BMC Software, Inc (NYSE: BMC), is a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage IT from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and posted fiscal 2006 revenues of more than $1.49 billion.

When it comes to asset management, BMC Software’s Asset Management and Discovery Route to Value provides a comprehensive, flexible solution for identifying IT assets and automating contract, cost and usage controls. Its unique combination of out-of-the-box best practices, flexibility, extensibility, and integration with related tools and processes helps you get up and running quickly with an inter-disciplinary approach to IT asset management that adapts to your unique and evolving needs. The solution includes:

BMC Software Asset Manager contains the elements identified by industry analysts as the core for effective IT asset management—computer autodiscovery and inventory, software usage monitoring and a unified asset repository. That means that the BMC Software solution is ready to help you implement industry best practices for asset management, and to meet the guidelines established in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and other standards.

BMC Software® management solutions are translated into multiple languages and are installed on tens of millions of nodes at leading companies around the globe. BMC Software is an Avocent company.

BMC Discovery
Identify hardware and software asset attributes, configurations, relationships and usage, whether always or intermittently connected to your network.

BMC Atrium CMDB
Reconcile conflicting discovery and asset data, then share a single source of truth across all ITIL and business service management disciplines and tools.

Lifecycle Workflow - BMC Remedy Asset Management Application
Establish and enforce standard processes that manage costs, contracts and usage throughout the asset lifecycle.

Software Configuration Management - BMC Configuration Discovery
Automate the distribution of software applications, operating systems and patches.

Integration and Partner Solutions
Leverage built-in integration capabilities to connect with the applications and technologies you already own, and add BMC partner certified products and services.

Founded in 1980, BMC Software is headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company serves Global 2000 companies confronted with the task of managing a highly complex, heterogeneous and decentralized IT environment. More than 15,000 customers, including 80% of Fortune 500 companies, rely on BMC Software to help manage their IT infrastructure.