Reports
16 OCT 2009
Magic Quadrant for the IT Service Desk
Gartner
The IT service desk market is mature and highly competitive, and vendors are being selected not because of core incident management functionality, but because of their licensing models, ease of implementation and breadth of IT service management tool offerings.
27 AUG 2009
BMC Software Acquires MQSoftware, Strengthens Middleware and Transaction Management Portfolio
EMA
In August of 2009, BMC Software (BMC) announced its acquisition of MQSoftware, a privately-owned
Independent Software Vendor (ISV) specializing in management and reporting software for IBM® WebSphere®
MQ and other middleware platforms. The acquisition formalized a partnership and integration roadmap
announced in July of 2007, and, per BMC, was based on customer demand.
12 AUG 2009
The IT Management Software Megavendors
Forrester
The current recession and credit crunch deeply affected IT spending in the last quarter of 2008 and into 2009. Despite this bleak overall picture, Forrester forecasts 4% growth in nonapplication software products (e.g., storage management, middleware), which leads us to stand by our 2009 IT management software (ITMS) growth forecast of 9.5%.
31 JUL 2009
Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis
Gartner
Gartner's Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis (2009) evaluates vendors' ability to execute and their completeness of vision. When investing in event management, prospects should understand how the product will fit with their overall event-to-incident/problem resolution processes, including workflow, escalation and integration with service desk tools.
11 JUN 2009
Who's Hot in Business Service Management
Forrester
In an effort to provide Forrester clients with an updated view of the BSM Market, Forrester analysts Peter O’Neill and Evelyn Hubbert have published, “Who’s Hot In Business Service Management: An Overview Of Vendors Offering BSM Solutions.” Read how the BSM vendor landscape has evolved since Forrester’s BSM Wave in 2007, and how well BMC stacks up in this new world.
07 MAY 2009
Market Overview: IT Financial Management Software
Forrester
In this report, Forrester states that the IT asset management (ITAM) vendors all have a good foundation for developing an IT financial management solution. Some of them are already closely linked to accounting systems as well. The analyst firm notes that BMC has integrated its 2008 ITM acquisition to provide one of the most complete solutions so far.
28 APR 2009
Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling
Gartner
Job Scheduling, a mature market, is undergoing a transformation toward IT Workload Automation Broker technology. This Magic Quadrant examines the ongoing transformation of technology, vision and ability to execute of the key vendors in this market.
13 APR 2009
BMC Strengthens CMDB Leadership in Federation, Extensibility and Analytics with Atrium 7.5
EMA
In this report, EMA underlines that when BMC introduced Atrium 7.5 in February of 2009, it enhanced its leadership position in CMDB technologies through a variety of new capabilities targeted at improved federation, scalability, extensibility, maintenance, and analytics, as well as more dynamic support for virtualization. For EMA, this announcement should significantly strengthen BMC’s hand in satisfying the requirements of more mature and demanding CMDB customers, with visible benefits in terms of process, automation and analytics.
13 APR 2009
Cisco Blade Server with Integrated BMC Management Shakes up Market
EMA
EMA notes that the earth is shaking under the feet of big blade server vendors as cash-rich and marketsavvy Cisco rumbles onto the scene with its “Unified Computing System” (UCS). EMA underlines that to manage the UCS, Cisco’s integration of BMC’s BladeLogic solutions shows a deep and well-planned partnership with BMC and notes that this partnership lends credibility to the UCS blade offering and offers the synergy of complimentary datacenter penetration. For EMA, the battle for blade supremacy just got a lot more interesting.
10 APR 2009
The Forrester Wave: IT Asset Life-Cycle Management, Q2 2009 (pdf)
Forrester
Forrester published the updated version of the Forrester Wave for IT Asset Life-Cycle. In this report, Forrester ranked BMC Software as a Leader in IT Asset Life-Cycle Management, rating BMC as the best vendor for Strategy and second best for current offering. The analyst firm notes that BMC has made tremendous enhancements to BMC Remedy Asset Management 7.5 and that this new version will place BMC on many shortlists for enterprise-class implementations.
