BMC Software provides users with major advances in managing applications deployed across the enterprise; BMC delivers support for 16 additional products by PATROL.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 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 announced plans for the industry's broadest offering for managing packaged systems with the support of 16 additional third-party products. Focused in the areas of production applications, middleware, application development tools and databases, PATROL will provide support for the SAP R/3(TM) System, PeopleSoft Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , Dun & Bradstreet Software's SmartStream, Lawson Software (Lawson Software, St. Paul, MN, www.lawson.com) A software company that specializes in ERP for vertical markets including health care, retail, public sector, professional and financial services. , FileNet, Novell TUXEDO, Encina A Unix-based TP monitor from Transarc Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA that is layered over OSF's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE). IBM acquired Transarc in 1994 and based its CICS/6000 TP monitor on Encina. , UniKix, DCE (1) (Distributed Computing Environment) Software from The Open Group that allows applications to be built across heterogeneous platforms in a network. DCE includes security, directory naming, time synchronization, file sharing, RPCs and multithreading services. , Unify VISION A client/server application development system from Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA (www.unify.com). Introduced in 1993, it provides visual programming tools and supports a variety of Unix platforms and databases. , 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. , ADABAS A database management system (DBMS) from Software AG, Reston, VA (www.softwareagusa.com) for IBM mainframes, VAXes, Unix and Windows. It is an inverted list DBMS with relational capabilities. , PROGRESS, Red Brick Warehouse, ObjectStore and Essbase. PATROL Delivers Optimized Service Levels to Application Users In providing comprehensive application management, 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. is focused on optimizing the service provided to application users while the application is in a production environment. By optimizing service levels, user productivity is increased with greater data and application availability, improved response times and higher transaction rates. Added Leland Putterman, vice president of worldwide marketing for BMC Software, "The number of enterprise applications being deployed on open systems servers continues to grow exponentially. As a result, our customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. solutions that will help reduce the amount of time necessary to keep all their applications, both off-the-shelf and customized, up and running. "We are in the unique position to have both the leading-edge technology with the PATROL architecture and the resources required to get the product to market quickly. With this announcement, the PATROL product now provides the broadest range of support for applications deployed across heterogeneous systems." Support for these new applications is possible through the PATROL Knowledge Module (KM). KMs contain specific expertise in the form of rules about how to manage a particular object, such as an application or database instance. These rules are forwarded to the PATROL Agent which can then monitor, manage and take corrective actions for specific applications and databases in a managed environment. Support for Production Applications Expanded BMC Software was the first independent software vendor to deliver solutions for proactive management, including monitoring and corrective actions, for Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. and Oracle Financials applications. With this announcement, PATROL will manage additional leading production applications including SAP R/3, PeopleSoft Human Resources, D&B Software's SmartStream, FileNet and Lawson Software. Vendors see many benefits for customers with the capabilities of PATROL now available for additional applications. "The integration with BMC's PATROL is a natural fit for the SmartStream suite of distributed client/server applications," said Jeff Scherb, chief technology officer for Dun & Bradstreet Software. "This will allow our users to proactively view and manage their fully distributed Fully distributed A new stock issue that has been completely resold to the investing public and is no longer held by dealers. fully distributed Of or relating to a new issue of securities that has been sold out. , heterogeneous environments from a central location." Added Frank Strelau, vice president of business development at PeopleSoft, "We are very pleased that our customers will now have access to this powerful tool in order to better manage and monitor their PeopleSoft applications. As an industry leader in systems management, BMC Software fits perfectly into PeopleSoft's strategy of partnering with leading-edge, best of breed companies." Middleware Added to the PATROL Management Scope The rapid expansion of multi-tier client/server applications has resulted in mission-critical applications being developed using middleware layers. BMC Software has responded by becoming the first major independent vendor to provide monitoring and management of middleware applications in an integrated fashion along with databases, networks, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and business-defined processes. Of those various middleware layers, Transaction Processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. (TP) monitors