Marimba Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and support of software change and configuration management solutions. It offers two product families, Desktop/Mobile Management and Server Management. These product families allow companies to perform policy-based distributions, updates, and repairs of software applications on desktops, laptops, servers, and handheld devices. The company’s Desktop/Mobile Management product family is an enterprise-level change and configuration management solution that allows corporations to manage the lifecycle of software on desktops, laptops, and handheld devices across the Internet and other networks. Included within the Desktop/Mobile Management product family are its Embedded Management products, which allow device manufacturers and independent software vendors to deliver software updates, software patches, new features, and new services over the Internet and other networks by embedding Marimba management capabilities into their devices or software applications. Server Management product family provides data center administrators with a solution to automate tasks, such as provisioning and deployment of applications and operating system patches, replication of code and content, and the ability to perform remote commands. Marimba’s customer base spans various markets, including financial services, government, insurance, retail, manufacturing, and telecommunications. The company markets its products worldwide through a direct sales force and indirectly through resellers. Marimba was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. As on July 15, 2004, Marimba Inc. operates as a operating subsidiary of BMC Software, Inc.