BMC Software Awarded ESI Contract by U.S. Department of Defense

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 13, 2007 – BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) today announced that the company has been awarded an Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (USDoD).  BMC currently has hundreds of customers and thousands of users within the U.S. defense community.

“We are very pleased that the Department of Defense has awarded an ESI contract to BMC Software,” said Chris Aherne, BMC’s Director of Public Sector Operations.  “This contract indicates to us that the Department of Defense is very satisfied with our software solutions, and it enables BMC to efficiently and effectively assist our many customers inside the defense community in fulfilling their crucial mission.”

The ESI program was put in place to leverage commercial software licensing for the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract will be managed under the department’s ESI program by the Army Small Computer Program (ASCP).

While minimizing network disruptions and prioritizing IT assets for mission-critical needs, BMC solutions offer clear IT process efficiency and cost savings that are achievable quickly and economically.  BMC solutions such as BMC Remedy IT Service Management, BMC Change and Configuration Management, BMC Application Management, BMC Identity Management, and BMC Service Level Management provide a superior level of scalability and the functionality required to support even the most complex IT infrastructures including massive data centers and legacy systems. 

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