BMC and Informix Simplify Database Migration With Next Generation Tool; PATROL DB-Reorg For Informix v2.1 Improves Availability of Key Informix-based Applications.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1998--BMC Software Inc. (NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). :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 leader in providing application service assurance solutions that improve the availability, performance and recovery of business-critical applications, announced today at the Informix(R) Worldwide Users Conference in Seattle, version 2.1 of PATROL DB-Reorg(TM) for Informix v2.1 products. Many of Informix's largest customers are currently using PATROL DB-Reorg to cost-effectively and rapidly 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. The new PATROL DB-Reorg simplifies and automates Informix database migrations, e.g. Informix version 5.x to 7.x. Informix users now have an efficient way to quickly migrate to newer versions of the Informix database while assuring the data integrity of mission critical applications. Informix users can elect to migrate entire databases or selected components. PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix is an intelligent, high-speed reorganization utility that allows Informix customers to reorganize entire databases or selected database objects, thereby improving 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. for their applications. More and more database applications are becoming mission critical and have to be accessible to users for greater periods thereby reducing the time available for database maintenance. PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix performs complex database reorganizations significantly faster than alternative methods, greatly reducing the time an application has to be taken off-line for maintenance. PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix continues 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 commitment to provide solutions that ensure high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of users' most valued applications. Informix database technology is advancing rapidly, and customers are challenged to quickly upgrade and exploit the latest database technologies within their applications. "PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix allows our customers to quickly and easily take advantage of Informix Dynamic Server's(TM) significant gains in performance and availability with little interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. to the enterprise and without putting existing mission-critical data at risk," said Dan Leighton, executive director of servers and connectivity product management for Informix. "The new version of PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix provides a high performance, robust database management tool that cost effectively and efficiently reorganizes and migrates data. This tool allows our customers to quickly and easily migrate to the current version of Informix Dynamic Server and assures fast performance, optimal space utilization and high availability for their databases." Traditionally, database migrations and reorganizations have been time-consuming, complex and error-prone tasks that customers must perform on a regular basis to ensure application availability and performance. "We understand that our customers must have the most robust tools possible to manage data effectively," said Nancy Harris, director of data availability product marketing 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. . "PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix provides a straightforward solution to migrate and reorganize Informix databases. This is another example of the depth of function and high availability that BMC Software products provide to make businesses more productive by ensuring applications and data are available when required." PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix PATROL DB-Reorg for Informix supports v5 and v7 and provides proactive management and high speed reorganization of database objects, delivering enhanced database availability and performance and better use of disk space. PATROL DB-Reorg optimizes the reorg process by evaluating and analyzing the logical and physical structure of the database. PATROL DB-Reorg analyzes storage conditions for selected dbspaces, databases, tables, and indexes to recreate the hierarchy of dependent objects during reorganization. It performs the reorganizations with the fastest tools available. The result is greater availability of data and improved performance of applications. About Informix Informix Corporation, the world's database technology leader based in Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif., provides innovative database products that assist the world's major corporations attain competitive advantage. Informix is widely recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing computing - computer environments ranging from small workgroups to very large 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. applications. Informix's database server, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships enable the company to be at the forefront of major information technology solution areas including data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , high performance OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , and Web/content management. For more information, contact the sales office nearest you or visit our Web site at http://www.informix.com. About BMC Software BMC Software is the world leader in the development of more than 160 Application Service Assurance solutions -- improving the availability, performance and recoverability of critical applications in complex computing environments. BMC Software is the world's 12th largest independent software vendor and a Forbes 500 company, with revenues exceeding $730 million in fiscal 1998. The company 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 , with offices worldwide. For more information, please call 800/841-2031 or 713/918-8800 or visit BMC Software on the Web at www.bmc.com. BMC Software Inc. 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. . BMC Software, the BMC Software logos and all other product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. in the USA and in other select countries. (R) and (TM) indicate USA registration or USA trademark. Informix is a registered trademark of Informix Corporation. 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