BMC vs Red Hat

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BMC
Based on 201 reviews.
Red Hat
Based on 121 reviews.
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Overview
BMC Software, Inc. is an American company specializing in business service management software. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, BMC develops, markets and sells software used for multiple functions, including IT service management, data center automation, performance management, virtualization lifecycle management and cloud computing management. The name "BMC" is taken from the surnames of its three founders Scott Boulette, John Moores, and Dan Cloer.Red Hat, Inc. is an American multinational software company providing open-source software products to the enterprise community. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with satellite offices worldwide. Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat also offers Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, an enterprise virtualization product. Red Hat provides storage, operating system platforms, middleware, applications, management products, and support, training, and consulting services.
Sample Customers
BMC Release Process Management [EOL]: Ameritas, ChipRewards, MetaScale
BMC Release Lifecycle Management: BMC Software, Sanofi, Societe Generale Group
BMC Numara: Airline Tariff Publishing Co, DHHS
BMC TrueSight Server Automation: State of Michigan, Fujitsu FSAS, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, SAP
BMC Bladelogic Client Automation [EOL]: ChipRewards
BMC TrueSight Network Automation: SAP
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management: JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro
Ansible: HootSuite Media, Inc., Cloud Physics, Narrative, BinckBank
Red Hat Satellite: Baloise Bank SoBa, ETH Zurich, Munich Airport, ING-DiBa, Produban
Red Hat CloudForms: Cox Automotive, Penn State, FICO, G-ABLE, Seneca College, ITandTEL, The Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS), MyRepublic, Macquarie, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, CBTS, Network Data Solutions (NDS)
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Computer Software Company
44%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Insurance Company
5%
Computer Software Company
35%
Comms Service Provider
20%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Government
6%
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