BMC Software® Simplifies the Management of Complex Database Environments with Integration of IMS Databases into SmartDBA® Console

Lowers Total Cost of IT by Enabling Companies to Manage More Data with Less Resources

HOUSTON - (Sept. 27, 2004) - BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE: BMC], a leader in enterprise management, today announced the integration of IMS databases into its SmartDBA console. With the introduction of SmartDBA System Administration for IMS, BMC Software is further distinguishing itself from the competition as the only vendor that offers the ability to manage all major databases (IMS, DB2 Universal Database for mainframe and distributed platforms, Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server) from one Web-based console. In doing so, BMC Software is addressing the IT challenge of managing increasingly complex environments by providing a closed-loop process for proactively identifying, preventing and resolving database problems before they affect the business.

"A growing issue for mainframe enterprises is the decline in skilled staff to maintain the environment. With the majority of Fortune 1000 companies operating on a mainframe, companies need to look to technology to compensate for diminishing mainframe skills," said Bill Miller, vice president and general manager, Mainframe Management, BMC Software. "BMC is the only company that can provide customers with heterogeneous management across mainframe and distributed database environments. In doing so, we are eliminating the complexities traditionally associated with managing the mainframe by enabling cross training and skill sharing so that any DBA, regardless of their database knowledge, can easily work in a mixed environment."

Today's announcement marks another significant milestone in BMC Software's previously announced (Oct. 2002) blueprint for lowering the cost of managing data across the enterprise. The goal of this initiative is to provide deeper levels of interoperability and integration between management tools for mainframe and distributed database management systems by bridging them with the company's SmartDBA Web-based console and technologies. In doing so, BMC Software is reducing the need for companies to have "experts" for each database by extending DBA skill-sets across multiple databases.

"Our database environment is extremely complex and growing. If there is a DBMS out there - Sybase, IMS, DB2, Oracle - we are using it. To complicate matters we are being asked to support more with fewer resources," said Todd Blandford, senior DBA, Duke University Medical Center. "A standard 'console' that manages all of our DBMSs would facilitate cross-training and enable us to better leverage our resources."

With the introduction of SmartDBA System Administration for IMS, BMC Software is extending the advanced functionality it delivers for managing the performance, administration and recovery of IMS databases to the SmartDBA console. SmartDBA for System Administration for IMS provides customers with an integrated solution for all of their IMS administration tasks. Additional performance and recovery solutions for IMS databases will be integrated into the SmartDBA console later this year and in 2005. These solutions include:

• SmartDBA Database Performance for IMS Online - provides continuous availability for IMS high availability large databases (HALDB) and full-function databases with proactive and automatic management;
• SmartDBA Database Performance for IMS Express - produces high speed reorganization for increased availability for IMS HALDB and full-function databases with proactive and automatic management;
• SmartDBA Database Performance for IMS Fast Path - manages data enter databases (DEDBs) through the SmartDBA interface while maximizing data availability, improving database performance, enabling application enhancement through indexing, and speeding recoveries;
• SmartDBA Recovery Management for IMS - greatly reduces, and in some instances eliminates, planned outages for backups, and dramatically reduces the impact of unplanned outages due to local or disaster recovery while automating the backup/recovery process, providing integrated and intelligent solutions; and
• MAXM Database Advisor for IMS - proactively and automatically manages HALDB and full-function databases through SmartDBA integration. It simplifies views by offering database grouping by CA, DBD or user defined thresholds, allows for the emailing of alerts based on severity levels, graphical window pop-ups and provides database search capabilities.

Pricing and Availability
SmartDBA for System Administration for IMS v2.0 will be available in November in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. SmartDBA Database Performance for IMS Online, Express and Fast Path, SmartDBA Recovery Management for IMS, and MAXM Database Advisor for IMS will be available in December. For pricing, as well as additional information on BMC Software's SmartDBA family, please visit www.bmc.com/solutions/database.

About BMC Software
BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE:BMC], is a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal 2004 revenues of more than $1.4 billion. For more information about BMC Software, visit www.bmc.com

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