12 FEB 2009
IT Management Software Positioning Benchmark, Q4 2008 (pdf)
Forrester
Forrester published the updated version of its evaluation of the four leading IT management software vendors. The analyst firm evaluated the four vendors across 14 criteria and three product domains and determined where they are now positioning themselves on the continuum between information technology (IT) and business technology (BT). In this reports, Forrester underlines that BMC Software continues to embrace BT in its corporate positioning and conveys a well-balanced position as a solution provider.
23 JAN 2009
BMC Releases ITSM 7.5 With Little Fanfare (pdf)
AMR Research
AMR Research published a report on the latest release of the ITSM suite with several enhancements clustered on three themes: simplification, automation, and integration. The analyst firm explains that BMC is working hard to help customers with the transition to the latest releases of its ITSM suite and stresses that, while 2009 is shaping up to be a tough year for software vendors, helping customers reduce costs through labor savings while improving overall service quality should serve BMC well.
07 OCT 2008
BMC Software Announces New Virtual Systems Management (VSM) Solutions (pdf)
EMA
EMA reports that "IT organizations looking to avoid the many risks of undermanaged virtualization deployments, this announcement puts BMC Software in a very strong position to win the coveted ‘first choice’ for VSM in any large enterprise."
19 JUN 2008
Holistic View: The IT Management Software Market Update - Forrester Provides Revised Adoption Rates Based On The Latest Data (pdf)
Forrester
In this report, Forrester writes: The rate of adoption among enterprises of BSM projects is even faster than previously anticipated...It has become clear that IT has been too preoccupied with its own processes in the past and it must now pay more attention to the performance of the business services that it ultimately supports with technology.
21 MAY 2008
The Megavendors in IT Management Software, May 2008 (pdf)
Forrester
This is the latest version of Forrester's SWOT analysis on BMC; this time, the report includes all four of the "Big Four". Forrester's summary analysis of BMC: BMC continues to be the BSM reference. BMC’s BSM success is not only based on internal technology or acquisitions; it is actually the convergence of strategic vision, technology buildup, and marketing and sales execution. While BMC may not be the absolute leader in every single category, the whole is far more than the sum of its parts. Putting strategy, technology, and execution together is what makes BMC the BSM leader.
15 APR 2008
The Forrester Wave: Data Center Automation, Q2 2008 (pdf)
Forrester
Forrester evaluated leading Data Center Automation (DCA) vendors across 80 criteria and found that BMC Software was among the three top leaders in the market along with HP and BladeLogic. Forrester concluded that BMC's DCA offering is an excellent IT process automation solution that is used to automate a variety of workflows inside the data center. Forrester believes BMC's approach is very suitable for organizations that want to implement a variety of automations across provisioning, patching, remediation, drift control, and configuration tracking in a complex environment.
21 MAR 2008
BladeLogic Buy Will Help Sharpen BMC's Data Center Focus
Gartner
BMC's portfolio will be enhanced by BladeLogic's server provisioning and configuration management software. BMC customers will likely benefit from the deal.
17 MAR 2008
BMC’s BladeLogic Acquisition Complements Service Automation Solution (pdf)
EMA
Early on, BMC established itself as a leader in Business Service Management. They recognized that delivering a comprehensive solution to the market required a phased implementation and a mixture of internally developed solutions and strategic acquisition. The development model and solutions architecture reflected this plan. We think this acquisition is an effective demonstration of the wisdom of their plan. The track record of BladeLogic’s 90% win rate in proof-of-concept competition is clear evidence of its ability to meet user needs. The track record of wins and integration success as a partner of BMC gives us a high level of confidence that customers of both will quickly see positive benefits and be well satisfied with the results of this acquisition. Kudos to both companies.
