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BMC Software Enhances Management Capabilities for SAP Solutions - BMC
BMC Software Enhances Management Capabilities for SAP� Solutions New BMC Software PATROL� Products for SAP Solutions Bridge the Gap Between Operations and Development Teams HOUSTON - (April 28, 2003) - BMC Software, Inc., [NYSE: BMC], today announced new PATROL� for SAP� solutions that deliver enhanced customer value through reduced total cost of ownership and increased availability for SAP solutions. BMC Software also has become one of the first few to qualify for and join the SAP Partner Program as an SAP Global Software Partner. The new PATROL solutions are part of the BMC Software offering for Enterprise Applications Management, which optimizes business services by managing the complete heterogeneous application environment. BMC Software allows customers to manage both their third-party and SAP solutions by delivering services that measure the end-user experience while reducing the total cost of ownership and improving the performance and availability of their application environment. "In our business, it's imperative that SAP solutions be managed to deliver the utmost in performance and availability," said Dr. Karsten Lienau, manager SAP Services, arvato systems GmbH, Bertelsmann. "Using BMC's PATROL in our SAP solutions-based environment allows us to further manage our SAP solutions and maintain a more rigorous production schedule. This enables us to focus on our customers' needs in order to improve satisfaction and deliver added value to the company." PATROL for SAP Solutions Provides Enhanced Functionality via Interface with CCMS "In managing, supporting and hosting SAP solutions on behalf of our customers, we provide and maintain very high levels of service," said Stuart Mills, SAP Service Centre Manager for LogicaCMG. "The business-critical nature of the SAP solutions within our customers' businesses means that the assurance of optimum performance and availability are crucial - we therefore utilize BMC's PATROL for SAP solutions to provide this assurance, ultimately helping us to serve our customers better." BMC Software Infrastructure Management Solutions for SAP NetWeaver Platform BMC Software Now an SAP Global Software Partner "This relationship builds on the strength of both BMC and SAP to deliver enhanced customer value through increased availability and performance of SAP solutions," said Carl Coken, director of Product Management, Enterprise Applications Management (EAM), BMC Software. "With these new products for managing the SAP solutions-based landscape, our joint customers benefit from BMC's expertise and deployment of our distributed and mainframe solutions, which gives us the unique ability to provide an easy to implement, end-to-end management solution for heterogeneous environments." The following BMC Software products have certified integrations with SAP solutions: PATROL Version 4.2 for SAP solutions, BMC Software's business information management solution; CONTROL-D Option Version 1.3 for SAP solutions business integrated scheduling solution; CONTROL-M Option Version 6.1 for SAP solutions; and BMC Software's enterprise security solution, CONTROL-SA�/Agent for SAP solutions. For additional information on these certified solutions from BMC, please visit http://www.bmc.com/sapalliance. Pricing and Availability About BMC Software Public Relations Contacts: Julie Redard SAP, SAP NetWeaver, xApps and all other SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and several other countries. BMC Software, the BMC Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. � 2003, BMC Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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