Founded in 1980, BMC Software is an information technology company that serves more than 16,000 customers worldwide. The company employs a staff of over 5,700 individuals and provides business service management solutions. It specializes in the areas of application automation and problem resolution and data and asset management. The company also offers services related to storage, vendor, service level, project and human capital management. Its financial resource management products automate and centralize information technology budgeting and planning. BMC Software administers technology alliance and consulting partner programs. The company also serves state and local governments. Its clients include Motorola, Carfax and Cisco Systems.