Press Release

BMC SOFTWARE ENHANCES TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER ENTERPRISE-WIDE TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT
  • Extends industry-leading BSM solutions with MQSoftware technology to provide holistic view across IT systems
  • Provides unrivaled capabilities to prioritize transactions based on business value and assesses business risk in real-time

HOUSTON – July 24, 2007 – BMC Software today announces integration with MQSoftware technology, enabling BMC customers to track, monitor and evaluate transactions in real-time across the IT environment, from back-end mainframe processing to front-end distributed systems. This enterprise-wide solution reduces the cost of problem resolution, streamlines IT workflow and improves customer satisfaction.

The integration of leading software solutions, MQSoftware’s Q Nami! ® and BMC MAINVIEW Transaction Analyzer (MVTA), helps customers more effectively manage their IT environment in real-time, while deriving business value from their IT investment.

“This powerful combination of BMC and MQSoftware solves market and customer demands for a holistic view of business transactions,” said Bill Cecchi, President and CEO of MQSoftware. “Providing complete insight into end-user experiences and transaction paths increases business efficiency and ultimately boosts the bottom line.”

The integration focuses on managing enterprise-wide transactions and provides customers with an unrivaled capability to manage the performance of their mission critical business application transactions.

“Customers want solutions that integrate across mainframe and distributed systems,” said Bill Miller, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Mainframe Service Management at BMC Software. “With the multi-dimensional view, together MQSoftware and BMC Software are delivering on this request, extending the value of Business Service Management (BSM) and enabling customers to optimize business service delivery with every end-user experience.”

Q Nami! by MQSoftware is now available as a BMC MarketZone Partner product and will be sold globally by BMC.

About MQSoftware

MQSoftware delivers management and monitoring solutions to Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, and Government customers with complex middleware environments. Working with BEA, IBM, Oracle, Sirius Computer Solutions and Logicalis, MQSoftware solutions provide a complete range of real-time transaction assurance, risk management, and application services performance and availability management.

For more information about MQSoftware, visit their website at http://www.mqsoftware.com/.

About BMC

BMC Software is a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. For the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2006, BMC revenue was approximately USD 1.57 billion. For more information, visit http://www.bmc.com.