Acquired technology designed to detect and repair end-user computer problems CA Inc. said Wednesday that it has acquired Control-F1 Corp., an IT-support automation software maker based in Calgary, Alberta. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Control-F1’s SupportBridge products are designed to automatically detect, prevent and repair end-user computer problems. Through an earlier partnership arrangement, Control-F1 has already made SupportBridge interoperable with CA’s Unicenter Service Desk software. Bringing together the two product lines will help CA fill out its IT support software portfolio and offer end-to-end tools for desktop support planning, deployment, maintenance, diagnostics and disaster recovery, CA said.Founded in 1999, Control-F1 is a venture-capital backed, privately held company with 80 customers including Accenture Ltd., Choice Hotels International Inc., Columbia University, IBM Global Services, The New York Times Co. and Wipro Ltd. Control-F1 founder Vinay Gidwaney plans to join CA as vice president of sales strategy and execution. CA said it will sell Control-F1’s software as stand-alone products and will also incorporate them into its portfolio of “Business Service Optimization” products. CA (formerly Computer Associates), in Islandia, New York, grew rapidly through acquisitions in the 1990s before an accounting scandal derailed the company. Under new leadership, the company has once again begun buying other vendors, though executives say they are focused on only acquiring companies with complementary technologies and strong growth prospects. Last week, CA agreed to pay US$375 million to buy management software maker Wily Technology Inc. Software Development