I lead engineering teams that drive our cloud platform and strategy at Sophos.

BMC Server Automation gives you the information you need to manage bulky change and configuration tasks without drowning in unnecessary details. By automating processes like patching, configuring, updating, and reporting on servers, it enables consistency, compliance, and complete insight into your data center. With BMC Server Automation, you can:1. Enable rapid and targeted changes without scripting2. Support roll-back of incomplete or incorrect changes3. Maintain a historical baseline configuration for one-click comparison and remediation4. Run out-of-the-box and ad hoc reports on compliance, inventory, provisioning, patch, and deployment5. Gain both big picture and granular views into your server infrastructureBMC Server Automation is a provisioning powerhouse, with capabilities like:1. Full-stack, automated provisioning in physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud data centers2. Automated OS installation and configuration with support for all major operating systems3. Support for virtual template-based, image-based, and script-based provisioning

Client and Server Management from Marimba offers a policy-based change and configuration management solution that automates the discovery, packaging, provisioning, configuration, patching, and repair of software (Operating systems, Patches, Applications, Content, & Configurations) across heterogeneous operating systems.BMC’s Marimba software provisioning and distribution products enable enterprises to rapidly respond to changing business requirements by re-purposing, re-provisioning, and updating IT resources to achieve required IT configurations.Marimba configuration discovery and tracking products enable enterprises to track both the state and usage of their hardware and software assets. The data improves the customer’s service model as well as facilitates better decision making with a more accurate view of the environment.

BMC Configuration Management solutions support industry best practices, including the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and are an integral part of the BMC Change and Configuration Management solution strategy. A strategy that delivers integrated and automated change management, release management, and configuration management into a closed-loop process encompassing all phases of the change life cycle: request, planning, implementation, and verification.