BMC SOFTWARE IN LEADERS QUADRANT OF 2009 MAGIC QUADRANT.

(Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) BW)(TX-BMC-SOFTWARE)(BMC.NYSE) BMC Software Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of the 2009 Job Scheduling Magic Quadrant

Vendors evaluated on ability to execute and completeness of vision CONTROL-M continues to clearly execute BMC?s Business Service Management strategy with leading companies around the world

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE) - Apr. 30, 2009-- BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) today announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s recently released "Magic Quadrant for Job Scheduling" research report.1 Playing a key role in BMC's Business Service Management (BSM) strategy, BMC's CONTROL-M workload automation solution allows customers to automate the execution of processes across the enterprise which is critical to achieving IT cost reduction. The solution minimizes errors and gives IT a higher level of control and flexibility over their batch jobs which are increasingly integrated with business services and online processing. As stated within the report, "Gartner inquiries reflect that 70 percent of business processes are performed in batch, rather than real-time."2 With batch processing becoming a key component to delivering critical business services, CONTROL-M helps meet the business goals of companies around the world.

According to Gartner, vendors positioned in the Leaders Quadrant have a large, satisfied installed base and a high degree of visibility in the market. They offer robust, highly scalable applications, and have the strategic vision to address evolving enterprise requirements in the areas of: IT Workload Automation Broker Integration with packaged applications Support of new application and composite application architectures, integration with BSM tools, provisioning and RBA tools Ability to handle physical and virtual environments Integration with service desk tools Proven critical path analysis capability Forecasting capability Workload life cycle management capability Support agent-based and agentless architectures; and Ability to perform end-to-end automation "We believe this report positions BMC extremely well as a clear leader in the space," said Bill Miller, president of BMC's Mainframe Service Management business unit. "As the volume and complexity of workload automation continues to skyrocket, the inability to accurately understand process can lead to detrimental effects on business operations. From timely delivery of ice cream to accurate processing of online orders in manufacturing and shipping departments, companies are turning to BMC and CONTROL-M to help them manage their critical IT business processes."

"Batch is no longer a part of the business, it is the business," said Robert Stinnett, senior analyst, Carfax. "As the most trusted provider of vehicle history information, we are constantly working to deliver the best service possible to our customers both internally and externally.

Customer satisfaction is one of our number one goals and our ability to clearly execute well on our job scheduling is key to delivering our business services and ultimately making our?customers happy. CONTROL-M give us the confidence we need to ensure that our services will be ...