IT Management Students Aiming for Boardroom, Poll Reveals

LONDON - 80% of ITMB Students Want CIO and CEO Posts

- 90% are Hoping to Spend Time Abroad

- 72% are “Confident or Very Confident” of Getting a Job

Students of the IT Management for Business (ITMB) degree have big
ambitions for their future IT careers. In a survey commissioned by leading
software provider CA and e-skills UK, 80% of those who took part said they
would like to become chief information officers, chief executives or board
members.

The survey of 100 ITMB students paints a revealing picture of what is
attracting young people into IT today.

The international nature of technology holds great appeal. More than a
quarter of students - 28% of men and 27% of women - are hoping to spend time
working in mainland Europe; while 25% of males set their sights on North
America and 15% of females are interested in experience in Asia or Australia.

Students are also attracted by the business relevance of technology.
Among their top five aspirations, 90% of students want to solve business
problems with IT, 89% want to help make businesses more efficient, and 78%
want to use IT to increase innovation.

The students were very positive about the skills and knowledge they were
developing as part of their degree: 72% are “confident or very confident” of
getting a job after they graduate.

CA UK & Ireland Senior VP and Area Manager Chris Miller said: “Future IT
graduates are highly ambitious and motivated - and it’s up to ‘UK plc’ to
work with universities on a curriculum that will challenge students and
deliver a business-ready workforce that will want to put their talents to
work in the UK to keep the nation ahead. CA’s continued work with e­skills UK
demonstrates our belief in the next generation of senior IT staff and we
encourage other employers to do the same.”

Karen Price, CEO e-skills UK, comments: “Attracting new talent into the
IT professional workforce is vital for the industry’s renewal and growth and
the UK’s long term global competitiveness. This survey shows young people
beginning to appreciate the exciting opportunities offered by a career in IT.
The ITMB course is designed to be inspiring, up to date and relevant: and we
are delighted to see how confident and ambitious the students are.

The ITMB degree is an innovative programme developed by e-skills UK with
employers and universities. Now available at 13 universities across England,
ITMB degrees develop the mix of IT knowledge and business skills graduates
need to excel in an increasingly wide range of IT professional careers.

CA and e-skills UK polled a mix of first, second and final-year IT
students at e-skills UK’s annual ITMB employer and student event, hosted at
CA UK & Ireland’s Ditton Park headquarters in Slough.

When questioned on communication preferences, just 0.5% of respondents
showed a liking for the Twitter social networking and micro-blogging service,
while 33% identified email as a firm favourite, followed by the humble phone
at 20% and Facebook at 19%.

About CA

CA (NASDAQ: CA) is the world’s leading independent IT management software
company. With CA’s Enterprise IT Management (EITM) vision and expertise,
organizations can more effectively govern, manage and secure IT to optimize
business performance and sustain competitive advantage. For more information,
visit www.ca.com.

About e-skills UK

e-skills UK is the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information
Technology. We work on behalf of employers to ensure the UK has the
technology skills it needs to succeed in the global economy.

Find out more at www.e-skills.com

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Chameleon PR
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+44-20-7680-5500

Source: e-skills UK and CA

Press contacts: Simon Burberry/Jenny Sneyd, Chameleon PR, ca at chameleonpr.com, +44-20-7680-5500