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CA Technologies Vice President, Product and Solution Marketing, Joins the Vendor Forum

Pete Goldin
Editor and Publisher
APMdigest

Aruna Ravichandran, Vice President, Product and Solution Marketing, Application Performance Management & DevOps, CA Technologies, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Actually, Ravichandran blogged on the Vendor Forum when she was at HP. She posted several great blogs on APMdigest previously, and we are very happy to welcome her back.

In her role as VP at CA Technologies, Ravichandran leads the Go to Market for CA’s Application Performance Management products (CA Wiley) and is also responsible for solution marketing for DevOps which includes products spanning Applications (pre-production testing/development) and Operations.

Prior to CA, Ravichandran was the VP for Marketing and Strategy for Software Defined Networking (SDN) at Juniper Networks where she was responsible for a large portfolio of products targeting both Enterprise and Service Provider segments crossing several domains of the network - Edge, Data Center, Campus and Branch and Security. This includes key solutions around Mobility, Network Management and Cloud/SDN Controller.

Prior to Juniper, she spent 17 years at Hewlett Packard in various leadership roles spanning engineering, product management and product marketing across several business units – HP Software IT Operations Management, Application Performance Management Storage, Security, Server and Networking Business Units. Ravichandran has more than 20+ years of experience in product marketing, product and project management, strategic planning and channel development. She holds an MBA and Masters in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University, India.

CA Technologies provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud.

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www.ca.com/apm

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CA Technologies Vice President, Product and Solution Marketing, Joins the Vendor Forum

Pete Goldin
Editor and Publisher
APMdigest

Aruna Ravichandran, Vice President, Product and Solution Marketing, Application Performance Management & DevOps, CA Technologies, has joined the APMdigest Vendor Forum.

Actually, Ravichandran blogged on the Vendor Forum when she was at HP. She posted several great blogs on APMdigest previously, and we are very happy to welcome her back.

In her role as VP at CA Technologies, Ravichandran leads the Go to Market for CA’s Application Performance Management products (CA Wiley) and is also responsible for solution marketing for DevOps which includes products spanning Applications (pre-production testing/development) and Operations.

Prior to CA, Ravichandran was the VP for Marketing and Strategy for Software Defined Networking (SDN) at Juniper Networks where she was responsible for a large portfolio of products targeting both Enterprise and Service Provider segments crossing several domains of the network - Edge, Data Center, Campus and Branch and Security. This includes key solutions around Mobility, Network Management and Cloud/SDN Controller.

Prior to Juniper, she spent 17 years at Hewlett Packard in various leadership roles spanning engineering, product management and product marketing across several business units – HP Software IT Operations Management, Application Performance Management Storage, Security, Server and Networking Business Units. Ravichandran has more than 20+ years of experience in product marketing, product and project management, strategic planning and channel development. She holds an MBA and Masters in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University, India.

CA Technologies provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud.

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Read Aruna Ravichandran's latest blog on the Vendor Forum: Don't Let a Poorly Performing App Sink Your Business

www.ca.com/apm

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Businesses that face downtime or outages risk financial and reputational damage, as well as reducing partner, shareholder, and customer trust. One of the major challenges that enterprises face is implementing a robust business continuity plan. What's the solution? The answer may lie in disaster recovery tactics such as truly immutable storage and regular disaster recovery testing ...

IT spending is expected to jump nearly 10% in 2025, and organizations are now facing pressure to manage costs without slowing down critical functions like observability. To meet the challenge, leaders are turning to smarter, more cost effective business strategies. Enter stage right: OpenTelemetry, the missing piece of the puzzle that is no longer just an option but rather a strategic advantage ...

Amidst the threat of cyberhacks and data breaches, companies install several security measures to keep their business safely afloat. These measures aim to protect businesses, employees, and crucial data. Yet, employees perceive them as burdensome. Frustrated with complex logins, slow access, and constant security checks, workers decide to completely bypass all security set-ups ...

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In 2025, enterprise workflows are undergoing a seismic shift. Propelled by breakthroughs in generative AI (GenAI), large language models (LLMs), and natural language processing (NLP), a new paradigm is emerging — agentic AI. This technology is not just automating tasks; it's reimagining how organizations make decisions, engage customers, and operate at scale ...

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