BMC Software announces first set of data management products in the PATROL Management Suite; improves database availability, reliability, integrity and consistency.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1996--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) ) Monday introduced a set of database management products targeted specifically at the most complex and recurring re·cur intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs 1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly. 2. To return to one's attention or memory. 3. To return in thought or discourse. problems managing the enterprise. The new products include: PATROL DB-Change Manager(TM), PATROL DB-Integrity(TM), PATROL DB-Reorg(TM), PATROL DB-Stats(TM), PATROL DB-Basics Admin(TM) and PATROL DB-Basics Utilities(TM), as well as PATROL DB-Voyager(TM) (formerly MetaDESK) and PATROL DB-Alter(TM) (formerly MetaMANAGE). These data administration and utility products leverage the expertise of a DBA by enabling them to administrate ad·min·is·trate tr.v. ad·min·is·trat·ed, ad·min·is·trat·ing, ad·min·is·trates To administer. administrate Verb [-trating, -trated multiple heterogeneous databases and platforms from a single interface with a common look and feel. As a result, the products significantly improve database availability, reliability, integrity and consistency, while reducing the costs associated with managing multiple distributed databases 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. in heterogeneous, enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environments. "We use 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 PATROL DB-Voyager and PATROL DB-Alter products to administer our company's Oracle databases," said Fred Unger, advisory database administrator for The North West Company. "BMC's products are a tremendous time saver and allow me to focus on more important tasks. For example, inserting a column into a table manually could potentially take hours, now with BMC's products it takes only a matter of minutes A Matter of Minutes is an episode from the television series The New Twilight Zone. Cast
Database Administration Products Address Critical Functions Databases are at the center of most mission-critical business systems and require a great deal of a time to maintain, modify, recover and restart. Added Wayne Morris People called Wayne Morris include:
BMC Software's data administration and utility products offer the functionality required to address these issues and achieve efficient database administration. Key areas of functionality in the products include multiple database schema The definition of a database. It defines the structure and content in each data element within the structure. Schemas are often designed with visual modeling tools that automatically create the SQL code necessary to define the table structures. See subschema and XML schema. management, integrity checking, reorganization and statistics, ad-hoc query, and advanced alter. BMC Software's product offerings in these areas include: - PATROL DB-Change Manager Enhances an administrator's ability to manage enterprise database environments and improves database integrity, consistency and reliability. The product takes the PATROL DB-Alter process one step further by allowing administrators to investigate changes across multiple systems and distribute a set of changes to multiple databases with a single action. The product is available for Oracle, with other database platforms to follow. A similar product is available today from BMC Software for DB2(a) on 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. . - PATROL DB-Integrity Improves the productivity of database administrators, quality assurance and test teams, and improves database availability by discovering invalid objects. This product automatically analyzes the integrity of all objects (static and compiled), space and linkages in the database to assure that they are valid and available. PATROL DB-Integrity supports Oracle, with other database platforms to follow. - PATROL DB-Reorg Ensures maximum 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. through intelligent, high speed reorganization of databases, enhanced database performance and better utilization of disk space. This utility enables customers to reorganize 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. their databases only when necessary by supplying analytical data that indicates whether or not a reorganization is beneficial. PATROL DB-Reorg supports Oracle, with other database platforms to follow. - PATROL DB-Stats Enables the proactive space management and performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. of databases through the delivery of detailed statistics. This utility provides users with raw data, analytical information, recommendations for meeting user-defined performance goals, and efficient use of space and procedures for implementing the recommendations. Users benefit through enhanced database performance and optimal use of disk space. PATROL DB-Stats supports Oracle, with other database platforms to follow. - PATROL DB-Basics Admin Provides entry-level database administration functionality for Informix databases to increase DBA productivity, as well as the availability, integrity and reliability of data and databases. The functions include schema generation, table truncation, permissions management, instance creation, space reporting and statistics updating. This entry-level product set does not include the full-function impact analysis of