BMC Software's announcement that it has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Tideway Systems Limited
(Tideway), a provider of IT discovery solutions, can be interpreted as an extension of BMC's commitment to cloud-computing.
Here are two important statements in the press-release:
1. BMC will deliver unmatched visibility into the data center and rapidly reduce the time and resources required to model, manage and maintain applications and services. This is critical for IT organizations that are transitioning applications and services to cloud computing environments.
2. With the acquisition of Tideway, BMC adds the industry's leading application discovery and dependency mapping capabilities to manage and maintain complex data center environments including distributed, virtual and mainframe IT platforms and further extends its leadership in business service management.
So let's see what this could mean.
It gives BMC the critical capability to discover and map complex data environments which are both physical and cloud-based.
This acquisition also puts BMC in a strong position to build a cloud-based CMDB. While that might not happen right away, it is clearly now a key capability if they decide to pursue it. It also allows them to build a federated CMDB - and manage the hybrid cloud - private and public - across enterprise and hosted data centers.
The evolution towards cloud-based ITIL continues.
Here are two important statements in the press-release:
1. BMC will deliver unmatched visibility into the data center and rapidly reduce the time and resources required to model, manage and maintain applications and services. This is critical for IT organizations that are transitioning applications and services to cloud computing environments.
2. With the acquisition of Tideway, BMC adds the industry's leading application discovery and dependency mapping capabilities to manage and maintain complex data center environments including distributed, virtual and mainframe IT platforms and further extends its leadership in business service management.
So let's see what this could mean.
It gives BMC the critical capability to discover and map complex data environments which are both physical and cloud-based.
This acquisition also puts BMC in a strong position to build a cloud-based CMDB. While that might not happen right away, it is clearly now a key capability if they decide to pursue it. It also allows them to build a federated CMDB - and manage the hybrid cloud - private and public - across enterprise and hosted data centers.
The evolution towards cloud-based ITIL continues.
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