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Softimage: This was software for the movie industry that powered films such as Jurassic Park and Titanic.

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Andy Park, Vijay Manwani, and Ravi Reddy previously founded data center software and cloud automation company BladeLogic, which was acquired by BMC Software in 2008.

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Ahead of the launch workers at Bletchley Park - the site of Britain's World War II codebreaking efforts - trialled the software to help promote the roll-out.

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