PATROL DB-Alter, however it offers customers flexibility and scalability in selecting the degree of functionality required for database administration in small, medium and large computing environments. - PATROL DB-Basics Utilities Provides entry-level database utility functionality for Informix databases to increase DBA productivity, as well as the availability, integrity and reliability of data and databases. Functionality includes the loading and unloading Unloading Selling securities or commodities whose prices are dropping to minimize loss. of data, exporting and importing of databases, and archiving and recovering of data. This entry level product set does not include the full function utility features of the PATROL DB family of products, however it does offer customers flexibility and scalability in selecting the degree of functionality required for database utilities in small, medium and large computing environments. - PATROL DB-Voyager (formerly MetaDESK) Increases the productivity of administrators by allowing them to browse the data dictionary A database about data and databases. It holds the name, type, range of values, source, and authorization for access for each data element in the organization's files and databases. , objects and data from multiple DBMSs, to navigate within and between data dictionaries and to automatically create 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. queries and view results. PATROL DB-Voyager includes an easy-to-use graphical representation of database structures and objects that simplifies real-time performance monitoring and schema discovery. It eliminates the need to know SQL syntax or understand the differing structures and terminology across various brands of databases. The product supports Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2 for MVS, DB2 for AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , DB2 for OS/2, with upcoming support for SQL-Server. - PATROL DB-Alter (formerly MetaMANAGE) Improves database reliability and availability, increases the productivity of administrators and reduces data administration errors. Specifically, the product builds on the capabilities of PATROL DB-Voyager by allowing the DBA to specify the appropriate database changes, automatically analyze change dependencies, generate optimized changes scripts and schedule database changes at appropriate times. PATROL DB-Alter today supports the same database platforms as PATROL DB-Voyager. Integration with PATROL The database administration and utility products, along with the entire family of data management products, will be integrated with the PATROL product suite to enable customers to use a common control point for handling both management by exception and management by objective functions. (See separate release issued today on BMC Software's data management strategy). For example, PATROL Agents and PATROL Knowledge Modules determine appropriate events that can trigger the need to use PATROL data administration tools. Similarly, PATROL data administration products include Knowledge Module support to help assure that they accomplish their tasks correctly. In addition, the products within the data management family itself are integrated. For example, PATROL DB-Stats and PATROL DB-Reorg share a common statistical database. When the products are used together, PATROL DB-Stats can populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. the database with data that PATROL DB-Reorg cannot gather, but has the ability to use through its analyze function. In addition, a database reorganization via PATROL DB-Reorg can be initiated through the PATROL DB-Stats product. Availability and Pricing PATROL DB-Change Manager, PATROL DB-Integrity, PATROL DB-Reorg, PATROL DB-Voyager and PATROL DB-Alter are available now from BMC Software and its distributors and agents worldwide. PATROL DB-Stats is planned for availability in October 1996. These products are available individually with starting prices In horse racing, starting prices (SP) are the odds prevailing in the on-course fixed-odds betting market at the time a race begins. The method by which they are set for each runner varies in different countries but is generally by consensus of an appointed panel on the basis of ranging from $285 - $3505 (U.S. list). PATROL DB-Basics Admin and PATROL DB-Basics Utilities are planned for availability in the fourth quarter of calendar year 1996. Pricing for each set starts at $1,460 (U.S. list). Other data management products will be announced in the coming months. About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: BMCS) is a worldwide developer and vendor of more than 100 software solutions for automating application and data management across host-based and open systems environments. A Forbes 500 company with annual revenues exceeding $400 million, BMC Software is the world's 11th largest independent software vendor and 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 . For more information on BMC Software, access the World Wide Web at http://www.bmc.com or call 800-841-2031 or 713-918-8800. -0- 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. (a) DB2, Oracle, and Informix are registered trademarks of, respectively, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp., Oracle Corp., and Informix Software, Inc. 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. . CONTACT: BMC Software Inc., Houston Lisa Cradit, 713/918-8800 or Eastwick Communications Tracy Beaufort, 408/270-3510 |
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