AST ESM simplifies business operations

AST Enterprise Systems Management, a division of Advanced Software Technologies-Abraxas (AST-A), has introduced BMC Software`s product lines that underscore the rapid proliferation of and the need for around-the-clock assurance of business-critical applications.

"The new product lines focus on meeting customers` operational requirements in four key areas," says Geoff van den Bosch, GM of Sales at AST ESM, SA distributor for BMC Software. "These key areas are application service management, OS/390 management, data management, recovery and storage management."

The new AST-A product offerings are:

.         Patrol - delivers application service management across the enterprise with products such as Patrol, Command/Post, Best/1 for Distributed Systems and BMC`s solutions for MQSeries.

.         MainView - delivers service management for OS/390 environments providing automated operations, performance management and enhanced availability with products such as MainView, Best/1 for OS/390 and traditional BMC mainframe performance utilities.

.         Maxim - assures data and database availability and integrity across the enterprise and includes products such as Patrol DB, Enterprise data Propagation and management products for popular database platforms.

.         Resolve - delivers storage management and application recovery through this family of products that include SQL-BackTrack and SpaceView, along with traditional recovery solutions and support for intelligent storage architectures.

"It is important for our customers to trust us," concludes van den Bosch. "With BMC`s latest product lines we have the ability to understand, meet and satisfy all of their needs when it comes to ensuring that their critical business applications deliver the right service."