BMC Software Launches Web DBA for One-Stop Web-Shop Database Administration.

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000

Database Administrators, Web Developers Can Access, Manage and

Control Oracle Databases from Anywhere, Anytime

Via an Internet Browser 

BMC Software Inc. (Nasdaq:BMCS), the leading developer of management solutions that ensure application service assurance(TM), today introduced Web DBA. Web DBA is the company's first Web-based interactive database solution that requires only a standard Internet browser to address the day-to-day database management tasks faced by today's database administrators (DBA) and developers.

"Web DBA is BMC Software's answer to our customers' database management issues -- they asked us for it, they helped us design it and they continue to offer support through Web DBA's e-community," said Joyce Durst, vice president, enterprise data availability for BMC Software. "Our customers needed one product that could meet their day-to-day database management needs and one that anyone -- from expert to novice -- could use. Web DBA provides that solution."

Developed with the customer in mind, Web DBA speeds and simplifies routine tasks Oracle database administrators must conduct everyday, and enables developers and database administrators to manage and control their databases from anywhere, anytime.

Web DBA also marks a new architecture for BMC Software and is the first of a suite of Web product solutions that will continue to be introduced throughout 2000. Future introductions to the product line will include Web DBA for DB2 UDB, Web DBA for SQL Server, and Web DBA for OS/390.

"We manage numerous database environments across the country, so our business relies on our ability to remotely manage and access our clients' databases. With its Web-based architecture, Web DBA will provide us with a powerful tool that will help us manage all of our day-to-day DBA tasks, anytime, anywhere," said Mark Vorholt, chief technology officer for DBAdirect(TM), a lead player in the remote management of database support services, delivering database support via dial-up and the internet to perform database administration tasks for clients using Oracle, Sybase, Informix or MS SQL Server databases. DBAdirect(TM) acts as a company's "virtual DBA staff" to offload the burden of database management from clients, allowing them to concentrate on systems to keep the business moving forward. "We tell our customers 'we're there when you need us,' and, using BMC's Web DBA, we will further ensure that our clients' databases are accessible, available and up and running 24 X 7."

Customers may trial, download, install and purchase Web DBA via the BMC Software Web site. Web DBA is competitively priced at $995 per user with fixed quantity discounting. Currently available in beta, Web DBA is accessible to a variety of users and will be generally available in June 2000.

"We're finding that our e-business customers are really database driven -- their databases must be available and up and running 24X7 to meet their customers needs," said Steve Foote, president and CEO of Enswers.com Inc., a leading Internet professional services firm providing strategic guidance and implementation services to corporations seeking competitive advantage and differentiation through e-business. "Web DBA provides a classic tool that can help ensure that e-business companies that are deploying Web sites and managing databases stay available around the clock. Given the crucial shortage in trained database administrators, Web DBA provides a powerful, scalable tool that will help companies manage their data from anywhere, anytime."

Meeting Database Management Needs:

Web DBA offers a range of unique features including:

-- Remote access -- Web DBA's thin-client Web architecture allows

anyone to manage enterprise database tasks from any

Web-enabled PC -- anytime, anywhere.

-- Browse O/S files -- Web DBA's browser-based instance

management allows access to operating system files applicable

to any Oracle instance in the enterprise.

-- V$Navigator -- Web DBA's V$Navigator knows the many internal

relationships between Oracle's V$ tables and lets database

administrators and developers quickly and easily surf the

structures.

-- e-Community -- The Web DBA online e-community offers users a

discussion forum for everyday problems and solutions with

peers, tips and techniques and links to articles and books of

interest.

Fulfilling Customer Expectations

For the customer, Web DBA provides a solution that increases return on investment. As the need to manage data and databases grows exponentially with the growth of e-business, finding skilled database administrators has become increasingly challenging. As a result, the historic role of the DBA has changed, and often Web developers and other staff must perform DBA tasks and duties on a daily basis. Web DBA's ease of use and remote access via a Web browser makes it a tool that can be used by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

"Web DBA is the only product of its kind that is fully Web-enabled and offers remote access and manageability from anywhere, " stated Durst. "With these features, Web DBA ensures customers a fast ROI, which in turn can give them an edge over their competitors."

Assurance 2000

Join BMC Software for a global gathering of CIOs, top executives, managers and technical staff from around the world at its first-ever Assurance 2000 users group conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 21-26. Here's your opportunity to meet one-on-one with BMC Software executives and hear from keynoters, Bran Ferren, formerly of Disney, and physicist Michio Kaku. With sessions focusing on E-business, Storage Management and Intelligent Service Management, Assurance 2000 is the ultimate application service assurance learning experience.

To register today, see updates and get a full description of the sessions and curriculum for Assurance 2000, visit www.bmc.com/assurance2000 or call 800/254-1420.

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, Texas, 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.

About PATROL

BMC Software's PATROL Application Management suite of products provides centralized control of applications and databases, including prediction, in a distributed computing environment. From a single graphical console, PATROL, through loadable libraries of expertise called PATROL Knowledge Modules(TM) (KMs), helps proactively manage computers, resources, databases and applications across the e-business enabled enterprise. For implementation of PATROL, BMC Software Professional Services offers a comprehensive suite of consulting services and education offerings designed to ensure ongoing business availability of critical applications.

About BMC Software OnSite

BMC Software OnSite is a seal of certification for e-business, delivering on the assurance of e-vailability that business critical applications are up and running 24/365. OnSite is BMC Software's commitment to helping our valued customers provide the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

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