BMC Software Names Chris Gahagan as Vice President and General Manager of its Recovery and Storage Management Division.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Inc. (Nasdaq:BMCS BMCS Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (UK) BMCS Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (Naval Rating) BMCS Blue Mountains Conservation Society (Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia) ) today announced that Chris Gahagan, formerly of Sterling Software, has joined the company as vice president and general manager of the Recovery and Storage Management division. Gahagan will drive the strategic technology and marketing vision for all products related to recovery and storage management, which includes BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. Software's storage networking strategies. With extensive technical and managerial experience, Gahagan served as vice president and chief technology officer at Sterling Software where he was instrumental in developing and maintaining the strategic product and technology vision for the company's storage management group. Prior to his work with Sterling, Gahagan was Chief Software Architect for Spectra Logic Corporation. During his tenure with the company, he facilitated the development of Alexandria, the company's flagship backup product. Gahagan also played an important role in Sterling Software's acquisition of Spectra Logic's storage management business component. "Chris has the right combination of technical and strategic experience in storage and recovery to drive this division and catapult catapult (kăt`əpŭlt'), mechanism used to throw missiles in ancient and medieval warfare. At first, catapults were specifically designed to shoot spears or other missiles at a low trajectory (see bow and arrow). our vision for storage management, which is one of BMC Software's key corporate initiatives for this fiscal year. He is going to be an incredible asset to our company," said Max Watson, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BMC Software. Gahagan obtained a bachelor's of science degree in computer science from Colorado State University Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a veterinary teaching hospital, an agricultural campus, and a research campus. . About BMC Software One of the world's largest independent software vendors, BMC Software delivers the most comprehensive e-business systems management software with the fastest guaranteed implementation. This Service Assurance(TM) strategy enhances the availability, performance and recoverability of companies' business-critical applications. Companies can use this management methodology to demonstrate their ability to deliver optimal service to their customers and partners by joining BMC Software OnSite(TM), a certification program which includes solution implementation and regular HealthChecks performed by BMC Software Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . BMC Software is a Forbes 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2000 revenues exceeding $1.7 billion. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , with offices worldwide. For more information please visit BMC Software's Web site at www.bmc.com, or call 800/841-2031 or 713/918-8800. BMC Software, the BMC Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. (c) 2000 BMC Software Inc. All rights reserved. |
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