On January 30th 2012, BMC Software has announced
the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Numara Software.

With this acquisition BMC demonstrates a clear commitment for the mid-market with 500-5000 employees and greatly expands the previous BMC IT Management Portfolio. 

BMC defines its future IT Management Portfolio for the Small & Medium Enterprises with FootPrints, RemedyForce.com as the fastest growing SaaS service management, ProactiveNet network management as part of BMC BladeLogic Automation Suite, BMC Atrium discovery and dependency mapping and BMC end user experience management. With Track-IT, a help desk with integrated inventory management functionality, BMC supports the small business area. 

The acquisition of Numara provides our BMC Service Desk Express customers with an upgrade path to an even broader range of built-in functions like Patch Management, Inventory Management, Compliancy, Service Catalog and more. BMC FootPrints already includes some Business Service Management functionality out of the box with possibilities to expand with BMC ADDM, BMC End user experience and other valuable BMC solutions.  With this IT Management Portfolio BMC brings Business Service Management (BSM) into the small and medium market space.  

Klaus Dieter Hesse, CEO ThinkWare Group:
We welcome the clear commitment of BMC Software for the mid-size companies. This allows us to expand our offer for professional service and support solutions with BMC Footprints and BMC Track-IT to our customers and interesting companies.

Official BMC Press Release: http://www.bmc.com/news/press-releases/2012/bmc-software-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-numara-software.html