BMC Software Sells Data Mgmt Products to Blue Cross

BMC Software Inc announced that South Carolina's largest insurance provider, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina (BCBSSC), has purchased several of BMC Software's Data Management solutions to help meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and to minimize downtime. With these products, BCBS will be able to ensure business continuity through automated, rapid recovery and consistent data management.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina's customers are located across multiple time zones so around-the-clock data availability is a necessity. In order to meet their future SLAs, BCBSSC needs to have their IMS database available and performing well 24x365. Because they would not be able to meet these SLAs with their IDI solutions, BCBSSC chose to replace their IDI (recently acquired by Computer Associates) products with a combination of MAXM and RESOLVE solutions from BMC Software.

"Our requirements exceeded the capabilities of the IDI software," said Wayne Roberts, vice president, EDP Operations for Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. "We cannot gamble with our service to our customers. BMC Software's products provide the unique capabilities that meet our business requirements. They offer us 24x365 access to our IMS data which no-one else in the industry can deliver."

Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina purchased BMC Software's RESOLVE Log Master, LOADPLUS & UNLOAD PLUS, FAST REORG FACILITY, SECONDARY INDEX UTILITY, XBM Enterprise Snapshot, CHANGE ACCUMULATION PLUS and POINTER CHECKER PLUS in order to meet increased availability requirements. These products, part of the MAXM and RESOLVE product lines, minimize downtime by recovering all elements necessary to get applications back online in the shortest time possible.

"Working with Blue Cross Blue Shield is a perfect fit for BMC Software," said Clarissa Cruz, director of North American Sales - Southeast for BMC Software. "We are very familiar with the needs of an IMS environment. We can deliver non-disruptive backups, increased availability, better service and an expanded batch window which increases availability and business continuity for Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina."

MAXM by BMC Software for Data Management

BMC Software Data Management solutions automate the production environment with advanced schema management, data movement and high-performance utilities that improve data reliability while increasing the productivity of database administrator resources:

• MAXM Database Administration - improves administrative efficiency of popular databases by automating critical DBA tasks
• MAXM High Availability Utilities - provide powerful, flexible utilities to manage distributed and OS/390 databases
• MAXM Enterprise Data Propagation - provides the most efficient solution for bulk data movement, change data movement between IMS, VSAM and DB2 and distributed systems databases

About BMC Software

BMC Software is the leading provider of management solutions that enhance the availability, performance and recovery of companies' business-critical applications. This application service assurance strategy combines superior products with BMC Software Professional Services and outstanding customer support to assure the e-business applications companies and their customers rely on most, stay up and running around the clock. For more than 19 years, the world's leading companies have relied on BMC Software.

BMC Software is among the world's largest independent software vendors, a Forbes 500 company and is a member of the S&P 500, with calendar year 1999 revenues exceeding $1.6 billion. The company is headquartered in Houston, with offices worldwide. For more information, visit BMC Software's Website at www.bmc.com, or please call 800-841-2031 or 713-918-8800.

About Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina, headquartered in Columbia, S.C. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Employing over 10,000 people, the company is one of the state's largest employers with offices in Camden, Charleston, Greenville, Florence and Surfside Beach. The company began comprehensive managed care programs over a decade ago when it created its preferred provider organization (PPO) and its health maintenance organization, Companion HealthCare.

Contact BMC Software Jane McMillian, 713-918-2036 jane_mcmillian@bmc.com.