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StorageTek JOINS BMC SOFTWARE'S ACSM CONSORTIUM

StorageTek (Storage Technology Corp), a storage services and solutions expert, announced recently that is has joined BMC's Software's ACSM Consortium. This alliance will enable StorageTek and BMC Software to combine their technology expertise to provide interoperable solutions that address today's data storage management challenges throughout the information life cycle.

"StorageTek is committed to providing best-in-class storage devices, enhanced management capabilities and replication solutions across online and off-line data storage environments," said Tim Steadman, StorageTek director of Corporate Alliances. "As a member of BMC Software's ACSM Consortium, we are delighted to be working with BMC and other industry leaders to drive the development of integrated solutions that streamline and enhance data management functionality while maximizing customers' investments in their networked storage infrastructures."

"In StorageTek, we're pleased to add a powerful solution provider to our ACSM Consortium that many BMC customers depend upon for their storage management needs," said Helmuth Klemm, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Storage Management, BMC Software. "We look forward to building our relationship with StorageTek through the Consortium and delivering superior storage management solutions for our mutual customers."

About the ACSM Consortium

The ACSM Consortium is a technology-based business partner program comprised of industry-leading companies. The program provides avenues to widen each business partner's customer base, gain greater market exposure, and increase revenue opportunities. BMC Software works closely with the business partner companies to develop storage management technologies that ensure data reliability and availability across heterogeneous storage environments. The ACSM Consortium is currently comprised of 23 business partners who are taking advantage of the outstanding program benefits to develop, test and integrate innovative storage management solutions.

About BMC Software

BMC Software Inc is a leader in enterprise management. The company focuses on Assuring Business Availability for its customers by helping them proactively improve service, reduce costs and increase value to their business. BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications and databases. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and is a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 2002 revenues of approximately $1.3 billion. Visit www.bmc.com to learn more.

About StorageTek

StorageTek, a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in Louisville, CO, delivers a broad range of storage solutions for digitized data. StorageTek solutions are easy to manage and allow universal access to data across servers, media types and storage networks. StorageTek is an innovator and global leader in virtual storage solutions for tape automation, disk storage systems and storage networking and is a voting member of the SNIA. Because of StorageTek, customers can manage and leverage their digital assets as their businesses grow and can maximize IT productivity to ensure enterprise-class business continuity. For more information, see www.storagetek.com, or call 800-786-7835.