BMC Software Announces Support for IBM's WebSphere Process Manager; PATROL for WebSphere Process Manager has the Most Complete WebSphere Management Solution Available

Business Wire, June 5, 2001

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001

To complete its leading WebSphere management solution family, BMC Software Inc. (NYSE:BMC), the leading provider of enterprise management, today announced support for IBM's WebSphere Process Manager product. Formerly known as MQSeries WorkFlow, this product automates business processes as a member of the former MQSeries family of products. The management and monitoring of WebSphere Process Manager objects is available immediately in the current releases of the existing PATROL(R) for MQ - Operator, PATROL for MQ - Administrator, and MAINVIEW(R) for MQSeries products. Management of specific WebSphere Process Manager processes and automated recovery actions will be addressed in a new PATROL family product called PATROL for WebSphere Process Manager. This new solution offering further rounds out BMC Software's middleware management offerings and supports BMC Software's infrastructure management initiatives to assure business availability.

Enhanced WebSphere Process Manager support within the PATROL for WebSphere Process Manager product is planned to be available in Q4 of 2001. This enhanced support will include automated recovery actions on business processes, as well as the management and monitoring of the Process Manager elements as an application.

"With our new support for IBM's WebSphere Process Manager product, BMC Software has a complete WebSphere management solution family," said Renee Bacherman, general manager of the Business Information Integration business unit for BMC Software. "Our customers will benefit from the enhanced support for WebSphere Process Manager, which will be integrated into our MQSeries PATROL family of products."

The support of WebSphere Process Manager rounds out the PATROL for WebSphere family of products that includes management and monitoring of MQSeries, MQSeries Integrator, WebSphere Advanced Edition and WebSphere Enterprise Edition. BMC Software's WebSphere family management solution includes such exclusives as:

-- Choice of management options - Manage from a mainframe-centric perspective,
distributed systems-centric perspective, or both working together to best
address your unique needs

-- Integrated Message Management - Built-in MQ message management that includes
security features as well as rules-based automated recovery actions

-- Integrated Log Management - Integrated MQ log management features that
include automated recovery actions to prevent outages caused by log file
problems as well as facilitate the latest

-- Object Security - Exclusive OAM administration features allow security of MQ
objects to be set and administered from a central console

-- Wide variety of supported platforms - OS/390, NT, Windows 2000, AIX,
Solaris, OS/400, HP-UX, Tandem/Compaq NSK, Compaq OpenVMS - all with BMC
Software`s automation at the source capability

With this latest addition to the WebSphere family of products from BMC Software, the entire spectrum of the IBM WebSphere Business Integrator package is now covered. With this solution set, customers enjoy the peace of mind associated with keeping all their e-business infrastructure software operational around the clock. BMC Software has other products that manage the critical components of IBM's e-business platform, such as OS/390, AIX, OS/400, DB2/UDB, Lotus Domino, WebSphere Advanced Edition, WebSphere Enterprise Edition and the Apache Server.

For a demonstration of how BMC Software's products can help assure availability of your overall e-business, including the WebSphere environment, contact your BMC Software sales representative, call 800/841-2031 or visit http:www.bmc.com?p060401r.

About BMC Software

BMC Software Inc. (NYSE:BMC) is the leading provider of enterprise management solutions that assure business availability - maintaining and optimizing business-critical systems with automated infrastructure management and unique service management capabilities. BMC Software is a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2001 revenues exceeding $1.5 billion and offices worldwide. For more information, please visit BMC Software's Web site at www.bmc.com.

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