Amdahl Endorses BMC Software's ChangeDataMove To Meet Customers Data Availability Challenges.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998-- Leading data center vendors deliver high-performance solution for transporting data from mainframe legacy databases to Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0 Amdahl Corporation (company) Amdahl Corporation - A US computer manufacturer. Amdahl is a major supplier of large mainframes, UNIX and Open Systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and today announced that they are endorsing BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. Software's ChangeDataMove product for use with Microsoft's(R) SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (R) 7.0. ChangeDataMove is an integral part of BMC Software's Enterprise Data Propagation (EDP (Electronic Data Processing) The first name used for the computer field. EDP - Electronic Data Processing (tm)) strategy for integrating applications, enabling near real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. warehousing. Amdahl will be a reference and a consulting resource for BMC Software's EDP product suite for its largest customers facing the challenges of accessing legacy data and those maintaining very large databases with high transaction rates and 24x7 availability requirements. The new EDP solution improves the quality and timeliness of data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. for SQL Server 7.0 performance by ensuring high-quality, currency and integrity of data. Providing this degree of availability is part of BMC Software's corporate strategy for Application Service Assurance (ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and (tm)). "As mission-critical applications on SQL Server 7.0 become prevalent, we recognize the need to integrate existing data from IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. (R), VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) An IBM access method for storing data, widely used in IBM mainframes. It uses the B+tree method for organizing data. VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method (R) and DB2(R)," said Jim Ewel, director for Microsoft SQL Server. "We recognize the value that BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. NYSE: BMC, is an American enterprise management software provider, focusing on IT infrastructure applications. BMC was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. provides through their EDP solution, providing near real-time change propagation to our customers through products like ChangeDataMove." With faster and easier access to operational data residing in legacy systems, customers will now be able to extend the power of their data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse investments by deploying near real-time analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. with minimal performance impact to their operational systems. BMC Software's new ChangeDataMove and DataMove software delivers this functionality to customers of Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. The result of the integration is a high performance solution for capturing and propagating legacy data to business intelligence and analytic applications running on mainframe, open systems and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R)-based databases. "BMC is bringing the much needed capability of accessing legacy databases without impacting high performance systems like IMS, VSAM and even DB2," said George Mele, director of storage marketing for Amdahl Corporation. "During our benchmarks at Amdahl, the data capture technology of the ChangeDataMove product achieved very impressive performance numbers, that can address the needs of customers with extremely high transaction rates. Amdahl supports the world's largest heterogeneous enterprises with leading-edge technology and consulting services. This industry-leading combination enables customers to share valuable information from the mainframe to the desktop, while protecting their existing infrastructure and technology investments." BMC Software's EDP strategy of keeping data warehouse information current involves moving large volumes of data from operational systems to data warehouse systems on a regular (weekly or nightly) basis. BMC Software's new EDP solutions, ChangeDataMove and DataMove, can automate the update of an operational data stores or data warehouse, with either high performance bulk data transfer or incremental changes captured and transformed from the operational systems. Amdahl has technical field engineers and consultants trained in the area of data replication and information management. In addition, Amdahl is investing in the technical training of consultants to bring complete solutions and services to customers. Amdahl consultants offer a full suite of services and will assess customer environments and make recommendations accordingly. Trained technicians will not only propose solutions to customer problems, but they will also be able to implement and install that solution. Product installation, tuning and the training of customer DBAs and programmers will also be available "The solution from BMC Software and supported by Amdahl gives companies with large data volumes and/or high transaction volumes the opportunity to build data warehouses much more quickly and with much less cost and risk," said Nancy Harris, director of product marketing data availability and solutions for BMC Software. "Amdahl endorses the EDP solution because it addresses the critical factors of data availability including quality, currency and integrity of data--all objectives of our ASA strategy." About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. is an industry leader in delivering Application Service Assurance (ASA) solutions - enterprise-level software and support that improves the availability, performance and recovery of critical applications and data in complex computing environments. BMC Software is the world's 12th largest independent software vendor and a Forbes 500 company, with revenues exceeding $730 million in fiscal 1998. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , with offices worldwide. For more information, please call 800-841-2031 or 713-918-8800 or visit BMC Software on the Web at www.bmc.com. About Amdahl Amdahl Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of information technology products and solutions for the global marketplace with revenues of $37.7 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. Amdahl provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Amdahl has over 25 years of experience with large-scale computing solutions and client/server technology. The company supports heterogeneous architectures found in mission-critical customer environments that blend MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. (R), Windows NT, and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) operating systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Amdahl combines hardware and software products and services methods with world class offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries. For the Year 2000 compliance status of this offering or any other Amdahl offering, visit the Amdahl Year 2000 Web site at: www.amdahl.com/y2k Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corporation. BMC Software, the BMC Software logos, Application Service Assurance, ASA, ChangeDataMove, DataMove, Enterprise Data Propagation, and EDP are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. in the USA and in other select countries. MVS and DB2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively (except in Japan where such license is non-exclusive) through the Open Software Foundation. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. NOTE TO EDITORS: Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet at www.amdahl.com , the Amdahl Corporation home page. 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