
initiatives of its partners. For instance, Cisco CSCO has equipped its Unified Computing System products with BMC's BladeLogic solution. While virtualization and cloud computing will play an important role in BMC's future growth, the mature
acquired Opsware and Mercury Interactive for 13.8 times and 5.3 times EV/TTM sales, respectively, and BMC bought BladeLogic for 10.1 times EV/TTM sales. BMC is much larger compared with these takeouts, and we expect the company to command
acquisition of BMC would run against Oracle's core principle of providing pre-integrated solutions. Nonetheless, BMC's BladeLogic and strong focus on cloud computing could help Oracle increase its penetration in the data center.
environments . He joined the company in 2008 after BMC acquired BladeLogic , a company he founded . We believe the company has good ..... equipped its Unified Computing System products with BMC's BladeLogic solution . While virtualization and cloud computing will
continues to shine with its enterprise service management offerings, primarily the service automation segment from its BladeLogic acquisition. Revenue in the quarter was up 7% before unfavorable currency exchange rates, and license bookings continue
BMC Software BMC has been on a strong run this year, largely propelled by its BladeLogic acquisition in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. This transaction has been successful so far and is one of the biggest reasons
economic environment. The growth engine continues to be its service automation business, which includes its recent BladeLogic acquisition. This segment contributed more than 80% of the total incremental license growth year to date versus last
computing. The enterprise service management segment has set the pace for growth so far this year, aided in part by its BladeLogic acquisition and the successful execution of its business service management strategy. Additionally, the company's
instance, the company announced new data center automation programs in the quarter to better compete with BMC's BMC BladeLogic automation and Hewlett-Packard's HPQ Opsware. CA is also doing a terrific job in signing new contracts, with total
s growth. In fact, growth in its most recent quarter was the fastest in nine years, helped in part by the recent BladeLogic acquisition. We think the company's business service management strategy is a big reason for its strong execution