often that doesn't happen. After a few days away, your inbox and a backlog of issues are waiting for your return. And, as soon as your colleagues...
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By: David Werner
David Werner is a Senior Principal, Solution Marketing, at CA Technologies. He has worked on the company’s Project and Portfolio Management solution, CA Clarity PPM, for 8 years and has more than 15 years of experience in the software industry. David has held several roles related to CA Clarity PPM in...
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April 23 2013, 11:18 AM
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Mary Cauwels
What an exciting day here at CA World! I am really glad I had a game plan prior to arriving at the event. I think it is important to put your plans in action but inevitably, something comes up that requires a quick shift in a new direction or a pivot to avoid a pitfall. But ultimately, you need to know where you are going, how you're going to get there, and what you need to do. I had my game plan in the form of a detailed itinerary planned to the minute. Yesterday, I was informed that one of my speaking sessions needed to shift to a new time, which conflicted with an activity for my co-presenter. Thankfully, I had prepared a secondary speaker in advance and we were able to adapt to the new schedule without a hitch. Such is life...and certainly...
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By: Mary Cauwels
As Director of Product Marketing, Mary is responsible for coordinating go-to-market activities for IT Service & Portfolio Management solutions from CA Technologies. She brings 15 years of experience in service management and customer relationship management. Prior to joining CA Technologies, Mary...
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April 22 2013, 01:17 PM
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Crystal Miceli
I'm blogging this week from CA World '13 at Mandalay Bay in fabulous Las Vegas. It's just the first day of the event, but I'm already hearing buzz and excitement from attendees about the upcoming release of CA Clarity TM PPM, especially with regards to the updated portfolio management capabilities revealed by Lokesh Jindal (General Manager, Service & Portfolio Management) and Michael Lester (VP, Product Management) in presentations this morning. Some of the attendees I've been speaking to are challenged by lack of visibility into their enterprise portfolios, and are concerned that they are spending their limited portfolio investment funds on non-strategic activities, reducing the likelihood that they will achieve the...
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By: Crystal Miceli
Crystal Miceli serves as Sr. Principal Solution Marketing Manager for CA Technologies, specializing in Project & Portfolio Management, IT Asset Management and Service Desk solutions. Crystal has over 15 years of experience in designing and implementing IT Service Management solutions across a range...
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