Magic Solutions, Inc.
| Private | |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Paramus, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Key people
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Igal Lichtman, Founder & CEO Andrew Rawson, VP Marketing Michael Pallatta, VP Sales, Vadim Mostov, Chief Architect Efim Gendler, Head of Search Technology Jon Von Lintig, CFO Florence Schlanger, VP Client Service Barbara Johnson, VP International |
| Products | SupportMagic |
| Website | BMC Software |
Magic Solutions International, Inc. (known as Magic Solutions) was a company that specialized in help desk automation and asset management software. Based on the East Coast of the United States (U.S.), the company emerged as an unplanned spin-off from a computer systems integrator, and was later considered one of the East Coast's most successful independent software vendors of the 1990s. Magic Solutions was founded in 1988 by Igal Lichtman and was headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey, U.S.
At inception, the company consisted of a single programmer in the service of one customer. Magic Solutions eventually accommodated over 300 staff members and a customer base of 6,000. The company reached a yearly revenue sum of US$64 million and in 1998 was sold to Network Associates, Inc. (now known as McAfee) for US$110 million in cash.
MicroAge, of Mahwah, New Jersey, was a retail computer franchise in the 1980s that achieved a considerable level of success. It transitioned from a retailer of stand-alone computers into a value added reseller and offered LAN installations for local businesses. A significant problem faced by the company after formation was the management of equipment that was sold and returned for service. At the time, a PC-based tracking program that could monitor serial numbers, warranty entitlement and a complete service history did not exist. Igal Lichtman, president of MicroAge, and one of the three owners, designed a "workflow" for a service management program that enabled staff to effectively run the company's service department. Employing the "C" programming language, and working together with former colleagues and friends from the Israel Defense Forces, Lichtman created the application, "ServiceMagic".
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