BMC AppSight Named Winner in 2006 Windows IT Pro Reader’s Choice Awards

Technology Recognized in Application and Operations Management and Performance Tuning Categories

NEW YORK, September 4, 2006 – BMC Software’s BMC AppSight™ Application Problem Resolution System has been named the winner in the Performance Tuning Tool category and a runner up in the Application and Operations Management Tool category of the 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards.

Readers were asked to vote on their product preferences in 12 broad technology categories. More than 5,200 readers chose the best among more than 750 products and services.

“The IT pros who voted in this year's awards are tough, in-the-trenches critics,” said Kim Paulsen, Group Publisher of Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro. “They demand solid value and performance from the products they use and they put those products to the test day after day. Readers' Choice award winners can feel proud that the products and services they offer have earned the respect and recognition of the IT world's most knowledgeable and exacting professionals.”

BMC AppSight leverages patented Black Box software to record application execution and capture a synchronized, real-time log of user actions, system events, performance metrics, configuration data, and code execution flow. Operating much like the “black box” flight recorder on an aircraft, BMC AppSight automates manual information gathering, completely eliminates problem recreation, and provably accelerates the root cause analysis process by as much as 80 percent.

About Windows IT Media
Penton’s Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 110,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the group’s flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine’s Media Power 50 list.

The Windows IT Media network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its websites each month, and over one million (gross) subscribers who opt-in to one or more of its email newsletters. Windows IT Media is the world’s leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

For more information visit: www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom, and www.windowsitmedia.com.

About BMC AppSight
BMC AppSight, the industry-leading application problem resolution system, is helping over 500 enterprises and software vendors speed application delivery, increase application quality, performance, and availability, and reduce application support costs. BMC AppSight was created by Identify Software Ltd., which was acquired by BMC in May 2006. For more information about BMC AppSight, please visit www.identify.com or call 800.364.5467.

About BMC Software
BMC Software [NYSE: BMC] is a leading global provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage IT from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC posted fiscal 2006 revenues of approximately $1.5 billion. For information, visit www.bmc.com.

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