BMC vs VMware

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BMC
Based on 77 reviews.
VMware
Based on 489 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.VMware, Inc. is a US software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services, VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while its enterprise software hypervisors for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, are bare-metal hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. In 1998, VMware was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion. Greene and Rosenblum, who are married, first met while at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sample Customers
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: BeenVerified CraftJack Expedia InterviewStream Jive Rackspace SriptRock
BMC TrueSight Intelligence: Hong Kong Air Cargo, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
BMC Remedy Asset Management: Scripps Networks
BMC Numara Track-It!: Florida Hospital, Mitchell International
BMC Helix Discovery: Windstream Communications, News UK, Mercator Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)
BMC Numara: Airline Tariff Publishing Co, DHHS
BladeLogic Automation Suite: Cisco, BNY Mellon, Duke Energy, Lockheed Martin, Southern Company, JB Hunt, Unum, Sands
BladeLogic Server Automation: State of Michigan, Fujitsu FSAS, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, SAP
BMC Bladelogic Client Automation [EOL]: ChipRewards
BMC IT Business Management OnDemand: AtTask, Cast & Crew, ChipRewards, Fujitsu, Orange Business Services
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management: JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro
vCenter Orchestrator: Beiersdorf Shared Services
vCloud Director: MicroStrategy, National Democratic Institute, and NYSE Euronext.
VMware vRealize Suite: Weill Cornell Medical College
vRealize Automation: Rent-a-Center, Amway, Vistra Energy, Liberty Mutual
vRealize Operations (vROps): Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
vRealize Business for Cloud: Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
vCenter Configuration Manager: Bank Al Bilad, Thomas-Krenn.AG, Pronto!, Unimed Juiz de Fora
VMware Service Manager: Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Symantec, KBC, Vodafone, Region Hovedstaden, Bank Audi, Hewlett-Packard, BT Global Services, Edogawa City Council, HDFC Bank Limited, Bank Al Bilad, ABN AMRO N.V. Singapore, Savvis, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, SAP AG, Fundaments, T-Systems
Apteligent: AT&T, Bloomberg, CNN, Experian, Fox, JC Penny, Urban Outfitters, Nokia, Lutron, NASCAR, T-Mobile, Urban Engines, Microsoft, Lego
Wavefront: Box, Intuit, Workday, Groupon, British Gas, SpaceApe, Marketo, DoordDash, Lyft
vRealize Network Insight: NTTi3, VCIX-NV, VMware Networking and Security Business Unit, Illumio, CompuNet
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