BMC vs SolarWinds

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BMC
Based on 129 reviews.
SolarWinds
Based on 113 reviews.
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.
Sample Customers
BMC Patrol [EOL]: Alshaya, AtTask customer story video, BNY Mellon, Dell, Florida Hospital, Mitchell International
BMC TrueSight Network Automation: SAP
BMC TrueSight Operations Management: Bank of East Asia and China E-Port.
BMC Appsight: Danske Bank, Cox Communications, Cerner Corp
BMC End User Experience Management: 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 Helix Remedy: 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 Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS: Airline Tariff Publishing Co (ATPCO), AtTask, MetaScale
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management: JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro
BMC TrueSight Vulnerability Management: Online Business Systems
Librato: Moz, Stitch Fix, Slack, Nextdoor, Heroku, Mashable
SolarWinds NPM: Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
SolarWinds TraceView: Hubsport, The Weather Channel, Recurly, mapmyfitness
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor: Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
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 Network Configuration Manager: United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Air Rarotonga, NetSuite, Thai AirAsia, REA Group, 335th Signal Command, Agilisys, Marine Expeditionary Force
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Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
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Marketing Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
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Healthcare Company
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
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Healthcare Company
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Comms Service Provider
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