CA buys small US services firm
Computer Associates (CA) this week announced it is continuing its aggressive acquisition strategy in the services arena with the purchase of LDA Systems, an information management consulting company that specialises in client/server, mainframe, midrange and Internet technologies. LDA, with 1997 revenues of $US25 million, has sustained an annual growth rate of 35 per cent over the last three years, according to CA. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.