Public and Private Sector Collaboration Key To Growing Application Economy In Asia Pacific & Japan: CA Technologies Study

Public and Private
Sector Collaboration Key To Growing Application Economy In Asia Pacific &
Japan: CA Technologies Study

However,
governments in Asia Pacific & Japan identified lack of tech talent and
training

as top barriers to
digital transformation and adapting to application economy

SINGAPORE, August 2, 2016 – CA
Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ)
results of a global Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey commissioned to
discover how key players – governments, enterprises and start-ups – are
navigating the application economy.

According to App Nations: Start-Ups, States and
Enterprises, significant collaboration exists between the public and private
sectors across APJ, with more than 95% of government respondents, 90% of
enterprises and 81% of start-ups in APJ concurring that they have seen
collaboration among the three groups.

In fact, more than 74% of government respondents in APJ have
indicated that application start-ups are crucial or important in driving growth
of the application economy and 79% say the same for large enterprises who have
application-based products and services

“Across Asia Pacific and Japan, we are witnessing digital
transformation becoming an integral part of the national agenda for many
governments. In the application economy, where every business is a software
business, growing digital capabilities has become the key to staying
competitive,” said Kenneth Arredondo, president and general manager, APJ, CA
Technologies. “Governments, start-ups and even large enterprises are not only
beginning to understand the necessity of this, but that partnerships, be it
technology integration or B2B sales, can be a boon to their growth.”

However, all parties also agreed that there is still more that
can be done. In APJ, government respondents named a shortage of tech talent
stemming from a lack of educational or training programs as the largest barrier
to growth of the application economy (48%). This was followed by one-third of
APJ government respondents pointing to a lack of public funding.

Highlights of the survey revealed:

·        85% of government
respondents in APJ see the technology sector as an important and often crucial driver of economic growth in their
regions

·        71% of government
respondents in APJ say that the application economy has positively impacted job
growth, economic competitiveness, or the ability to provide better services to
citizens.

·        57% of government
respondents in APJ indicate there are specific initiatives, policies or
regulations for the application economy in their jurisdiction.

·        87% of enterprises
and 64% of start-ups in APJ characterize their relationships with each other as
slightly or very helpful, but also identify competitive threats posed by each
other.

·        57% of start-ups
and 67% of enterprise respondents in APJ expect cybersecurity risks to increase
over the next two years and pose a threat to their success.

In addition to the survey, CA Technologies has sponsored the
creation of an interactive map, Hotspots of the Application Economy,
featuring insights about 10 cities (including Beijing, Bangalore, Seoul and
Sydney) that are hotbeds of activity in today’s application economy, together
with an overview of supporting regional landscapes. The full set of material
are available at the links below:

App Nations: Start-Ups, States and Enterprises

v  Executive Summary 

v  White Paper

v  Hotspots of the Application Economy 

Survey Methodology

App Nations:
Start-Ups, States and Enterprises is a
report from The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) sponsored by CA Technologies.
In May and June 2016 The EIU conducted three integrated global surveys on the
topic of the application ecosystem, in which 377 respondents in total took
part. The start-up survey sample numbered 125 respondents; the enterprise
sample 127 respondents; and the government sample 125 respondents.

About The Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit is the world leader in global
business intelligence. It is the business-to-business arm of The Economist
Group, which publishes The Economist newspaper. The Economist Intelligence
Unit helps executives make better decisions by providing timely, reliable and
impartial analysis on worldwide market trends and business strategies.
More information can be found at http://www.eiu.com/ or http://www.twitter.com/theeiu.

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) creates software that fuels
transformation for companies and enables them to seize the opportunities of the
application economy. Software is at the heart of every business in every
industry. From planning, to development, to management and security, CA is
working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact, and
communicate – across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and
mainframe environments. Learn more at www.ca.com.