LISBON, Portugal and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Partnership Extends the BMC Atrium Technology with Continuous
Appliance-based Discovery -

BMC USERWORLD -- Mazu Networks, the leading (1) provider of
behavior-based, enterprise-class performance and availability solutions,
today announced a technology partnership with BMC Software to deliver Mazu
Profiler Discovery's continuous appliance-based discovery capabilities for
BMC Atrium business service management (BSM) solutions. When combined with
BMC Atrium, IT operations teams get unprecedented access to right-time,
enhanced information on the interactions of and dependencies between users,
applications and servers on a continuous basis. Delivering this level of
intelligence through the BMC Atrium infrastructure enables enterprises to
dramatically improve the performance and availability of business services.

"Mazu Networks brings an innovative, operational approach to IT
discovery," said John Peters, vice president, marketing, Enterprise Service
Management, BMC Software. "This appliance-based solution enhances both BMC
Atrium's market-leading configuration management database (CMDB) and robust,
active application dependency mapping solution with the continuous
network-level perspective that simplifies operations and enhances process
integrity."

Mazu Profiler Discovery adds continuous passive discovery for BMC Atrium
solutions by automatically analyzing network flow information to identify
application-to-server and server-to-server dependencies. This innovative and
distinct approach for monitoring application usage by using the existing
network infrastructure provides detailed knowledge of how every application
and device is being used, by whom, and when on a continuous basis. Mazu
Profiler Discovery's passive, continuous approach combined with BMC Atrium's
active application dependency mapping enhances the BMC Atrium CMDB product
with the comprehensive and up-to-date information needed to improve both
process and infrastructure efficiency.

Mazu Profiler Discovery provides significant value to network, security
and data center operations teams by offering organizations a new way of
looking at the IT infrastructure. By analyzing network traffic to provide
valuable information about the interactions of and dependencies between
users, applications and systems, Mazu Profiler Discovery enables IT
organizations to manage, secure and optimize the availability and performance
of business services. This new network perspective enables IT teams to
improve key initiatives including: application performance and availability;
security and compliance; WAN optimization; CMDB-discovery; and data center
migration and consolidation.

"The Mazu Profiler Discovery for BMC Atrium partnership serves as another
positive industry indicator of the demand for network-based, continuous
discovery," said Paul Brady, CEO, Mazu Networks. "Together, Mazu Networks and
BMC have brought a highly competitive and innovative solution to the Business
Service Management space and have truly raised the bar for other market
players."

With Mazu Profiler companies can address critical IT initiatives and
evolve their network to keep pace with the speed of business today. For more
information on the ways Mazu Profiler can resolve today's most pressing
network operations and security challenges, please visit:
http://www.mazunetworks.com/it-initiatives/index.php .

To learn more about Mazu Profiler Discovery for BMC Atrium, visit Mazu
Networks at their kiosk at the Innovation Zone during the BMC UserWorld event
from May 19 - May 21, 2008. Information on the partnership is also available
online at: https://www.mazunetworks.com/partners/technology-partners.php .

Pricing and Availability

Recently validated by BMC Software, the Mazu Profiler Discovery solution
for BMC Atrium is available from Mazu Networks through BMC Software's Market
Zone program. Organizations seeking a reseller or distributor should contact
Mazu Networks at: 866-354-MAZU or via email: info@mazunetworks.com. Mazu
solutions start at US$35,000 and can scale to meet the needs of any size
environment.

About Mazu Networks, Inc.

Mazu Networks offers solutions that enable IT organizations to manage,
secure, and optimize the availability and performance of business services.
Mazu Profiler uses Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) to provide a new way of
looking at the IT infrastructure by analyzing network traffic to provide
valuable information about the interactions of and dependencies between
users, applications, and systems. This enables enterprise IT organizations to
ensure optimal performance and availability, enhanced protection and support
for regulatory compliance, and informed decision making for IT initiatives.
Only Mazu Profiler offers behavioral analytics, user identification and
application fingerprinting, role-based presentation using common data, and
intelligent operation with other systems in the infrastructure. With Mazu
Profiler, hundreds of customers are able to ensure the availability,
performance, and security of business services as well as to reduce costs and
satisfy regulatory requirements. For more information, please visit
www.mazunetworks.com.

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(1) See: http://www.mazunetworks.com/news-events/061201-yankee.php .

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