Each month, we celebrate the individuals who go above and beyond to support others in our community. These are the contributors who bring clarity to complex issues, offer thoughtful solutions, and elevate the overall experience for everyone here.
In this edition of Solution Champions, weâre highlighting the standout answers from this month that helped others move forward with confidence and clarity.
Here are our Top 7 Solution Champions â the standout contributors whose answers made a real impact this month.
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Thank you to each of these community members who took the time to share their expertise, insights, and support this month. Your contributions donât just solve problems â they foster collaboration, build confidence, and elevate the entire community experience.
Weâre excited to see what the next month brings. Keep sharing, keep solving â and you might be our next Solution Champion.
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Earlier this month, we shared highlights from BMCâs FY25 Corporate Citizenship and ESG Impact Report, spotlighting our continued progress across sustainability, innovation, and community engagement.Â
As a follow-up, we sat down with Wendy Rentschler (Global Corporate Citizenship, Belonging, ESG Impact & UN Liaison, BMC) to understand the story behind the report.Â
In this Q&A, Wendy shares how BMC is helping customers lead with purpose, embed sustainability into their operations, and align with evolving global expectations around responsible innovation.Â
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1. Sustainability is more than just a popular theme today â how are you seeing this reflected in your conversations with BMC customers?Â
Weâd love to understand how sustainability expectations are shaping real-world discussions.Â
Sustainability has shifted from a niche concern to a core business expectation. In conversations with BMC customers, we're seeing a marked increase in ESG-related due diligence, especially in procurement and vendor assessments. Customers want to know not only that we operate responsibly, but also how our solutions help them achieve their own sustainability goals â whether thatâs optimizing energy use in their data centers, advancing digital accessibility, or streamlining operations to reduce waste. Whatâs more, customers are looking to partner with organizations that reflect their values and can elevate their own global visibility through shared commitments. Demonstrating responsible business practices isn't just good ethics â it's becoming a competitive differentiator. Itâs not just about values anymore; itâs about value creation, risk management, and sustainable growth.Â
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2. The ESG report highlights how BMC solutions like Helix, Control-M, and AMI Ops are helping customers reduce emissions and operate more efficiently. Can you share how this is creating value in practice? Any examples or trends that stand out would be inspiring for our readers.Â
Absolutely. Control-M, for example, enables customers to reduce batch processing windows and run workloads during off-peak hours â resulting in meaningful energy savings. AMI Ops gives IT teams the visibility to proactively detect inefficiencies and avoid wasteful over-provisioning. Helix Continuous Optimization is helping customers reduce cloud sprawl, which can have a significant carbon and cost footprint. Whatâs powerful is that efficiency and sustainability are not at odds â they go hand in hand, and our customers are experiencing real ROI because of that alignment.Â
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3. BMCâs Eco-Design principles were a standout. What does this look like in the way we build and evolve our products â and why is it meaningful from an impact perspective?Â
Our Eco-Design approach involves embedding environmental and social considerations at every stage of the product lifecycle â from development to delivery. This includes minimizing compute resource consumption, building accessibility features, and ensuring interoperability to avoid unnecessary hardware dependencies. Itâs meaningful because software has an invisible but significant environmental footprint. When we build with eco-efficiency in mind, we're helping our customers scale responsibly and reducing the collective impact of digital operations across industries.Â
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4. Responsible AI is another major theme, especially with BMCâs commitment to the EU AI Pact. How are these principles being brought to life across our solutions and teams?Â
Our responsible AI approach is grounded in transparency, fairness, and human oversight. This starts with strong internal governance â including our cross-functional AI Review Council â and continues through implementation, where we prioritize bias mitigation, explainability, and ethical use cases. Our teams are also trained in responsible AI principles, and we apply risk assessments to AI features within our products. Signing the EU AI Pact was just one milestone â weâre committed to making responsible AI real, not just rhetorical.Â
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5. As you look ahead, what gives you the most optimism about how BMC can support customers in building a more sustainable, secure, and resilient future?Â
What gives me the most optimism is that BMC doesnât see sustainability as a bolt-on â itâs embedded in our innovation strategy, customer success, and operational excellence. Whether it's through smarter automation, more secure systems, or climate-conscious IT operations, weâre helping customers future-proof their businesses. And weâre doing it in collaboration with them â not just delivering technology but co-creating solutions that make a meaningful difference. That collective momentum is what makes the future so promising.Â
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We're proud to share this journey with our customers, partners, and community. If you havenât yet, check out the full FY25 ESG Impact Report here and stay tuned for more stories spotlighting the people and products driving real progress.Â