07 MAR 2008
BMC SMPM: Bridging the Gap Between ITIL and Reality (pdf)
EMA
Enterprise Management Associates impact brief covers the fruits of the acquisition Service Management Partners and specifically the product Service Management Process Model (SMPM) designed to bridge the gap between the theoretical best practices of ITIL and the reality of IT operations.
07 MAR 2008
BMC Configuration Automation for Networks 5.1 (pdf)
Ptak, Noel & Associates
Ptak, Noel & Associates reports that BMC Configuration Automation for Networks adds a new dimension to BMC’s Change and Configuration Management capabilities as the network change and configuration component of BMC’s ensemble of Service Automation solutions.
07 MAR 2008
BMC Announces Acquisition of BladeLogic (pdf)
Ptak, Noel & Associates
This acquisition neatly fills some important limitations in BMC’s product portfolio, rounding out its Service Automation strategy with critical functions in server provisioning, application deployment, configuration management, and audit compliance reporting and remediation. EMA believes that this is an excellent acquisition for BMC, BladeLogic, and both sets of customers, but it will put significant pressure on competitive vendors both large and small.
07 NOV 2007
BMC Announces ProactiveNet Enhancements: Next Step in Service-Aware BSM Strategy (pdf)
EMA
The recent announcements make it clear that BMC intends to continue to strengthen its application management capabilities and build on the BMC ProactiveNet Analytics line. BMC’s focus on service awareness also indicates that BMC has its eye on the brass ring – proactive BSM. This not only builds out BMC’s capabilities in the transaction/application management space, it also positions BMC as one of the few vendors capable of delivering a product suite that is integrated across the CMDB, Service Desk, transaction management, and BSM spaces.
07 NOV 2007
BMC Enhances Service Assurance with Analytics and Integration (pdf)
Ptak, Noel & Associates
In this first product release since the acquisition of ProactiveNet, BMC did more than simply rebrand the solution as BMC ProactiveNet Analytics. BMC enhanced the core analytical capabilities of the solution and built in new features that will dramatically simplify the solution’s ability to integrate with other BMC and third-party management products.
08 OCT 2007
BMC Announces Intent to Acquire Emprisa Networks (pdf)
EMA
BMC’s intent to acquire Emprisa Networks represents a significant strategic and tactical move that extends BMC’s presence in what it calls the “IT Service Automation management market.” “Service Automation” is BMC’s astute term for capturing operational and process automation requirements related to assuring and optimizing service performance in terms of cost, quality and business impact.
07 OCT 2007
BMC’s Service Automation Strategy Links IT Operational Efficiency with a Business Service Perspective (pdf)
Ptak, Noel & Associates
BMC invokes the spirit of the harvest season with the two big moves it announces this month as it extends and enhances its package of Business Service Management (BSM) solutions. First comes the announcement and launch of a comprehensive, and very appropriately named, BMC Service Automation initiative aimed squarely at uniting and integrating all its configuration automation and management activities. Secondly BMC snaps up Emprisa Networks, which provides BMC with a much appreciated and very strategic link to automated network compliance, change and configuration management.
31 MAY 2007
BMC to Enhance Capabilities with ProactiveNet Acquisition
Gartner
ProactiveNet's tools will enrich BMC's event correlation and management capabilities, enabling it to be a stronger competitor in the "learning technology" market. This market will continue to consolidate through 2008.
29 MAY 2007
BMC Acquires ProactiveNet: Next Generation Event Management and Value-Add for the BMC Product Line (pdf)
EMA
BMC’s focus in recent years has been on building out a Business Service Management strategy and on the Atrium CMDB as the hub for the rest of the product line. This acquisition builds on this vision with a mature product capable of providing an analytical overlay for both. This is a solid acquisition for BMC and, at the end of the day, one that is well chosen and that will likely add significant value to the BMC line.
08 APR 2007
BMC: Managing Capacity to Improve Operational Performance (pdf)
Ptak, Noel & Associates
In our opinion performance assurance in combination with a comprehensive capability for capacity management and analysis represent one of the most fertile areas of untapped business benefit that IT is in a position to exploit. The key to BSM is keeping business workloads and services flowing efficiently and effectively as they work to keep the business running, while at the same time managing in a way that maintains control over operational costs.
