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BMC Software, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryInformation technology
Consulting
Enterprise software
FoundedSeptember 1980; 44 years ago (1980-09)
FounderJohn Moores[1]
Dan Cloer[2]
Scott Boulette[2]
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, United States[3]
Key people
Ayman Sayed (CEO)[3]
ProductsSoftware
IT service management
Revenue$2.1 billion (2021)[3]
OwnerKKR
Number of employees
6,000 (2020)[3]
Websitewww.bmc.com

BMC Software, Inc. is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting, and enterprise software company based in Houston, Texas.[4]

History

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The company was founded in Houston, Texas, by former Shell employees Scott Boulette, John Moores, and Dan Cloer, whose surname initials were adopted as the company name BMC Software.[5][6] Moores served as the company's first CEO.[7] The firm primarily wrote software for IBM mainframe computers, the industry standard at the time,[8] but since the mid-1990s has been developing software to monitor, manage and automate both distributed and mainframe systems.

In 1987, Moores was succeeded by Richard A. Hosley II as CEO and President. In July 1988, BMC was re-incorporated in Delaware and went public with an initial public offering for BMC stock.[9][10] The first day of trading was August 12, 1988. BMC stock was originally traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol BMCS and on the New York Stock Exchange with symbol BMC.

Acquisition and privatization by private equity firms

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In May 2013, BMC announced that it was being acquired by a group of major private equity investment groups for $6.9 billion.[11] The process was completed in September 2013 and the company is no longer publicly traded.

It was announced on October 2, 2018 that BMC was acquired by KKR, a leading global investment firm. The company was acquired from a private investor group led by Bain Capital Private Equity and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC, Insight Venture Partners, and Elliott Management.

Products and services

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BMC Software specializes in software designed to enable an autonomous digital enterprise,[12][13] developing products used for multiple functions including automation, service management, DevOps, workflow orchestration, AIOps, and security.

The company supports enterprises using mainframes with its Automated Mainframe Intelligence (AMI) product line, which enables self-managing mainframe systems.[14] Self-managing mainframes use machine learning to improve efficiency by anticipating needs, sending alarms, and taking actions without the need for manual actions.[15]

BMC's Control-M software is an application workflow orchestration platform that allows businesses to run hundreds of thousands of batch jobs daily and use the data to optimize complex business operations, such as supply chain management.[16] Users can access all enterprise batch jobs through a single graphical interface.[17] Control-M integrates with distributed storage systems such as HDFS, YARN, MapReduce and Apache Spark.[16] In 2019, the firm made the program available in a Docker container, allowing easy deployment to the public cloud or on-premises.[18] The software has been named the overall leader in workload automation by Enterprise Management Associates in each report since 2010.[16] In 2020, the firm announced the launch of SaaS-based BMC Helix Control-M application workflow orchestration.[19]

The TrueSight suite utilizes AI and machine learning to provide insights and network automation capabilities,[20] and includes TrueSight Operations Management, TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Automation for Servers, and TrueSight Orchestration.

Directors and staff

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The company was founded by John J. Moores in 1980.[21] Richard A. Hosley II was president and chief executive officer of BMC Software, Inc. from October 1987 until April 1990. Shortly after becoming president, Hosley took the company public in 1988. Hosley was succeeded by Max Watson Jr. in April 1990.[22] Max Watson Jr. was chairman and chief executive officer of BMC Software from April 1990 to January 2001.[23]

In 2001, BMC appointed the company director, Garland Cupp, as chairman, succeeding Max Watson, who quit the post in January 2001.[24] Watson was succeeded as chairman and CEO by BMC's former senior vice president of product management and development, Robert Beauchamp.[25]

In December 2016, Peter Leav succeeded Bob Beauchamp as president and chief executive officer.[26][27] In October 2019, Ayman Sayed was named as President and CEO of BMC Software.[28]

Litigation

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In 2022, BMC won a lawsuit against IBM for "fraudulently inducing and then violating a software licensing agreement", and was awarded over $1.6 million in damages.[29][30] This was then overturned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, stating that "a lower court judge's determination concerning liability was in error." The three-judge panel, U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones said AT&T, one of BMC's biggest clients, had switched to IBM software "independently" and that BMC had "lost out to IBM fair and square".[31]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "John Jay Moores, Emeritus". University of San Diego.
  2. ^ a b "History of BMC Software". History of Branding. August 24, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d "BMC Software". Forbes.
  4. ^ Rogers, Bruce (August 13, 2015). "BMC's Past Near-Death Moment Prepared It For Today's Growth". Forbes.
  5. ^ Bauder, John (January 28, 2015). "Luddy learned from Moores". San Diego Reader.
  6. ^ "Jason Andrew". The CEO Magazine. October 2015. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  7. ^ "John J. Moores". Bloomberg.
  8. ^ Staff writer (June 6, 1985). "BMC-I.B.M. Suit". New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  9. ^ "BMC: Stock Quote & Summary Data". Nasdaq. August 11, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  10. ^ "BMC SOFTWARE INC (Form: 10-K, Received: 05/21/2008 17:30:22)". Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  11. ^ Goldman, David. (2013-05-06) BMC Software sold for $6.9 billion - May. 6, 2013. Money.cnn.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
  12. ^ "BMC Software, Inc. – Reinventing software solutions and services to help Autonomous Digital Enterprise". The Silicon Review. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  13. ^ Columbus, Louis. "10 Ways AI Can Improve Digital Transformation's Success Rate". Forbes. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  14. ^ "BMC Reinvents Application Development with Automated Intelligence". AiThority. July 31, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  15. ^ "Creating a Self-Managing Mainframe". ibmsystemsmag.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  16. ^ a b c "BMC Control-M Named Overall Leader in EMA Workload Automation Radar Report". enterprisesystemsmedia.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  17. ^ "BMC Control-M Improve workflows, reduce operating costs, and deploy new services faster with automation". RightStar. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  18. ^ "BMC Preps Control-M Workflow Engine for Container Age". Container Journal. November 1, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  19. ^ "Adding some SaaS to traditional business, BMC Helix Control-M unifies on-premises and Cloud". SiliconANGLE. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  20. ^ "BMC TrueSight Operations Management". KTSL. September 22, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  21. ^ Myerson, Allen R. (November 30, 1997). "A New Breed of Wildcatter for the 90's". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  22. ^ Confessions of a Stock Broker. Littlebrown. 1972. ISBN 978-0-7181-1041-3. OL 7837855M.
  23. ^ "Max P. Watson". Forbes. August 10, 2009. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
  24. ^ Connell, James (May 2, 2001). "Tech Brief:NEW BMC DIRECTOR". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  25. ^ "BMC Software, Inc. -- Company History". Funding Universe. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  26. ^ Lopez, Maribel (December 12, 2016). "BMC Adds Peter Leav As CEO, Prepares For New Growth Chapter". Forbes.
  27. ^ Preimesberger, Chris (December 12, 2016). "BMC Makes Change at Top, Selects Former Polycom CEO". eWeek.
  28. ^ Gagliordi, Natalie. "BMC Software taps CA Technologies exec for permanent CEO position". ZDNet. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  29. ^ Buchi, Raju (June 2, 2022). "BMC Software Awarded Historic $1.6 Billion in Damages in Suit Against IBM". Bracewell LLP. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  30. ^ "White & Case and BMC Software legal team win "Houston Business Litigation of the Year" award | White & Case LLP". www.whitecase.com. May 15, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  31. ^ Stempel, Jonathan (April 30, 2024). "IBM wins reversal of $1.6 billion judgment to BMC over software contract". Reuters.
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