are the most prevalent; therefore, BMC Software is delivering a PATROL KM that will manage today's TP Monitor leaders: TUXEDO, Encina and UniKix. BMC Software also is delivering a KM for DCE for managing applications built using the Distributed Computing Environment See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks middleware. "The demand for three-tier client/server A three-way interaction in a client/server environment, in which the user interface is stored in the client, the bulk of the business application logic is stored in one or more servers, and the data are stored in a database server. See client/server. solutions is growing dramatically and as part of those deployments, management has surfaced as a major need," said Joe Menard, vice president and general manager of Novell's TUXEDO System Division. "The combination of TUXEDO and BMC's PATROL makes management of widely distributed client/server installations simple." New Support for Application Development Tools In developing in-house applications, application development tools are becoming more prevalent for building three-tier client/server architectures. Unify's VISION enterprise application development environment has led the industry in providing automated capabilities for building managed applications. BMC Software will provide a PATROL KM to monitor and manage Unify VISION, substantially easing the task of building management-ready in-house applications. "It's time for client/server developers to build their applications from the group up, to be management ready -- not to simply let network and system management professionals struggle with the problem once the applications are up and running," said Reza Mikailli, Unify's president and chief executive officer. "BMC Software and Unify are working together to deliver solutions based on Unify VISION that address this requirement which has become increasingly critical as client/server environments begin to support large-scale, business-critical applications." Database Support Expanded Today PATROL supports Relational Database Management Systems See DBMS for a shorter list of “typical”, representative database management systems. Open-source software
BMC Software is now moving to support specialized databases with its PATROL product, including warehouse-specific databases like Red Brick Warehouse; object-oriented databases like Object Design's ObjectStore; multi-dimensional databases like Essbase; and rapidly expanding RDBMSs such as Microsoft SQL Server. Commented one vendor, "Red Brick Systems is widely recognized for enabling our customers to deploy data warehouses quickly and to get answers to critical business questions faster," said Chris Grejtak, vice president of marketing for Red Brick Systems. "With the PATROL Knowledge Module, we expect our customers to realize even better performance from their data warehouse applications because they can focus more attention to creative, iterative exploration, rather than warehouse administration." PATROL supports Microsoft SQL Server today, with forthcoming support for ADABAS and PROGRESS database systems. Database vendors welcome the integration of the monitoring and management capabilities of PATROL with their products. Commented Ellen Brezniak, Progress Software's director of product management, "Progress Software partners with industry leaders to provide a full set of products that integrate with PROGRESS. BMC's PATROL provides our users with application and database monitoring and administration features that are critical to the effective deployment of high-performance enterprise-class client/server applications." Added Dave MacSwain, senior vice president of marketing and technology for Software AG, "With the development of a PATROL KM that supports specialized databases like ADABAS, customers will finally have a management solution that spans the entire enterprise." Pricing and Availability The PATROL product pricing begins at $6,000, depending on the number of consoles and managed objects. Pricing for individual PATROL Knowledge Modules begins at $750, depending on the quantity and server size. During the first half of calendar 1996, the following KMs will be available: SAP R/3 System, PeopleSoft, TUXEDO, Encina, DCE, UniKix (from UniKix), Unify VISION, Microsoft SQL Server, ADABAS, PROGRESS, ObjectStore. In the second half of calendar 1996, KMs for FileNet, D&B Software's SmartStream, Lawson Software, Red Brick Warehouse and Essbase are planned. The remainder of the PATROL product family is available today from BMC Software and its agents and distributors worldwide. For more information, visit BMC Software at http://www.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. .com/ on the World Wide Web, or call 800/841-2031 or 713/918-8800. About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc. 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. With annual revenues in excess of $345 million, BMC Software is the world's 12th largest independent software vendor and is headquartered in Houston. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Visit BMC Software at Uniforum Booth no. 642. -0- BMC Software, the BMC Software logo and 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, Informix, CA Oracle, FileNet, SAP and SAP R/3 System, are trademarks or 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., Informix Software, Inc., Computer Associates Int'l, Inc., Oracle Corp., FileNet Corp. and SAP AG. Other third-party 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 Barbara Bates, 415/306-4195 |
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