From tree planting to AI-powered sustainability, BMCâs FY25 ESG report captures how weâre harnessing technology and collective passion to restore ecosystems, empower communities, and shape a better future â one purpose-driven step at a time.Â
Leading the Charge on Climate ActionÂ
BMC is pushing forward ambitious climate goals and championing global environmental efforts.Â
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đ¤ Empowering CommunitiesÂ
From education to social inclusion, BMC is uplifting lives and creating opportunities worldwide.Â
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Investing in WorkforceÂ
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BMC continues to build a culture of growth, learning, and belonging for every employee.Â
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đ¤ Driving Responsible InnovationÂ
BMCâs technology is helping customers meet their own sustainability goals.Â
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BMCâs ESG strategies are built on trusted international frameworks.Â
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Discover how BMC is driving real impact â from 42,000 trees planted to cutting-edge tech that powers a greener futureÂ
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Read more here: FY25 Corporate Citizenship and ESG ImpactÂ
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⨠What are your thoughts on BMCâs sustainability journey?Â
Weâd love to hear your reflections in the comments.Â
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 At BMC, innovation isnât just about products â itâs about the people who turn big ideas into reality. This month, weâre thrilled to spotlight Eric Odell, Liat Sokolov, and Anthony DiStauro, visionary leaders who, together with countless dedicated teams, brought BMC AMI Assistant to life and earned industry-wide recognition.Â
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From the very start, the teamâs mission was clear:Â
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Empower mainframe teams with AI thatâs not only smart, but deeply contextual, secure, and seamlessly woven into daily workflows.Â
And that vision turned into reality through relentless collaboration, problem-solving, and a passion for transforming how teams engage with their systems.Â
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We sat down with Eric, Liat, and Anthony to understand the innovation, challenges, and future behind this award-winning work.Â
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đĄ What inspired the team to build AMI Assistant, and how did the idea evolve over time?Â
The inspiration came from the convergence of two powerful trends: the rapid advancement of Generative AI and a growing SME knowledge gap in mainframe environments. As more organizations faced challenges maintaining deep system expertise, we saw an opportunity to bridge that gap with GenAI â delivering intelligent, conversational guidance on where and when users need it most. What began as a knowledge assistant evolved into something more dynamic â a contextual AI capability embedded in the BMC AMI Product Portfolio, powered by BMC AMI Platform. Over time, we realized this wasnât just about surfacing answers, but about shaping a new way of interacting with the mainframe.
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đ What were some unique challenges you faced while building AMI Assistant?Â
One major challenge was delivering answers that are not only accurate but also grounded in context. Unlike general-purpose AI, our users need responses that are precise, traceable, and aligned with enterprise security standards. We also had to design for a wide variety of personas â from system programmers and operators to application developers â all with different workflows. That meant building a flexible platform experience that felt seamless across product lines. The magic of BMC AMI Assistant is that it fits into the workflow without disrupting it. That took time â it meant working hand-in-hand with SMEs, dev teams, and customers.
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Whatâs next on the horizon for BMC AMI Assistant?Â
We're now working towards a more proactive and agentic vision driven by AI-Agents. â where BMC AMI Assistant can not only answer questions but also act. This involves deeper integration across our platform and services using a shared AI orchestration layer.Â
In parallel, weâre investing in domain-specific improvements like code explanation, infrastructure insights, and tailored recommendations, all focused on helping users move from insight to impact with minimal friction. Weâre also expanding our use of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which enables BMC AMI Assistant to seamlessly integrate with multiple products and tools, exchange live context, and support increasingly sophisticated agentic workflows. Alongside MCP, we are implementing an Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication protocol, allowing AI-Agents to directly exchange information, coordinate decisions, and collaboratively execute tasks. This combination of MCP for live context integration and A2A for agent communication forms the backbone of our vision for a distributed, intelligent ecosystem where agents can reason collectively, share insights, and act autonomously to drive faster and more reliable outcomes across the platform. Weâre just scratching the surface. BMC AMI Assistant will evolve into an intelligent orchestrator â connecting data, decisions, and actions in real time.
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đ A huge shout-out to Eric, Liat, and Anthony and the whole team for their incredible dedication and innovation. Their work is not only shaping the future of mainframe operations but also delivering real, measurable value to customers every day.Â
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đŹ Have thoughts or want to celebrate their achievements? Drop a comment below and letâs keep the conversation going!Â
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