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CA China quietly subversive brewing renaissance

In more than 20 years after the toss, CA efforts to rejoin the new face of the Chinese market. In terms of software applications that serve the general trend against the backdrop to the global strategic transition CA backing, CA China is the future of a new copy to China.

CA in the past 20 years trip to China will undoubtedly be a long toss. If we are to enter China from the same period as the ruler of Oracle, it is easy to draw such a conclusion.

As of 2008, later than a year into China CA Oracle already has 2100 employees, reach far-flung Second, the three-tier cities, the success of more than 7000 clients to sell their products; the other hand, CA, In the wake of the 2008 After the latest oscillation, in addition to independent research and development center, the real under the CA in China more than 30 employees left, leaving only a few hundred customers, and most of the traditional mainframe customers.

As a strength and Microsoft have a shorter length of the world's second largest software company, such an outcome is indeed difficult to accept all orders.

Tan Lin surprise

In 2008, CA China, through cooperation with Digital China to the outside world again and again to release the revitalization of the Chinese market signals. However, 20 years, the circle on the CA fight on despite repeated setbacks in China seemed to have. Therefore, when in March 2008 the first time Tan Lin CA received the invitation, the first out of the feeling was "unbelievable."

"I was the first reaction was, CA would also like to toss about what?" Tan Lin told reporters with a smile. He did not think about how, on the CA declined the invitation.

However, CA did not give up our efforts. After two months, CA Tan Lin also sent a second invitation. This time, the other side sincerely hoped that Tan Lin first take a look at the latest strategic concept of CA decision again.

Thus, Tan Lin try with attitude, began to study the other side of the piles of information sent. However, after a week, CA new strategic vision has completely changed the idea of Tan Lin.

"After research, I think, CA combination of traditional strengths, clear positioning of their own future, I also found a very long time ago want to do." Tan said Lin. At that time, Tan Lin is Oracle's Hyperion appointed director of Greater China and sales channels. Together, he has sold more than a decade software, tired of layers of software sales and distribution methods, "such a pattern maywill be eliminated." CA to see the new strategic concept, eager to change the heart-Lin Tan.

Soon, Tan Lin took office, became a CA channel sales director for Greater China, but also de facto leaders CA Greater China.

Tan Lin choice to make people around quite understand: What is in the end to the Tan-lin so much confidence and hope at this time so that he dared to take over a mess?

This also from 3 years ago about CA's self-subversion.

With the past to say goodbye

In 2004, CA's reputation in Silicon Valley fell to the bottom and eventually led to the former CEO SanjayKumar departure. This also marks the Charles B. Wang, CA era. In this day and age, CA gas has a tendency to swallow thousands of miles, in 20 years the annexation of more than 50 companies, created a database across the mainframe era, systems management and applications software, products and services include business giant.

In 2005, before the new CEO John Swainson beforeis a complex cluster of issues, financial scandals, poor morale, a sharp loss of customers, the industry criticized the evil of the CA with the haunting, but one of the biggest challenges is to resolve the company up and down for the future confusion.

Years of expansion to the CA has left up to 1600 product lines and large, unwieldy organization, employees and customers in a broad array of business buried in the direction of loss; at the same time, with the mainframe era of rapidly disappearing, the original business models and strategies also quickly lost their vitality. John Swainson to be involved in many areas of the main line to find the right business, employees and investors to draw a clear future.