BMC Software
software development company
BMC Software, Inc. is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting, and enterprise software company. In 2025, the company's Helix product was spun off into the independent IT service and operations-focused company, BMC Helix.
History
The company was founded in Houston, Texas, by former Shell employees Scott Boulette, John Moores, and Dan Cloer, whose surname initials were adopted as the company name BMC Software. Moores was the company's first CEO. Initially, the firm primarily wrote software for IBM mainframe computers, the industry standard at the time.
In 1987, Moores was succeeded by Richard A. Hosley II as CEO and President. In July 1988, BMC was re-incorporated in Delaware and went public with an initial public offering for BMC stock. The first day of trading was August 12, 1988. BMC stock was originally traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol BMCS and later on the New York Stock Exchange with symbol BMC.
Hosley was succeeded by Max Watson Jr. in April 1990.
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