Comments on: EMC-BMC Merger Hopes Fade http://itsm.glennodonnell.com/2008/03/17/emc-bmc-merger-hopes-fade/ Glenn O'Donnell's IT Service Management Blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:19:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Victor Gannon http://itsm.glennodonnell.com/2008/03/17/emc-bmc-merger-hopes-fade/#comment-213 Victor Gannon Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:52:40 +0000 http://itsm.glennodonnell.com/2008/03/17/emc-bmc-merger-hopes-fade/#comment-213 The acquisition of Bladelogic was a wise transaction for BMC as it filled a hemoraging gap they have been suffering from since the failed Marimba deal, several years ago. This brings then on par with HP, probably in a number 2 position as HP has a broader offering with security products like the SpiDynamics acquisition. Largely, they are in a "me too" position. What BMC needs is strong competitive differentiation. They can tip the scales with the addition of virtualization, compliance or storage offerings. Areas where HP has limited or no solutions today. The acquisition of Bladelogic was a wise transaction for BMC as it filled a hemoraging gap they have been suffering from since the failed Marimba deal, several years ago. This brings then on par with HP, probably in a number 2 position as HP has a broader offering with security products like the SpiDynamics acquisition.

Largely, they are in a “me too” position. What BMC needs is strong competitive differentiation. They can tip the scales with the addition of virtualization, compliance or storage offerings. Areas where HP has limited or no solutions today.

]]> By: Steve Henning http://itsm.glennodonnell.com/2008/03/17/emc-bmc-merger-hopes-fade/#comment-203 Steve Henning Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:47:14 +0000 http://itsm.glennodonnell.com/2008/03/17/emc-bmc-merger-hopes-fade/#comment-203 The BladeLogic acquisition is certainly a good one for BMC. It rounds out their portfolio in a critical area of IT management automation, however, I agree that they need to spend more time on the "forgotten" products you mention (as well as others you didn't). What is also clear is that the Big Four have ignored a critical piece of the data center automation puzzle. None of them have a real-time analytics solution for the automation of performance and availability management. BMC has some basic capability with Proactivenet, however, none of the Big Four offer anything in this critical area of data center automation. Right now, this is the domain of innovative startups, however, with IT complexity and the number of devices increasing and budgets contracting, IT leaders are realizing they can't continue to manage by throwing more bodies at the problem. I'm sure this will push the Big Four to address this issue in their product portfolios. The BladeLogic acquisition is certainly a good one for BMC. It rounds out their portfolio in a critical area of IT management automation, however, I agree that they need to spend more time on the “forgotten” products you mention (as well as others you didn’t). What is also clear is that the Big Four have ignored a critical piece of the data center automation puzzle. None of them have a real-time analytics solution for the automation of performance and availability management. BMC has some basic capability with Proactivenet, however, none of the Big Four offer anything in this critical area of data center automation. Right now, this is the domain of innovative startups, however, with IT complexity and the number of devices increasing and budgets contracting, IT leaders are realizing they can’t continue to manage by throwing more bodies at the problem. I’m sure this will push the Big Four to address this issue in their product portfolios.

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