MainView, currently advertised as BMC MainView, is a
systems management software produced by
BMC Software. It was created in 1990 by
Boole & Babbage Boole & Babbage Incorporated, founded as K & K Associates, was an American automation computer software company based in San Jose, California. It was the oldest systems management company in the world before being bought out in a stock swap by BM ...
and became part of BMC Software's services after they bought out Boole & Babbage in a
stock swap.
History
MainView was created in 1990 by Boole & Babbage as
office automation software, designed specifically to work on
IBM hardware. The product was designed so that companies would be able to automate their data management systems as well as being able to control what is automated within each enterprise. In 1993, it was updated to include support for
parallel processors.
The system gained popularity with users being pleased with its
real-time data however expressed dissatisfaction with its usage of
counterfactual history to make decisions. In 1998, following BMC Software's purchase of Boole & Babbage, they announced that they would continue to operate MainView by directly integrating it with their IBM hardware products rather than continuing to sell it as specifically as a separate software product. BMC Software continued to upgrade MainView to be compatible with new technologies. In 2016, MainView was upgraded to be compatible with
Java Environments.
Advertising
In 1993, Boole & Babbage signed a deal with
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
to license ''
Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vario ...
'' for use in their advertising. The first way they used it was to advertise MainView. They produced a short advertising film titled "The Vision", which included ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation''
Commander William Riker (played by
Jonathan Frakes, with whom B&B also signed a spokesman's deal) using MainView on the bridge of the
USS ''Enterprise'' to promote MainView. Boole & Babbage also used Frakes to promote MainView in person at the
Computer Measurement Group conference as well as to announce that MainView would become available for singular
desktop computers later in that year.
See also
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OS/2
OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci. As a result of a feud between the two companies over how to position OS/2 ...
References
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External links
"The Vision" advert for MainView including Commander Riker
Automation software
IBM software
Star Trek: The Next Generation