Digital Equipment Corp. to resell worldwide PATROL application management products from BMC Software.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1996-- Expanded relationship enables one-stop shopping for application management solutions for Digital customers 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. 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) ) and Digital Equipment Corp. Monday announced that they have expanded their existing relationship with an agreement allowing Digital to resell additional 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(R) application management products, including all PATROL Knowledge Modules (KMs) and the PATROL Consoles. In addition, Digital also will offer BMC Software's PATROLVIEW(TM) for POLYCENTER and PATROLWATCH(TM) for Web Browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
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. Pauline Nist, Digital vice president of AlphaServer Business, "Partnering with BMC and reselling the PATROL products enables us to deliver a more complete set of tools to our customers. This type of partnership makes sense for both companies by enabling each of us to remain focused on our core strengths, while providing customers with a complete management solution for mission-critical applications and databases running on AlphaServer platforms." The reseller relationship expands on the agreement signed by Digital and BMC Software in January 1996, which initiated the bundling of key components of the PATROL product family (the PATROL Agent and PATROLWATCH for ServerWORKS) with every AlphaServer system running the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Digital Unix See Tru64 Unix. and OpenVMS operating systems. The relationship now includes the more than 30 PATROL application, middleware, application development, database and operating system KMs for Digital AlphaServer platforms, as well as additional PATROL Consoles. "Over the past year, our partnership with Digital has grown and expanded, enabling us to offer customers one of the industry's most robust and deeply integrated solution sets between an application and data management vendor and a hardware platform," said Bob Beauchamp, vice president of strategic marketing and corporate development for BMC Software. "This initiative broadens the reach of PATROL and helps ensure the health of a customer's business-critical applications on Digital platforms." Comprehensive Enterprise Management with PATROL PATROL provides comprehensive enterprise-wide management through its focus on application and data management solutions. BMC Software's PATROL Management Suite optimizes the service provided to users of an application by automating and centralizing the control of critical elements including data, databases, servers, middleware, applications, networks and server hardware. From a single graphical console, the product helps administrators proactively manage all systems, ensuring availability and maximum performance 24 hours a day. PATROL uses server-based Intelligent Autonomous Agents and loadable libraries of expertise known as KMs to automatically discover the environment; continuously survey the systems; identify and correct problems or initiate warnings before they occur; and communicate activities as requested from a PATROL Console or a third party console(s) via the PATROLVIEW(TM) product. PATROL supports many leading database platforms, applications and middleware, including Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2* family, 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. , Oracle Financials, Lotus Notes, the SAP R/3 System, PeopleSoft Human Resources, TUXEDO, 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. and Transaction Server. Digital's AlphaServer Leads Industry Digital's AlphaServer family of systems is the industry's only complete line of high-performance 64-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. servers, ranging from the AlphaServer 8000 enterprise servers at the high end, to the departmental and network AlphaServer 4000 and 2000 class systems, to the workgroup and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. AlphaServer 1000 and 400 platforms. Digital offers a balanced choice of processor speed; single- and multi-processor symmetric multiprocessing (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) configurations; 64-bit Digital UNIX and OpenVMS operating systems, Windows NT operating system; clustering and other high availability features; 64-bit database support by Informix, Oracle, Software AG, and Sybase; and thousands of the most popular applications. At each price point, AlphaServer systems offer the world's fastest microprocessors -- up to 437 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , huge memory capacity -- up to 28GB -- and storage -- up to 3TB, blazingly fast PCI-based I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , and the industry's best hardware warranty. Availability The PATROL Management Suite, along with pricing, is available now from Digital Equipment Corp. The products will continue to be available directly from BMC Software and its agents and distributors worldwide. 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. A Forbes 500 company with annual revenues exceeding $425 million in fiscal 1996, BMC Software is the world's 11th largest independent software vendor and is headquartered in Houston. 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. About Digital Equipment Corp. Digital Equipment Corp. is a world leader in open client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms, storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: BMC Software, the BMC Software logo and all other product 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. *DB2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. Informix is a registered trademark of Informix Software Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark, and the Oracle product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corp. 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 Angela Goodwin, 713/918-2036 (Editors) or Digital Equipment Corp. Paul Collins, 508/467-2251 |
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