BMC Software is a prominent provider of business management software used for a variety of functions and processes. The company's software and services are used in recovery and storage management, business process integration, service management, and application and database performance management. BMC, which has served primarily larger companies, provides tools designed to manage enterprise servers, speed up and monitor databases, eliminate unplanned outages, and recover system assets. Known for its mainframe products, the company has added software for cloud and mobile computing environments. In 2018, private equity firm KKR & Co. bought BMC from Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital.