DATEV uses BMC Software to Automate and Optimize Datacenter Operations

AMSTERDAM, July 17, 2008 – BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) today announced that DATEV, Germany’s largest software and IT service provider for tax consultants, auditors and lawyers, has chosen BMC’s BladeLogic Service Automation solution to automate and optimize its datacenter operations. 

Acquired by BMC earlier this year, BladeLogic’s industry leading datacenter automation solution is a key component of Business Service Management (BSM).  The acknowledged BSM pioneer, BMC has aggressively developed this game-changing IT management approach since announcing it in 2002.

In selecting BMC Software’s offering, DATEV now has one cross-platform solution to optimize, automate and manage all stages of the server lifecycle including inventory management, provisioning, patch management, configuration management, access control and compliance.

BMC’s extensive functionality will allow DATEV to more efficiently meet the IT requirements of its internal divisions and its clients by enabling its administrator teams to systematically manage server configurations, consistently enforce compliance policies and rapidly roll out applications while minimizing the risk and downtime associated with configuration changes. BMC will also play a key role in DATEV’s future datacenter expansion initiatives which involves provisioning, certifying and managing a large number of servers to support its rapidly growing IT infrastructure.

“DATEV operates one of the most modern datacenters in Europe,” said Heinrich Golüke, DATEV’s head of communication technology.  “DATEV views datacenter automation as one of the enablers for our future expansion strategy.  Our evaluation team conducted a thorough cross-platform evaluation of multiple datacenter automation offerings and selected BMC’s BladeLogic solution because it fit our extensive technical requirements better than any other option. We were very impressed with the maturity of the solution and the datacenter automation expertise of the BMC team, and we feel confident that BMC will additionally improve the efficiency of our datacenter operations and enable us to gain additional competitive advantage.”

Luca Lazzaron, BMC’s vice president and general manager for EMEA, added: “DATEV is yet another example of a very successful, highly innovative industry leader that has chosen to work with BMC.   DATEV’s IT services cover the spectrum of accounting, business consulting, taxation, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and reliable 24-hour operation.  By selecting the BMC Service Automation solution, DATEV continues its commitment to technology innovation and customer satisfaction by deploying one of the most sophisticated and proven automation software solutions on the market today.”

The project has been initiated in collaboration with the BMC partner COMPAREX.

About DATEV
DATEV is the software house and IT service provider for tax consultants, auditors and lawyers, including their clients. The range of services predominantly covers the areas of accounting, business consulting, taxation, enterprise resource planning (ERP), as well as organization and planning. DATEV, which was founded in 1966, ranks not only in Germany among the largest IT service providers and software companies with its approx. 39,000 members, 5,500 employees and a turnover of 614 million Euros in 2007. DATEV has its headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, with 26 Information Centers in Germany, one Information Office in Brussels, Belgium, and associated companies in Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy and Spain.
DATEV software for auditing is offered via sales partners in Hungary and Slovakia.

About BMC Software

BMC Software is a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions that empower the world’s largest and most sophisticated companies to automate their IT and increase its business value. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. For the four fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2008, BMC revenue was approximately $1.73 billion. Visit www.bmc.com for more information. 

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