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BMC Advances Mainframe Management Leadership Through Support of the Industry's Broadest and Most Advanced DB2 Data Management Solutions HOUSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE:BMC) today announced that it will fully support IBM's DB2 V9 on zSeries, providing customers with the industry's broadest and most advanced DB2 data management solutions available from any source, including the ability to migrate cleanly from DB2 V8 to subsequent versions. "Maintaining optimized data is the backbone of business today," said Bill Miller, vice president and general manager, Mainframe Service Management Business Unit, BMC Software. "We want our customers to know that no matter which version of DB2 they choose to implement, we are committed to meeting their data management needs with the most far reaching and advanced set of data management solutions." "When considering migrating to new versions, support from vendors such as BMC is definitely a factor in our decision-making process," said Craig Piercey, sr. technical analyst and team lead from Aliant, one of the largest regional telecommunications companies in Canada. "Aliant provides the utmost in service to its customers. Our desire is to ensure that our customers get the best service possible in the quickest amount of time. To ensure this high level of service for our clients, it is critical that regardless of the platform we are working on, we are afforded data management solutions such as BMC's that ensure our systems remain available at all times." BMC is working closely with customers to better understand and service their mainframe needs in a timely manner. To that end, BMC is participating in IBM's Early Vendor Program for DB2 V9 on z/OS. BMC also is playing an active role in the testing of DB2 V9 in its early release stage and is supporting customer participants in their V9 Early Support Program (ESP) activities, including planned delivery and support during the ESP of specific BMC products for validation in DB2 V9 customer environments. To find out more about IBM's DB2 V9, register for the IBM DB2 V9 Webcast to occur on May 18th at http://www.ibm.com/software/db2zos . About BMC Software 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 Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC Software posted fiscal 2005 revenues of more than $1.46 billion. For more information, visit http://www.bmc.com/ . BMC Software, the BMC Software logos, and all other BMC Software product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of BMC Software, Inc. All other product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks belonging to their respective companies. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011003/BMCLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: BMC Software, Inc. CONTACT: Linda McDowell of BMC Software, Inc., +1-713-918-3518, or ; or Carla Del Bove of Porter Novelli, +1-617-897-8269, or , for BMC Software, Inc. Web site: http://www.bmc.com/ http://www.ibm.com/software/db2zos

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