BMC vs SolarWinds
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 BMC Based on 201 reviews. |  SolarWinds Based on 201 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. | SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom. |
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BMC Patrol [EOL]: Alshaya, AtTask customer story video, BNY Mellon, Dell, Florida Hospital, Mitchell International BMC TrueSight Operations Management: Ensono
Transamerica
Boston Scientific
Park Place Technologies
inContact
TD Ameritrade
PNC Bank BMC TrueSight App Visibility Manager [EOL]: Danske Bank, Cox Communications, Cerner Corp BMC End User Experience Management [EOL]: AtTask BMC Middleware Management: University of California, Leeds City Council, SAP BMC TrueSight Pulse [EOL]: BeenVerified
CraftJack
Expedia
InterviewStream
Jive
Rackspace
SriptRock BMC TrueSight Intelligence [EOL]: Hong Kong Air Cargo, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management: JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro BMC Helix ITSM: Brookfield, HealthSouth Corporation, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Mercator, SAP, Stanford University BMC FootPrints Service Core: Cast & Crew BMC Remedyforce: Design Within Reach, Dex Media, DHHS, News UK, Pervasive Software, Mitchell International, Sysmex Corporation, Ameritas, Lumen 21 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 Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS: Airline Tariff Publishing Co (ATPCO), AtTask, MetaScale BMC TrueSight Vulnerability Management: Online Business Systems BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer: British Sky Broadcasting | SolarWinds NPM: Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard SolarWinds AppOptics: TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor: Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor: commscope, COCC, SolarWinds Pingdom: Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer: GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University SolarWinds Web Help Desk: Instacart SolarWinds MSP Manager: Longleaf Systems, ITproMedia, Choice Technology, Halski Systems, Allixo Technologies, Nettech, Concept Technology SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools: Delta, Educational Institution, Kalamazoo SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager: United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Air Rarotonga, NetSuite, Thai AirAsia, REA Group, 335th Signal Command, Agilisys, Marine Expeditionary Force SolarWinds Network Automation Manager: Maalem Financing Company, School City of Hammond |
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17 reviews 11 reviews 9 reviews | 25 reviews 17 reviews |
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