28 MAR 2007
The Forrester Wave: Business Service Management, Q1 2007 (pdf)
Forrester
Forrester evaluated leading business service management (BSM) vendors across 26 criteria and found that BMC Software and Managed Objects have established early leadership, thanks to their strong product portfolios. HP, Digital Fuel Technologies, IBM, Oblicore, and Proxima Technology are leaders as well, while OpTier, Indicative Software, CA, and ProactiveNet are strong performers.
28 MAR 2007
BMC Software Aligns IT With The Business To Lead In Business Service Management (pdf)
Forrester
With its strong marketing and continuous reinforcement that there is more for IT than just the monitoring and managing of problems and events, BMC Software originated the term business service management (BSM). As a veteran in enterprise and system management, BMC took the risk of crafting this new space and supporting it with a variety of products - either engineered in-house or acquired. The final result? A solid BSM solution with a great road map and step-by-step approach to reaching BSM.
13 MAR 2007
BMC Announces Alignment with COBIT (pdf)
EMA
BMC will do well with this alignment to COBIT, and this new alignment will leverage existing work done with ITIL and other standards such as the relatively new ISO-20000. Benefits to customers in the near-term will result from the management commitment coming from undiluted and objective connectors between IT operations and business success.
08 MAR 2007
BMC Atrium CMDB Award Certificate (pdf)
Yphise
Yphise: Independent European-based analyst firm Yphise certifies BMC Atrium CMDB as the best ranked software product in comparison with the competition for CMDB Management.
08 MAR 2007
Yphise Software Product Assessment (pdf)
Yphise
Yphise: Independent European-based analyst firm Yphise certifies BMC Atrium CMDB as the best ranked software product in comparison with the competition for CMDB Management.
08 JAN 2007
BMC Atrium CMDB Solution Profile (pdf)
EMA
EMA has long been a strong supporter of the value of process for IT. The Business Service Management (BSM) approach introduced by BMC Software has developed nicely over the last two years, maturing from a conceptual-based program to sophisticated BSM Workflows that provide real-world process workflows across all of the ITIL disciplines. This same maturity is evident in the company’s BMC® Atrium™ CMDB offering, now the heart of its BSM solutions.
30 NOV 2006
Car Maker Drives ID Control
vnunet.com
Volkswagen Group is implementing a global identity management system to tighten security, protect business-critical information and lock down policies to demonstrate compliance.
13 NOV 2006
Q&A: BMC's CEO Talks Up Products, Profits
Computerworld
'We're winning the bake-offs against competitors,' says Robert Beauchamp.
BMC Software Inc. last week announced strong second-quarter results, including a 7% year-over-year increase in revenue to $387 million. BMC's CEO, Robert Beauchamp, predicted in an interview that the Houston-based company would see higher revenue for the rest of the fiscal year.
13 NOV 2006
BMC Capitalizes on Competitors' Exec Turnovers
VARBusiness
IBM, Hewlett-Packard and CA have or are getting new channel chiefs. Turnover or turmoil? It doesn't matter to BMC Software CEO Bob Beauchamp. He sees opportunity in the window of his competitors' transitions.
10 NOV 2006
CA's Woes Mean Good Times for BMC
The Motley Fool
Since June, BMC Software's (NYSE: BMC) stock has been stellar, going from $20 to $32.94. The good news of its latest earnings caused the stock price to jump another 9.5%, and the company has lots of confidence that the good times will continue, announcing strong guidance for the upcoming quarter.
27 OCT 2006
BMC Aims to Stay Ahead of the Pack
ITWeb
23 OCT 2006
IT Horror Stories. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
IT World
The visions of axe murderers, zombies, and giant spiders that Halloween conjures are nothing compared to the very real threats to your enterprise. Do you have any idea of the potential nightmares that lay dormant within your own organization? Here are two true tales of IT terror, guaranteed to keep you up at night. Read them if you dare.
