(Computer Associates International, Inc., Islandia, NY, www.ca.com) The world's largest diversified software vendor offering more than 500 applications from micro to mainframe. Founded in 1976 by Charles Wang and three associates, its first product was CA-SORT, a very successful IBM mainframe utility. Its first personal computer software was SuperCalc, one of the earliest spreadsheets. Computer Associates has grown via numerous acquisitions over the years, and in 1989, was the first independent software company to reach $1 billion in sales. Computer Associates product names often have a "CA" prefix.