HOUSTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on 20 years of leadership in DB2 mainframe management and optimization, BMC Software today announced its support of IBM's newly updated DB2 9 for z/OS offering as part of an ongoing drive to strengthen the integration of the mainframe within BMC's Business Service Management (BSM) offering. BMC delivers BSM across both mainframe and distributed systems, as part of a comprehensive, integrated approach to addressing high-priority customer pain points in the industry including compliance, security, root-cause analysis and business alignment. "With 80 percent of the world's data residing on mainframe systems, it is critical for a company's data to be quickly accessible to meet the needs of the business," said Ralph Crosby, chief technology officer of BMC's Mainframe Service Management business unit. "The need to align IT with the needs of the business is the cornerstone of BMC's Business Service Management strategy. To address this business need and help DB2 for z/OS users extract maximum value from their IT investment, BMC has been working closely with IBM and the DB2 9 for z/OS beta test customers to refine and test the multitude of new features available in DB2 9 for z/OS." Global organizations, including finance, insurance and retail, continue to rely on mainframes to support mission critical business services. For nearly two decades BMC has been developing DB2 solutions and the company has become a leader in the market. According to a recent study from IDC(1), "BMC remains the market leader in the DB2 market. BMC dominates the mainframe and midrange segment of the database development and management tools market." Robert Catterall, director of engineering for CheckFree Corporation, said: "Consumers who utilize CheckFree's Electronic Billing and Payment services through their banks' Web sites expect excellent response time. BMC MAINVIEW for DB2 enables CheckFree's DB2 team to react quickly and effectively should performance issues arise, often before a detected performance bottleneck results in noticeable response time degradation from the end-user's perspective. It's good to know that when CheckFree is ready to migrate to DB2 9, BMC MAINVIEW for DB2 will be there already." The increasing demand on data warehousing for data-intensive decision support and business intelligence needs has contributed heavily to the continued evolution of DB2. The latest version, DB2 9 for z/OS with pureXML, is the first hybrid data server in the industry and provides optimized management of both XML and relational data. BMC Software will include DB2 9 for z/OS pureXML support in its products to help customers leverage this significant new technology. As a BMC Global Alliance Partner, IBM's infrastructure products are reinforced by BMC Software's mainframe management technologies to provide customers with the highest levels of reliability, availability and service levels. BMC has a long history of supplying features and functions to help enhance the value of IBM's cutting-edge capabilities in DB2 for z/OS. "DB2 9 Viper for z/OS marks a new era in mainframe information management that will help drive business insight, cost savings and business resiliency," said Bernie Spang, director data servers, IBM. "We are pleased to see BMC's continued commitment to DB2 and look forward to its support of DB2 9 to benefit our mutual customers." BMC Software has developed administration, performance and recovery tools for DB2 for z/OS since 1988. The products help customers drive the highest availability and efficiency from DB2 for z/OS, thereby reducing their total cost of ownership. For more information about BMC's DB2 solutions visit http://www.bmc.com/db2. BMC Software's DB2 9 for z/OS solutions will be available beginning in summer 2007. 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 solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. For the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2006, BMC revenue was approximately $1.57 billion. For more information, visit http://www.bmc.com/. (1) IDC, Worldwide Database Development and Management Tools 2006-2010 Forecast and 2005 Vendor Shares Doc #203800, October 2006. BMC, BMC Software, and the BMC Software logo are the exclusive properties of BMC Software, Inc., are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and may be registered or pending registration in other countries. 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