| | December 20168CIOReviewCA Technologies Helps Us Stay Ahead of Our Clients' NeedsEd Smith, CTO, Cox AutomotiveBy In My OpinionToday's complex market place demands complete solutions, which require a vision of the big picture. As the only company in our industry that provides a connected experience for our clients, we are transforming the way the world buys, sells and owns cars. Cox Automotive is an integrated family of 30 brands with 30,000 team members and over 40,000 clients. As a frame of reference, 73 percent of all car buyers use one or more of our solutions when purchasing their next vehicle. How do we bring it all together to provide value and insight that no one else can? Technology. You could say that reliance on technology­to innovate and meet the ever-changing needs of our clients­is the only constant in our business. Bill Gates said: "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next 10. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."We take that to heart at Cox Automotive. Inaction is worse than the wrong action, as you can always move forward from a failed product or service, but you can never move forward by sitting still. As we continue to grow and integrate people, operations, products and solutions, we continually look for ways to optimize and strengthen our existing software solutions and deploy new ones to address unmet needs. We are constantly scrutinizing and updating our technology stack to outpace our competitors and anticipate our clients' needs before even they do. I say to my team that tools drive technique. Two important tools to us are CA Agile Central and CA Project & Portfolio Management (CA PPM).CA Agile Central Enables Collaboration, Planning and Execution across BrandsCA Agile Central is the Agile Lifecycle Management platform that the Cox Automotive development and product teams use to determine the main initiatives they are going to work on. CA Agile Central provides a platform to scale across the Cox Automotive Software Group, which is key to us as we continue Ed Smith
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