All the major vendors- SAP, Oracle, IBM, and Computer Associates- have software that automates common problems that many companies face.

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Computer Associates, a business software solutions company, have supplied all the technical equipment necessary to the forces taking part including computers and scanners.

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Another new choice, Computer Associates, vendor of software to corporate networks, is revamping its strategy to better compete with Oracle and recover its lost profitability.

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Computer Associates (66, CA) and BMC Software (54, BMCS), both of whom have quarterly stumbles on their records, are getting their acts together.

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Symantec is the leader in the security software market and competes with McAfee (acquired by Intel), Computer Associates, AVG, TrendMicro and Kaspersky Labs.

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After that, customers find themselves locked into years of expensive software purchases, tailor-made for each customer by the hardware maker or its associates.

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This attack can put corporations at risk because telecommuters often fail to regularly update their antivirus software, said Sal Viveros, group marketing manager for total virus defense at Network Associates Inc.(NAI) in Santa Clara, Calif.

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The business-software company adopted a shareholder-rights plan to fend off a proxy fight by hedge fund Elliot Associates LP.

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