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BMC Software Mainframe Solutions Enable Customers to Optimize Web-Based Mission-Critical Applications Enhancements Deliver Industry-Exclusive IP Pacing Technology and Advanced Mainframe Transaction Management Capabilities HOUSTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BMC Software, Inc., , a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, today introduced several new solutions in its MAINVIEW(R) product family to enable customers to meet the demands of 24x7 operations for their mission-critical applications. MAINVIEW for IP version 2.2 offers exclusive IP pacing technology to ensure that mission-critical Internet (TCP/IP) applications receive priority access to IP bandwidth. The company is also shipping new versions of MAINVIEW for CICS and the industry's only dynamic CICS optimization tool, Energizer(R) for CICS. Together, these solutions enable companies to get more out of their mission-critical IP and CICS environments by reducing downtime and improving availability and IT service delivery. "MAINVIEW for IP has enabled us to gain greater insight into and control over our mainframe environment and has been invaluable in driving high levels of customer service," said Mike Welch, senior OS/390 systems specialist for Alaska Airlines. "The solution has simplified the viewing of the entire TCP/IP stack on the mainframe, including viewing of connections, TN3270 statistics, OSA information, detailed FTP statistics, trace route information, ping information and packet and socket traces. MAINVIEW for IP is easy to use and fits well with our current MAINVIEW solutions. The product has aided us in resolving numerous problems and has proved to be a great tool for Alaska Airlines." Mainframe data for Web applications normally travels over TCP/IP networks. MAINVIEW for IP manages these networks by simplifying the monitoring, management and tuning of mission-critical TCP/IP applications. The exclusive IP pacing technology in MAINVIEW for IP prioritizes the IP traffic so that the most critical applications have the network bandwidth they need to run smoothly. Additionally, MAINVIEW for IP version 2.2 provides an enhanced real-time tracing capability, enhanced File Transfer Protocol (FTP) statistics and automation and a powerful real-time stack-monitoring facility. These capabilities enable companies to keep their TCP/IP networks running 24x7 at peak performance levels. "Our MAINVIEW solutions are important components of BMC Software's infrastructure management solutions. The industry-firsts highlighted with these new product announcements underline BMC Software's continued commitment to provide the broadest and deepest support for the mission-critical zSeries platform," said Jonathan Adams, BMC Software's director of Research and Development for MAINVIEW. "Our technology leadership, combined with our strategy to enable customers to tie that technology to business goals, delivers unmatched expertise in the industry." Optimization of Mission-Critical CICS Applications Enables 24x7 Operations CICS is the backbone that supports much of the world's enterprise server applications, linking end users, applications, databases and data stored in VSAM, as well as acting as the primary gateway for Web access to applications. As a critical component in companies' efforts to Web-enable legacy applications to feed key business applications like online banking, Internet stock trading and online merchandising, CICS-based applications must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MAINVIEW for CICS improves the operation of mission-critical applications by optimizing CICS transactions, monitoring and automating CICS functions and ensuring that a company's CICS regions are tuned and performing. BMC Software has addressed key needs for 24x7 CICS application availability with MAINVIEW for CICS version 5.7 by adding: -- real-time system maintenance capabilities to enable MAINVIEW for CICS maintenance upgrades to be done without affecting service of key CICS applications; and -- application delay analysis (real-time and historical) to enable customers to quickly pinpoint CICS applications that are being delayed -- thus potentially affecting critical business services. Energizer for CICS improves CICS performance management and transaction throughput by using exclusive, patented technology to optimize the way the IBM z/OS operating system dispatches CICS transactions, a capability that is essential for handling the highly variable workloads generated by Web applications. The only solution of its kind, Energizer for CICS dynamically optimizes and tunes the CICS environment during peak processing and during the "valleys" when processing is lighter. Energizer for CICS improves system availability by eliminating bottlenecks, lockouts, and sympathetic outages, and reduces CPU utilization and resources for all workloads, thereby increasing throughput for existing applications and/or the number of simultaneous jobs that can be run. Energizer for CICS version 4.4 is integrated with MAINVIEW for CICS, and includes a single point of display for all Energizer for CICS regions that makes it simple for customers to understand the status of key functions. MAINVIEW and Business Service Management The MAINVIEW family of products enables customers to monitor, manage, automate and optimize their z/OS and OS/390 systems through a single point of control. MAINVIEW solutions go beyond standard monitoring to provide dynamic optimization, application tuning, performance reporting and predictive planning to help lower the cost of mainframe computing. MAINVIEW solutions play an important role in BMC Software's Business Service Management (BSM) strategy, which enables customers to manage IT from a business perspective. MAINVIEW solutions support BSM by enabling organizations to proactively manage the performance and availability of critical applications and systems. This allows customers to more closely align availability with business service objectives and assure the availability of the resources needed to meet business goals. The results include a better end-user experience, faster response to changing business requirements and lower costs for IT and business operations. Pricing and Availability MAINVIEW for IP 2.2, MAINVIEW for CICS 5.7, and Energizer for CICS 4.4 are available today. MAINVIEW for IP pricing starts at $24,000. MAINVIEW for CICS pricing starts at $33,000. Energizer for CICS pricing starts at $26,500. About Enterprise Systems Management BMC Software's Enterprise Systems Management solutions enable IT organizations to manage what matters at a business service level through comprehensive solutions for Application, Infrastructure and Service Management. BMC Software's Infrastructure Management solutions proactively manage the availability, performance and business impact of mainframe and distributed systems and their networks. These solutions allow customers to cost effectively manage their entire infrastructure, identify and prevent issues affecting operations and avoid the high cost of business downtime by delivering real-time information to prioritize how resources are used. About BMC Software BMC Software, Inc., is a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage IT from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal 2003 revenues of more than $1.3 billion. For more information about BMC Software, 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. 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