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> BMC Software now shipping the industry's broadest offering of
> middleware management products
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> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 1997
> Source: Business Wire
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> HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. --
>
> BMC Software Delivers Proactive Event and
>
> Performance Management for MQSeries, MS Exchange,
>
> TUXEDO, DCE, Transaction Server and Lotus Notes
>
> BMC Software Tuesday announced the industry's broadest offering of
> management solutions addressing the middleware layer of application
> management with two new products in the PATROL(R) Management Suite.
>
> These include PATROL Knowledge Module (KM) products for MQSeries and
> MS Exchange. Together with its other middleware management solutions,
> PATROL KM for TUXEDO, IBM's* Transaction Server, DCE and Lotus Notes,
> BMC Software provides a comprehensive management suite that addresses
> all key middleware components including message-oriented middleware,
> TP monitors, groupware and network services.
>
> "By offering solutions that manage the middleware layer, BMC Software
> continues to deliver on its promise of a holistic approach to
> application management," said Wayne T. Kernochan, vice president of
> commercial research for the Aberdeen Group. "BMC Software has
> presented an exceptionally comprehensive view of middleware
> administration, combining breadth of coverage across major middleware
> products with depth of functionality within each product."
>
> The PATROL Management Suite optimizes the service level provided to
> users of an application by automating and centralizing the control of
> mission-critical components including applications, databases, data,
> middleware, operating systems, server hardware and networks across
> Unix, NT, OpenVMS, MVS and OS/2 platforms.
>
> BMC Software also uses this holistic approach in its support of the
> middleware layer by monitoring and managing middleware applications in
> an integrated fashion with databases, networks, operating systems and
> business-defined processes.
>
> "Our customers tell us that middleware is a key component in the
> successful deployment of distributed applications, providing the
> necessary services to ensure smooth cooperation between heterogeneous
> applications and operating systems," said Wayne Morris, director of
> corporate strategy for BMC Software, Inc.
>
> "BMC Software's expertise in proactive application management gives
> our customers more than simply the ability to monitor their middleware
> - we provide customers with enhanced management functionality for
> their middleware layer and offer customers scalability, extensibility,
> proactive control, performance tracking and historical statistics."
>
> BMC Software Responds to Exploding Middleware Market
>
> As companies continue to use middleware layers to develop
> mission-critical applications, the need for software solutions to
> manage and monitor the more than $875 million-dollar market of
> middleware products has soared in the last five years and is expected
> to reach $5.9 billion by the year 2000 (International Data
> Corporation, Middleware: 1996 Worldwide Markets and Trends).
>
> Industry research has shown that 40 percent of all new client/server
> applications today are multi-tiered, requiring some type of middleware
> to maintain optimal computing environment efficiency. This figure is
> expected to grow to 75 percent by the year 2001 (Gartner Group,
> Middleware: The Foundation for Distributed Computing).
>
> In response to the demands of the market, BMC Software has focused its
> initial middleware support on key middleware products, including
> MQSeries, MS Exchange, TUXEDO, DCE, Transaction Server and Lotus
> Notes. "As the middleware market expands and additional middleware
> products are developed, BMC Software will continue to respond to the
> needs of its customers with new management solutions for the
> middleware layer," according to Morris. BMC Software's new PATROL KMs
> for the middleware layer are:
>
> -- The PATROL KM for Microsoft Exchange Server{#buProvides automatic
> and continuous monitoring of the messaging#}
>
> system and its components, enabling customers to support high
>
> availability requirements. By discovering the location and
>
> status of regions and other Exchange Server elements, the PATROL
>
> KM for MS Exchange reduces the discovery time from hours to
>
> minutes or even seconds depending on the customer's environment.
>
> This KM automates administration and operations and provides the
>
> administrator with the ability to automate problem discovery and
>
> resolution, including the automatic monitoring of error logs and
>
> disk space. -- The PATROL KM for IBM's* MQSeries
>
> Provides extensive proactive management and monitoring
>
> capabilities for MQSeries environments. It is the only
>
> management solution that enables automated configuration,
>
> dynamic discovery, dynamic routing and load balancing of all
>
> MQSeries resources. It provides one logical view of the entire
>
> MQSeries environment and provides tight integration into all the
>
> existing benefits of the PATROL console. The PATROL KM for
>
> MQSeries significantly reduces the time and cost associated with
>
> deploying an MQSeries environment by providing tools that help
>
> determine the most appropriate configuration of MQSeries. This
>
> KM currently supports OS/2, Windows NT, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and
>
> AIX and will be extended to cover MVS during the first half of
>
> 1997. MQSeries is a market leader in the message-oriented
>
> middleware (MOM) market space. MOM is a key component of multi-
>
> tier client server applications allowing disparate systems to
>
> communicate and exchange information.
>
> "The PATROL KM for MQSeries from BMC Software provides a robust
> management tool for customers wanting to maximize their investment in
> MQSeries and network computing," said Colin Osborne, IBM business
> manager for MQSeries based in Hursley. "MQSeries benefits from tools
> like the PATROL KM for MQSeries from BMC by providing an integrated
> solution for customers leveraging the power of MQSeries to develop and
> deploy enterprise applications. IBM looks forward to working with
> companies like BMC Software to encourage the rapid growth of MQSeries
> as part of customers' network applications."
>
> For more information about IBM, access the IBM home page at
> http://www.software.ibm.com . The MQSeries home page is at
> http://www.hursley.ibm.com/mqseries .
>
> Pricing and Availability
>
> The PATROL KMs for MQSeries, MS Exchange, TUXEDO, Transaction Server,
> DCE and Lotus Notes are available now from BMC Software and its
> distributors and agents worldwide. These products are available
> individually with prices starting at $365 (U.S. list) depending on
> server size.
>
> About BMC Software
>
> BMC Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BMCS) is a worldwide developer and vendor
> of more than 100 software solutions for automating application and
> data management across host-based and open systems environments. A
> Forbes 500 company with annual revenues exceeding $425 million in
> fiscal 1996, BMC Software is the world's 11th largest independent
> software vendor and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more
> information on BMC Software, access the World Wide Web at
> http://www.bmc.com or call (800) 841-2031 or (713) 918-8800.
>
> BMC Software, the BMC Software logo and all other products or service
> names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. in
> the USA and other select countries. The " and * symbols indicate USA
> registration or USA trademarks. *IBM is a registered trademark of
> International Business Machines Corp. Other logos and products/trade
> names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
> companies. BMC Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
>
> CONTACT: BMC Software, Houston | Angela Goodwin, 713/918-2036 | or |
> Eastwick Communications | Tracy Beaufort, 408/270-3510
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