United States: BMC Software Buys Tideway Systems.Byline: Mamta03 Enterprise management software provider 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. (www.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. .com) announced on Thursday it will acquire privately-held IT discovery solutions provider Tideway tide·way n. A channel in which a tidal current runs. Noun 1. tideway - a channel in which a tidal current runs Systems . The acquisition will enhance BMC's Business Service Management platform and help organizations reduce the risks associated with business-critical initiatives such as data center consolidation, virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and compliance. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tideway offers all the discovery requirements for BSM BSM Business Service Management BSM Basic Security Module BSM Best Stations Memory (Pioneer car stereos) BSM Business Systems Modernization BSM Bronze Star Medal BSM Black Student Movement BSM Benilde-St. and can be integrated with BMC's Atrium Configuration Management Database, says BMC. Additionally, Tideway provides customers a large open library of predefined IT configuration discovery patterns. When combined with the BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping solution, Tideway's platform delivers visibility into the data center and reduces the time and resources needed to model, manage and maintain applications and services. The companies say the transaction is expected to close within a week. "Given the nature of today's complex and rapidly evolving computing environments, deep visibility and clear understanding of the critical business services and their associated relationships to specific IT resources is fundamental to improving service quality, minimizing risk and reducing IT costs," says Dev Ittycheria, president of Enterprise Service Management at BMC Software. "The acquisition provides BMC with application discovery and dependency mapping capabilities to manage and maintain complex data center environments." BMC, which also owns data center automation provider BladeLogic, offers software for managing IT infrastructure. The company works with many partners in the data center infrastructure market, including Cisco, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Dell, and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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