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BMC Software’s Security Products Land End-of-the-Year Awards CONTROL-SA® Wins Information Security’s "Best Feature Set" Award and CONTROL-SA/PassPort Named One of the "Products You Love!" by MCP Magazine HOUSTON - (January 28, 2004) - BMC Software, Inc., [NYSE: BMC], a leading provider of enterprise management, today announced that it has won awards for two of its management solutions: CONTROL-SA and CONTROL-SA/PassPort. Both products are a part of BMC Software’s security management set of solutions, which enable customers to automate and simplify management of all enterprise security systems from a central point of control. These products support BMC Software’s recently announced Business Service Management initiative by assuring increased access to business services, applications and related data through comprehensive Identity Management Services. BMC Software’s CONTROL-SA Identity Management suite was recognized in the December issue of Information Security magazine as the "Best Feature Set." CONTROL-SA enables flexible management of identity information, providing enterprise-wide provisioning services from a single point within an IT environment. Additionally, administration of enterprise users is streamlined, security policies are enforced and access is assigned and revoked instantly saving administrators time while ensuring the reliability of the right users having access to business-critical applications. Chosen by the magazine’s editors, the annual "Best" issue in Information Security celebrates the best people, policies, processes and products in the security space. Information Security (http://infosecuritymag.techtarget.com/) is a print and online publication read by more than 62,000 top decision-makers in security management. The publication seeks to be educational and authoritative and considers itself "an indispensable resource for IT and infosecurity professionals on all levels and in all fields." Additionally, CONTROL-SA/PassPort was named one of the "Products You Love" by Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Magazine. CONTROL-SA/PassPort improves the efficiency of an IT department’s support staff by decreasing help desk password-related calls, providing user self-service password reset and enforcing a strong password policy. MCP Magazine’s readers chose the awards and every product chosen "is the hardest of the hardcore, designed to manage and secure a Windows network, boost performance and recover from the horrors that often plague IT."1 MCPMagazine is read by more than 111,000 readers and provides real world, peer-to-peer, technical, and career information for experienced information technology professionals who manage the Windows network. The goal is to provide readers with the information they need to stay current with Windows 2000, XP, and Windows.NET, along with related third-party products, technologies, and certifications. MCP Magazine can be found at http://www.mcpmag.com/. "We are pleased and honored to be recognized by these publications for delivering superior security solutions,” said Somesh Singh, vice president and general manager, Security Business Unit, BMC Software. “These awards demonstrate that BMC Software’s security solutions provide the functionality and capabilities that our customers demand. We are committed to meeting the needs of our security management customers and look forward to continuing the development of the CONTROL-SA suite of products." About Business Service Management
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