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Breaking News - Operating Systems
& Middleware:
BMC Manages Mainframe, Dist.
Databases From Common Console
Further extending its seven-year lead in the Data Management Facilities
market, BMC Software Inc, a leader in enterprise management, announced the
first true integration of mainframe databases into the company's SmartDBA
console with the introduction of SmartDBA System Performance for DB2. The
announcement marks a significant milestone for customers as they can now
manage their mainframe and distributed enterprise databases using a common
Web-based console. BMC Software is the only vendor that can address IT
organizations' challenge of managing increasingly complex environments by
providing the ability to manage all major databases (DB2 Universal Database
for mainframe and distributed platforms, Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server) from
one Web-based console. This integrated enterprise data management strategy
provides a closed-loop process for proactively identifying, preventing and
resolving database problems before they affect the business. As a result, IT
organizations can better manage what matters most, the data that powers their
business.
"Data and database management require an integrated, holistic approach
actively linked to enterprise competitive operation. Successfully addressing
this challenge requires intelligent, automatic management of a complex
heterogeneous data environment. BMC continues to deliver products that reflect
their clear understanding of the challenge and ability to tackle it," said
Rich Ptak, partner at Ptak, Noel & Associates Inc.
"For businesses to effectively align their IT operations and services with
business goals, they must start by gaining control of their IT infrastructure,
and data is a key component of that," said Bill Miller, vice president and
general manager of Enterprise Data Management at BMC Software. "We are
aggressively building upon our data management offerings to provide our
customers with solutions that empower IT to deliver strategic business value.
The end result for our customers is rapid deployment of tools and faster time
to value, which will enable them to better manage their data and IT challenges
for optimal business performance."
The announcement marks a significant milestone in BMC Software's previously
announced blueprint for lowering the cost of managing data across the
enterprise. The goal of this initiative is to provide deeper levels of
interoperability and integration between management tools for mainframe and
distributed database management systems by bridging them with the company's
SmartDBA Web-based console and technologies. With the introduction of SmartDBA
System Performance for DB2, BMC Software is extending the advanced
functionality it delivers for managing DB2 on z/OS to the SmartDBA console. In
doing so, BMC Software is reducing the need for companies to have "experts"
for each database by leveraging database administrator (DBA) skill sets across
multiple databases.
"Today's DBAs want all pertinent information at their finger tips,
instantly.
The manual process of hitting the enter key and waiting for the next panel to
appear is no longer acceptable when drilling down ISPF panels," said Sherri
Sterling, DB2 systems programmer at the US Treasury Department. "SmartDBA
provides all pertinent information on one screen, instantly. It's easy and
more user friendly than other solutions, and the colored alerts and warnings
on one screen enable us to immediately identify where the problem is, saving
us time and helping us avoid confusion."
Other Announcements
BMC Software also announced several new distributed and mainframe data
management products, continuing the company's commitment to providing
solutions that enable customers to proactively manage their IT infrastructure.
The new products are:
- Database Administration for DB2 v2.1 featuring worklist parallelism, which
significantly increases application availability by reducing the execution
time required for batch maintenance processes. The reduction in execution time
is accomplished by driving multiple parallel processes within a single
subsystem or distributed across multiple systems in a data sharing
environment. Workloads can be dynamically distributed across these systems,
allowing for workload balancing and allowing customers to take advantage of
underutilized systems
- Database Administration for DB2 v2.2 breaks the 32K size barrier for
managing large binary objects (LOBs), making it easier to manage applications
containing large objects, such as videos or pictures, that are often
impossible to manage because of their data size and type. Available in January
2004, this solution treats LOBs as any other DB2 object, automating change and
migration processes that previously required special application programs. For
example, users may now migrate application structures containing LOBs, within
and across DB2 subsystems automatically, including LOBs larger than 32K in
size.
- Application Performance for DB2 V2.1 delivers a number of new enhancements
including significant improvements in performance and usability for the DB2
environment. Performance improvements include improved efficiency in
collecting DB2 performance data, which will reduce the impact on the DB2
environment. Usability enhancements include enhancements to the integrated DB2
Explain feature of the Application Performance for DB2 solution, improving the
productivity of the DBAs and application developers that use this
product.
- SmartDBA Performance Solution for DB2 UDB, v2.6 is a powerful Web-based
solution for DBAs to detect, diagnose and correct database performance issues.
Featuring robust Database Administration, Database Monitoring, SQL Tuning and
Space Management capabilities, SmartDBA for DB2 UDB provides DBAs with all of
the functionality needed to manage DB2 UDB database environments and ensures
optimal availability and performance. This latest version now features support
for DB2 UDB 64-bit environments, integration with IBM's Online Reorganization
utility and improved administration capabilities including extended database
search functionality and formatting and color coding of SQL text.
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