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• BMC wants to behave like a startup, exec says

  It is coming up to two and a half years since a group of private equity firms took BMC private. The acquisition was led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital and worth around US$6.9 billion.

• SMS M&T turns to BMC for IT service management

  SMS Management and Technology (SMS) has inked a deal to license BMC's Remedy IT service management suite.

• BMC automates the mainframe change ticket

  Mainframe operators using BMC software may now be able to enjoy the speedy, devops-style development pace that is quickly becoming the norm for customer-facing mobile applications and Internet services.

• BMC makes the help desk more social

  BMC Software wants to bring some social networking magic to the formal world of the IT help desk.

• BMC launches service to host private-label enterprise app stores

  BMC Software has set up a private-label marketplace service that will allow independent software vendors (ISVs) and other organizations to run their own online app stores.

• Salesforce.com to offer private version of its AppExchange app store

  Salesforce.com has long had a public AppExchange software marketplace, but now it's going to give customers the ability to create their own private AppExchanges where employees can download applications to use in their jobs.

• BMC puts Hadoop on the company timesheet

  Now that many organizations see the utility in big data, BMC Software has provided a way to incorporate jobs from the Hadoop data processing platform into larger enterprise workflows.

• BMC buys Partnerpedia for secure app-store technology

  BMC is continuing its push into the consumerization-of-IT trend with the acquisition of Partnerpedia, which makes software companies can use to roll out secure, governed app stores to their end users. Terms of the deal, which closed last month, were not revealed.

• Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A

  Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market.

• BMC set to go private in $US6.9 billion deal

  BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about $US6.9 billion.

• Wall Street Beat: Tech mergers cover range of IT

  Steve Jobs' death raised question about directions in technology this week while worries about the economy continue to put downward pressure on tech stocks, but for much of the industry it's been business as usual, especially for mergers and acquisitions.

• BMC buys app performance vendor Coradiant

  BMC has purchased Coradiant, maker of software for improving end-user experience and tracking Web application performance, the company said Thursday. Terms were not disclosed.

• BMC supercharges IBM DB2 for mainframes

  Exploiting recent hardware enhancements that IBM added into its System z mainframe servers, enterprise software provider BMC has updated its line of performance tuning products to help customers get more from the latest version of the DB2 database.

• Wall Street Beat: Business software, e-commerce shine

  With most tech bellwethers having reported financial results, the earnings season is coming to a close, but BMC, NetSuite, AOL and IAC results this week offered insights into aspects of business IT and the Internet sector.

• Big Iron 'not dead': BMC

  Despite growth in alternatives to mainframes, big iron will not vanish from data centres any time soon, BMC has claimed.