— Datasheet BMC AppZone Give employees easy access to a secure app store with hardware, software, and services PRODUCT DESCRIPTION KEY FEATURES BMC AppZone is a corporate app store where IT can aggregate, manage, and deliver hardware, software, and services. AppZone brings the consumer shopping experience to the workplace. • IT can procure, publish, secure, and BUSINESS CHALLENGE At home, apps have become a central part of our lives. They are fun, helpful, and—best of all—easy to use. At work, it’s often a very different story. In fact, it can take days for your users to find, request, and receive the services they need to be productive. With so many tools serving so many different users, it’s difficult for IT to ensure that they are all secure and compliant. BMC SOLUTION AppZone makes a wide array of hardware, software, and services available to your employees—from any device and location. IT organizations of all sizes get the ability to procure, publish, secure, and manage services across the enterprise, letting them deliver the same high-quality experience to users that they receive from consumer marketplaces like as Apple® iTunes® and Google Play™. This solution provides flexible deployment options that adapt to different topologies and existing landscapes. Organizations can start with a basic deployment that includes only the core architecture components, and evolve into a fully integrated deployment, leveraging the BMC CMDB and associated configuration management workflows. manage apps, hardware, and services in one secure location • A familiar, social interface allows users to review, rate, and share apps • Allows bundles of hardware, software, and services for express orders • Lets IT enforce policies and manage entitlements KEY BENEFITS • Improve employee productivity with fast and easy self-service access to tools and services • Reduce IT support costs by deflecting basic requests • Boost customer satisfaction with an iTunes-like shopping experience BMC AppZone provides users with a complete catalog of tools and services, giving users a one-stop-shop for getting the tools they need to be more productive. PRODUCT DETAILS BMC AppZone Integration with BMC MyIT MyIT is a next-generation self-service application that gives users an easy, consumerized way to access IT services anywhere, anytime. Integrating AppZone with MyIT gives users a single solution for finding, downloading, and sharing business-critical apps. The result: improved business and IT productivity. MyIT Integration Features • User access to IT services and applications from one easy-to- use interface Integration with IT Service Management and Cloud Lifecycle Management • Enable both pre-provisioned and approval-based apps and services • Automate requests from BMC SRM and BMC CLM with out of the box adapters • Create formless requests for apps, tools, and services • Allocate licenses upon programmatic approval, drastically reducing IT touch points throughout the process Hardware and Software Catalogs • Integrated multi-language support for broader user adoption • Social media-style interface for publishing installed applications and reviews in social profiles and feeds • Curate and publish rich catalogs of business tools • Deliver streamlined hardware requests in the same intuitive way that users request applications FOR MORE INFORMATION To learn more about BMC AppZone, please visit bmc.com/it-solutions/app-zone.html BMCBMC delivers software solutions digitalenterprises enterprises ultimate competitive business advantage. delivers software solutionsthat thathelp helpIT ITtransform transform digital forfor thethe ultimate competitive business Fromadvantage. mainframeWe to cloud to mobile, wethousands pair high-speed digital innovationtowith robust industrialization—allowing our customers to have worked with of leading companies create andIT deliver powerful IT management provide amazing usermainframe experiences optimized IT we performance, cost, compliance, and productivity. believe : services. 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