BMC Software Completes Acquisition of Sylvain Faust Inc.; Acquisition Strengthens Company's Distributed Data Management Capabilities.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 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. Inc., (Nasdaq:BMCS BMCS Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (UK) BMCS Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (Naval Rating) BMCS Blue Mountains Conservation Society (Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia) ), the leading provider of e-business systems management, today announced that on October 27 it completed its acquisition of the assets of Sylvain Faust Inc., a Quebec-based developer of award-winning database solutions. The acquisition of these database development solutions adds depth to 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 existing range of distributed data management (protocol, database) Distributed Data Management - (DDM) An IBM data protocol architecture for data management services across distributed systems in an SNA environment. DDM provides a common data management language for data interchange among different IBM system platforms. offerings. Earlier this month, BMC Software announced plans to acquire all of Sylvain Faust Inc.'s assets, products and technology and integrate them into the Distributed Data Management business unit. The Distributed Data Management unit delivers the newly branded BMC Software DataOne(TM) solution family that includes more than 30 distributed database A database physically stored in two or more computer systems. Although geographically dispersed, a distributed database system manages and controls the entire database as a single collection of data. products. The acquisition extends BMC Software's market-leading data management offerings by adding Sylvain Faust Inc.'s time-saving SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. tools and utilities. Among the products that will be integrated into BMC Software's DataOne solutions is SQL-Programmer(R), which provides a complete development environment for Oracle(R) PL/SQL (Procedural Language/SQL) A programming language from Oracle that is used to write triggers and stored procedures that are executed by the Oracle DBMS. It is also used to add additional processing (sorting and other manipulation) of the data that has been returned by , Sybase(R) and Microsoft(R) Transact-SQL programmers. Sylvain Faust Inc.'s management, development and sales teams, including president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Sylvain Faust, will relocate to BMC Software's Houston and Austin offices over the next two quarters. About BMC Software One of the world's largest independent software vendors, BMC Software delivers the most comprehensive e-business systems management software with the fastest guaranteed implementation. This Service Assurance(TM) strategy enhances the availability, performance and recoverability of companies' business-critical applications. Companies can use this management methodology to demonstrate their ability to deliver optimal service to their customers and partners by joining BMC Software OnSite(TM), a certification program which includes solution implementation and regular HealthChecks performed by BMC Software Professional Services. BMC Software is a Forbes 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2000 revenues exceeding $1.7 billion. The company is headquartered in Houston, with offices worldwide. For more information please visit BMC Software's Web site at www.bmc.com, or call 800/841-2031 or 713/918-8800. BMC Software, BMC Software OnSite, the BMC Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. (c) 2000 BMC Software Inc. All rights reserved. |
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