BMC Software Receives "Strong Positive” Rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s Network Configuration and Change Management MarketScope Report

BMC Software (NASDAQ:BMC), the leader in IT management, today announced that the company received a "Strong Positive” rating in Gartner’s recent report entitled, "MarketScope for Network Configuration and Change Management (NCCM).”

BMC’s ongoing investment in NCCM was evaluated based on the following criteria considered in the report: current product capabilities, product strategy, overall viability, sales execution and market responsiveness.

"We believe that Gartner’s recognition of the quality of our integrated architecture confirms BMC’s approach to NCCM as an integral component of our cloud computing, full-stack provisioning and network assurance solutions for business service management in dynamic IT environments,” said Tim Fessenden, vice president of research and development, data center automation, BMC. "Our ‘Strong Positive’ rating is a testament to BMC’s strength in NCCM and the value we deliver to our customers as they work to improve staff efficiency, address network compliance audit requirements and automate provisioning in multi-tenant environments.”

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