BMC Software Advances Its Position as the Number One Provider of Middleware Management Solutions
Company Delivers Again on Its Commitment to Provide a Fully Integrated, Best-of-Breed Solution From BMC Software and Boole & Babbage; Builds Upon Current Offerings
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1999-- BMC Software Inc. (Nasdaq:BMCS - news) today announced the general availability of the PATROL for MQ product family, the first fully-integrated message-queuing middleware (MQM) solution from the combined companies that will further drive its position in 1999 as the leader in the MQM market. A first in the industry, PATROL for MQ is the only comprehensive, best-of-breed management solution that provides customers worldwide an easier way to proactively view, act, respond and manage all the critical objects that can affect MQM application availability, performance and recovery. Armed with several years of experience as the foremost message-queuing middleware management provider, the ''new'' BMC Software -- the combination of recent acquisitions BGS, Boole & Babbage and New Dimension Software -- is marshaling its combined resources to aggressively help customers obtain rapid return on investment (ROI) as the application management stakes become greater.
''Message-queuing technology and the management of that technology has become strategic to our business, just as it has for other large corporations around the world,'' said Winfield Wagner, principle analyst at San Diego Data Processing Corporation. ''We believe that the new, integrated BMC Software PATROL for MQ solutions lead in providing the industry's most comprehensive, end-to-end management solution. The BMC Software MQM solution helped us improve our return on our MQSeries investment, and its global administration has freed up staff resources so that we can focus on other, more complex projects.''
''The growing number of MQSeries users will benefit from the combination of these two leading MQSeries management solutions,'' said Paul Mason, vice president of International Data Corporation (IDC).''Customers receive a comprehensive, scalable set of management solutions that should provide rapid return on investment, improved availability and performance, and reduced cost of ownership. BMC Software has once again demonstrated that, when it comes to addressing customer's application management issues, it is on the cutting edge.''
''We're number one in MQM management, and with the PATROL for MQ family and other aggressive moves, we will advance that position in 1999,'' said Saverio Merlo, vice president and general manager of the Application Service Management business unit for BMC Software. ''Patrol for MQ provides what is, by far, the most complete and cost-effective middleware management solution available. Customers can experience the benefits of our combined expertise, while being assured of two things: protection of their current MQSeries investment, and maximal management functionality as they grow.''
The PATROL for MQ product family builds upon the company's extensive investment and rich heritage in the mainframe and distributed systems enterprise. PATROL for MQ leverages the robust capabilities already found in current products and offers unmatched capabilities in areas such as configuration and operations management, scalability and modular architecture, multi-layered advanced automation, performance monitoring and optimization, dynamic tuning and recovery.
The PATROL for MQ Product Family -- First and Only
Leveraging its enterprise application management expertise, the PATROL for MQ product family is complete with enhanced optimization, message management and recovery capabilities. The new value-added functionality being offered includes:
•Comprehensive content management -- the ability to search for, browse, edit, test and manage messages across the MQSeries network. Out-of-the-box dead letter message queue management solutions are included.•End-to-end MQSeries message compression -- new message compression capabilities allow customers to easily increase message throughput and response times by reducing network traffic and logging, and queue manager overhead.•Log Management -- the ability to manage log files which greatly enhances the availability and recoverability of distributed MQSeries networks. Log management will increase users' ability to determine which log data is required to successfully restart MQSeries queue managers.
PATROL for MQ is the only solution that manages the message-queuing middleware (MQM) layer, as well as the hardware, software, applications, databases and web technologies that can affect MQM application availability. Additionally, PATROL for MQ is the only software available that manages both IBM's MQSeries and Microsoft's MSMQ using a single solution. It is an easy-to-install, out-of-the-box solution ensuring ROI. With PATROL for MQ, customers benefit from the highest levels of scalability and management functionality that provide them with MQM management as well as management of the related infrastructure.
As a further show of its commitment to the MQM management space, BMC Software recently announced a new organizational realignment of the company into five strategic business units. PATROL for MQ resides in the Enterprise Application Service Management business unit, led by vice president and general manager Saverio Merlo. This team is responsible for delivering the easiest-to-implement solution for automating and improving all aspects of ''application service assurance'' across the distributed IT enterprise. The alignment into business units accelerates technology and product innovation -- leading to faster time-to-market, increases organizational agility and drives more aggressive strategies to ensure customers' continued success and sustained competitive advantages.
The unveiling of the PATROL for MQ product family also includes a strong professional services practice dedicated to the MQM business. The services practice is comprised of certified experts focused on middleware management and dedicated to delivering solutions tailored to each customer's environment.
Availability and Pricing
The PATROL for MQ solutions are now available from BMC Software and its agents and distributors worldwide and standard packages start at approximately $25,000 (US list).
About PATROL for MQ
BMC Software is the market leader in message-queuing middleware management with PATROL for MQ. The only solution available that delivers central management reaching all the enterprise elements that MQM applications rely on, PATROL for MQ provides true end-to-end availability. PATROL for MQ is also unmatched in its depth of capabilities, which include configuration, performance monitoring, operations management, content management, optimization, recovery and automation. It provides the ability to scale from very small pilot programs to full-scale implementations in the largest heterogeneous environments. PATROL for MQ is easy to use and offers packaged ''out-of-the-box'' solutions that can be custom-tailored. It is the most flexible management solution available, easily integrating into a customer's existing IT environment and providing fast implementation and ROI.
About BMC Software
BMC Software is the world's leading provider of management solutions that ensure the availability, performance, and recovery of companies' business-critical applications. We call this ''application service assurance'', and it means that the applications companies and their customers rely on most stay up and running, around the clock. For more than 18 years, the world's leading companies have relied on BMC Software.
BMC Software is among the world's largest independent software vendors, a Forbes 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 1999 revenues exceeding $1.3 billion. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices worldwide. For more information, visit BMC Software's Web site at bmc.com, or please call 800/841-2031 or 713/918-8800.
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