BMC Software Recognized with SAP Pinnacle Award for Outstanding Achievement

HOUSTON - (June 13, 2005) - BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE: BMC], a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, today announced the company has been awarded an SAP Pinnacle Award by SAP AG, the world's leading provider of business software solutions. BMC Software's PATROL^® for SAP^® Enterprise Portal was recognized for outstanding achievement in Development and Innovation which is Powered by SAP NetWeaver, the open integration and application platform.

PATROL for SAP^® Enterprise Portal provides a centralized monitoring solution that ensures reliable, predictable performance of the SAP^® Enterprise Portal. The solution monitors overall availability and component availability, including the SAP Enterprise Portal landscape and connectivity to backend systems. PATROL for SAP^® Enterprise Portal also enables IT personnel to define and monitor service level targets that correspond to company business goals, resulting in improved availability.

"We are proud to receive this endorsement from SAP^® which is a reflection of the increasingly close working relationship between the two companies," said Mary Smars, vice president and general manager, Distributed Systems Management, BMC Software. "PATROL for SAP Enterprise Portal is the first, most external technology layer through which end users come in contact with the SAP NetWeaver™ platform. Managing this complex environment is crucial for minimizing implementation and ongoing operational costs and for ensuring that target service levels are met."

About the Pinnacle Awards
The Pinnacle Awards Program was established to recognize SAP Global Technology, SAP Global Services and SAP Software Partners who have excelled in developing their partnership with SAP by providing quality products, solutions and services to mutual customers. The SAP Pinnacle Awards 2004 Program was structured around strategic SAP Initiatives and Solutions: SAP NetWeaver™, Powered by SAP NetWeaver™, ERP, CRM and Industry Focus. Within each category, awards are presented for excellence in: Sales/Marketing and Development /Innovation. BMC Software is one of only 15 SAP partners to receive a Pinnacle Award.

About BMC Software and SAP AG
BMC Software and SAP share over 1,000 joint customers and collaborate through product integration and certification, joint marketing, and field engagement. The BMC Software - SAP partnership allows customers to maximize the value of their SAP investment by connecting their business processes with the IT resources that support them thereby ensuring Business Service Management. The partnership provides customers with reduced downtime, improved end user productivity, attainment of service levels required by the business, increased efficiency of SAP administrators and lower total cost of ownership for IT staffing and infrastructure. BMC Software delivers many SAP-Certified solutions. PATROL for SAP^® Solutions suite (Powered by SAP NetWeaver™) improves performance through root-cause analysis, real-time application management and what-if scenario forecasting. BMC Software's Certified for SAP NetWeaver™ solutions include: CONTROL-M (for automated enterprise batch scheduling), CONTROL-D (for application output and report distribution) and PATROL Integration for SAP CCMS and SAP Solution Manager™ (for integration of 3rd party systems management data into SAP). BMC Software also has certified CONTROL-SA (for identity management and SAP user provisioning) and provides PATROL solutions for the SAP Enterprise Portal™ and the SAP Web Application Server™, as well as SAP data management solutions (SQL-BackTrack™ and Space Expert).

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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BMC Software
Phone: 713-918-1649
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