BMC Software Focuses on Increased Data Availability with Launch of New Extended Performance (EP) Line of IMS Database Utilities; EP Line Adds New Tier of Products to Provide Solutions for Customers Requiring the Highest Level of Performance and Data Availability.HOUSTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 1995--BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BMCS BMCS Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (UK) BMCS Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (Naval Rating) BMCS Blue Mountains Conservation Society (Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia) ) Tuesday underscored its commitment to the enterprise by launching its new Extended Performance (EP) line of 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. database utilities for customers requiring the highest level of performance and 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. . The EP line adds a new higher level 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 multi-tiered IMS product offerings and consists of the following new utilities: LOADPLUS(R)/EP, UNLOAD PLUS(R)/EP, SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY/EP and FAST REORG FACILITY/EP. "We developed the EP line of IMS database utilities specifically for customers who place a premium on keeping their systems running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," said Leslie Butterfield, product marketing manager for 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. . "The products in the EP family provide these customers with the performance and functionality to meet the requirements of continuous availability. In addition, the EP line allows customers to choose the IMS database utilities that best meet their computing and budget requirements from a multi-tiered product offering of basic, mid-level and extended performance product lines." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report by the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , IMS applications will continue to exist well into the 21st century.(a) Butterfield added, "This research supports our findings that customers believe the amount of data in their mainframe systems is growing rapidly, their users are demanding continuous access to that data, and the cost of data outages and the unplanned down time that results is a very real cost of doing business. BMC Software's EP line will help address these critical issues for customers." EP Utilities and the CONCURRENT REORG Solution The increasing demand for information has extended the online requirements closer to a true 24 X 7 environment and has significantly reduced the batch window The time available for an intensive batch processing operation such as a disk backup. for a growing number of organizations. At the same time, the increasing size of IMS databases is causing more time consuming reorganizations and is consuming greater amounts of CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. resources. The EP utilities help to eliminate these problems by performing IMS database reorganizations in significantly less time than other products (including native IMS utilities). BMC Software is offering CONCURRENT REORG, a solution that combines the EP utilities with the CHANGE RECORDING FACILITY (CRF CRF abbr. chronic renal failure CRF Chronic renal failure ) to perform the fastest possible reorganizations, while maintaining online access to data for users. CRF gives users access to data while the database is being reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. . CRF is not a part of the EP line, but is the enabling technology that, when added to the EP line, delivers the near online reorganization capability. The EP utilities include: -- UNLOAD PLUS(R)/EP-unloads data faster than any other utility and is up to 20 percent faster than the UNLOAD PLUS utility found in BMC Software's mid-level database utilities line. -- LOADPLUS(R)/EP-loads the database faster than any other utility and is up to 50 percent faster than the LOADPLUS utility found in BMC Software's DB utilities line. -- SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY/EP-replaces the six native IMS utilities required to build secondary indexes and lets customers build primary and secondary indexes in the same job step. This simplifies and speeds the process of creating indexes. The utility performs up to 40 percent faster than the SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY found in BMC Software's DB utilities line. -- FAST REORG FACILITY/EP (FRF/EP(TM))-speeds regular database reorganizations by running BMC Software's high-speed reorganization utilities concurrently. This capability reduces reorganization elapsed time e·lapsed time n. The measured duration of an event. Noun 1. elapsed time - the time that elapses while some event is occurring up to an additional 40 percent. This product is also required for the CONCURRENT REORG solution. Parallel Processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. Support Another benefit of the Extended Performance utilities is that they exploit parallel technology. With the new EP utilities, organizations can begin the move to parallel processing without concerns over increasing their database reorganization times. BMC Software's IMS Database Utility Offerings With the announcement of the EP line, BMC Software now offers IMS utilities in three tiers to meet the computing and budget requirements of most customers. The following table lists the products in each line. -0-
Basics/DB Line DB Utilities Extended Performance
Line(b)
LOAD/DB LOADPLUS(R) LOADPLUS/EP
UNLOAD/DB UNLOAD PLUS(R) UNLOAD PLUS/EP
SECONDARY INDEX SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY/EP
MAINTENANCE FAST REORG FACILITY FAST REORG FACILITY/EP
PREFIX RESOLUTION PLUS CHANGE RECORDING FACILITY(b)
POINTER CHECKER PLUS
-0- Pricing and Availability Each of the products in the IMS DB utilities and EP lines can be purchased separately or together to perform certain database management functions. For example, customers can purchase LOADPLUS/EP, UNLOAD PLUS/EP, SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY/EP, and FAST REORG FACILITY/EP to perform regular IMS database reorganizations. Or a customer can purchase CONCURRENT REORG, which contains all of these utilities plus the CHANGE RECORDING FACILITY to provide a near online IMS database reorganization. The Extended Performance line will be generally available from BMC Software and its distributors and agents on Sept. 29, 1995. Customers should contact their BMC Software sales representative for pricing. About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. is a leading developer and vendor of Cooperative Enterprise Management Solutions that automate application and data management across heterogeneous legacy and open systems environments. BMC Software is cooperating with leading vendors throughout the computer industry to provide its customers with integrated enterprise-wide data, system, application and network management solutions. BMC Software has a 15-year history of industry-leading product development for large-scale computing environments. It is now leveraging this knowledge and strength in the management and movement of data to introduce new solutions for enterprise-wide computing. BMC Software 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 and currently offers more than 80 products. NOTE TO EDITORS: BMC Software, the BMC Software logo and all other products or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. in the USA and other select countries. The (R) and (TM) symbols indicate USA registration or USA trademarks. Other logos and products/trade names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. BMC Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer equal opportunity employer An employer or enterprise that does not discriminate against a job candidate, or subject him/her to adverse exclusionary criteria, based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. See Equal employment opportunity. . NR03295 CBT-XXX800 -0- (a) Copyright (c) 1995, Gartner Group, Inc. (b) Together, the EP utilities plus the CHANGE RECORDING FACILITY product make up the CONCURRENT REORG solution CONTACT: BMC Software, Inc., Houston Lisa Cradit, 713/918-8800 or Eastwick Communications Michael Adams
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