Editing BMC Software (section)

== Products and services ==

BMC Software specializes in software designed to enable an autonomous digital enterprise, developing products used for multiple functions including automation, service management, [[DevOps]], workflow orchestration, [[AIOps]], and security.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

The company supports enterprises using mainframes with its Automated Mainframe Intelligence (AMI) product line, which enables self-managing mainframe systems.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-31|title=BMC Reinvents Application Development with Automated Intelligence|url=https://www.aithority.com/security/bmc-reinvents-application-development-with-automated-mainframe-intelligence/|access-date=2020-03-27|website=AiThority|language=en-US}}</ref> Self-managing mainframes use machine learning to improve efficiency by anticipating needs, sending alarms, and taking actions without the need for manual actions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Creating a Self-Managing Mainframe|url=https://ibmsystemsmag.com/IBM-Z/09/2018/self-managing-mainframe|access-date=2020-03-27|website=ibmsystemsmag.com|language=en|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306002025/https://ibmsystemsmag.com/IBM-Z/09/2018/self-managing-mainframe|url-status=dead}}</ref>

BMC's Control-M software is an application workflow orchestration platform that allows businesses to run hundreds of thousands of [[Batch processing|batch jobs]] daily and use the data to optimize complex business operations, such as [[supply chain management]].<ref name="enterprisesystemsmedia.com">{{Cite web|title=BMC Control-M Named Overall Leader in EMA Workload Automation Radar Report|url=http://enterprisesystemsmedia.com/|access-date=2020-03-27|website=enterprisesystemsmedia.com|language=en}}</ref> Users can access all enterprise batch jobs through a single graphical interface.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BMC Control-M Improve workflows, reduce operating costs, and deploy new services faster with automation|url=https://www.rightstar.com/products/bmc-products/bmc-control-m/|access-date=2020-03-27|website=RightStar|language=en-US}}</ref> Control-M integrates with distributed storage systems such as [[HDFS]], [[YARN]], [[MapReduce]] and [[Apache Spark]].<ref name="enterprisesystemsmedia.com"/>  In 2019, the firm made the program available in a [[Docker (software)|Docker]] container, allowing easy deployment to the public cloud or on-premises.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-01|title=BMC Preps Control-M Workflow Engine for Container Age|url=https://containerjournal.com/topics/container-management/bmc-preps-control-m-workflow-engine-for-container-age/|access-date=2020-03-27|website=Container Journal|language=en-US}}</ref> The software has been named the overall leader in [[workload automation]] by  Enterprise Management Associates in each report since 2010.<ref name="enterprisesystemsmedia.com"/> In 2020, the firm announced the launch of [[SaaS]]-based BMC Helix Control-M application workflow orchestration.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-02|title=Adding some SaaS to traditional business, BMC Helix Control-M unifies on-premises and Cloud|url=https://siliconangle.com/2020/12/02/adding-some-saas-to-traditional-business-bmc-helix-control-m-unifies-on-prem-and-cloud-reinvent/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=SiliconANGLE|language=en-US}}</ref>

The TrueSight suite utilizes AI and [[machine learning]] to provide insights and network automation capabilities,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-22|title=BMC TrueSight Operations Management|url=https://www.ktsl.com/bmc-truesight-operations-management/|access-date=2020-03-27|website=KTSL|language=en-GB}}</ref>  and includes TrueSight Operations Management, TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Automation for Servers, and TrueSight Orchestration.