CUSTOMER SUCCESS: BMC Software Customers and Other Experts Share Strategies and Tips on Managing the Hybrid Data Center

Thinking about creating a hybrid data center? Wondering how to manage an environment that includes physical, virtual and cloud-based IT resources?

BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) partners and customers such as Dell, Swiss Mobiliar and Xchanging have offered their insights and tips on how to harness and manage the exploding demand for cloud computing and SaaS-based applications and infrastructures. Their experiences can be found in the latest edition of Viewpoint, published by BMC.

"The most significant revolution in enterprise computing in the last 10 years is happening right now,” said Matthew Selheimer, senior director of strategic marketing for BMC Software. "In this edition of Viewpoint, our customers, partners and BMC experts discuss strategies and share real-world advice for managing a dynamic and hybrid data center.”

Among the articles in the latest edition of Viewpoint:

• Brent Schroeder of Dell explains the importance of automated discovery and a configuration management database (CMDB) to effectively manage system capacity.
• Thomas Baumann of Swiss Mobiliar and Lilian Vieira of CSC BRASIL provide their insight into the importance of the mainframe to the dynamic data center.
• Amanda Flynn of global business-processing service provider Xchanging explains how the company’s comprehensive Business Service Management (BSM) focus has improved customer service.

For information about how to obtain the latest edition of Viewpoint, click here.

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