09 OCT 2006
BMC Rolls Out New Online Tool, Revamped Partner Program
CRN
BMC Software on Monday launched a new online tool for solution providers and a revamped channel program, which features another partner tier plus beefed-up marketing support.
09 OCT 2006
eWeek Channel Insider: BMC Cuts Partners, Renews Channel Commitment
eWeek Channel Insider
To augment its enterprise management solutions, BMC Software on Oct. 9 introduced an on-demand, Web-based software demonstration tool called BMC Flight Deck GSS (Global Solutions Site), as well as numerous enhancements to its worldwide partner program.
08 SEP 2006
BMC Asset Management/Atrium CMDB® (registration required)
EMA
IT Asset Management solutions have moved beyond their legacy role as basic financial and lifecycle tools into the 'next generation' where asset management and service management converge.
30 AUG 2006
BMC Offers Batch Management Software
Network World
BMC Software this week unveiled upgrades to its batch management and job scheduling software the company says will help customers manage systems more securely and with less software.
16 AUG 2006
The 50 Most Powerful Women of the Channel: These Women Mean Business
VARBusiness
BMC Software Inc. has released a new version of its Control-M batch management application that no longer needs a software agent on each machine that the program is running.
Lori Cook, Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services, Channels & Alliances, BMC Software, Houston is named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women of the Channel.
10 AUG 2006
Server Specs: BMC Updates Batch Management Software
SearchDataCenter.com
BMC Software Inc. has released a new version of its Control-M batch management application that no longer needs a software agent on each machine that the program is running.
08 JUN 2006
BMC Software Unifies Its SLM Functionality
EMA
BMC has had very good service level management (SLM) functionality for several years, but the announcement on June 7, 2006 shows that they have streamlined that functionality and integrated it with the entire BMC line to take a giant step forward.
08 JUN 2006
BMC Evolves Identity-Aware Business Service Management (pdf)
EMA
On May 15, 2006 BMC announced an expansion of its Identity-aware Business Service Management (BSM) solution, enabling more advanced workflows, speeding the implementation and enhancing change processes in BMC's already popular Atrium platform.
01 JUN 2006
Automating Performance Management at BRZ with BMC
DM Review Magazine
Bundesrechenzentrum (BRZ), The Austrian Federal Computing Centre, successfully develops, implements and operates e-government solutions applicable to all aspects of public administration, acting as an integrator between the processes of public authorities, citizens' needs and the services of private industry.
08 MAY 2006
BMC Strengthens its Market Position with the Introduction of BMC Atrium CMDB 2.0 (registration required)
EMA
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) believes that through the introduction of Atrium CMDB 2.0, BMC has strengthened its market position as a leading provider of CMDB solutions.
08 FEB 2006
BMC Tracking Transactions for Performance (pdf)
Ptak, Noel & Associates
Ptak, Noel & Associates discusses BMC Software's new BMC Transaction Management® a family of solutions that empowers IT to deliver improved business services by profiling the performance of business transactions as they move across the enterprise.
08 FEB 2006
BMC Software Addresses Business Transaction Complexity (pdf)
EMA
BMC Software recently announced two products, and an ongoing strategy, to address the problems associated with managing complex business transactions
17 OCT 2005
BMC Intros Virtualization Suite
InformationWeek
BMC Software today unveiled its service-oriented resource management system including BMC Virtualizer Suite, a new version of BMC Performance Assurance for Virtual Servers and integration with other BMC management products.
03 OCT 2005
BMC Bolsters Identity Suite
eWeek
BMC Software Inc. this week will unveil its upgraded identity management software and new products that the company claims will make it easier to link network security policies to user identities. The release fulfills a promise BMC made in June, when it unveiled a road map to deliver a common graphical interface for its Identity Management Suite and expand its product capabilities in areas such as access management, password management, and user administration and provisioning.
