The BMC Atrium Configuration Management Database (CMDB) 2.0 is the first update of the software since January 2005, the company said.

In addition, BMC brought out a new product called BMC Atrium CMDB Enterprise Manager, software product dictionary and software library modules for Enterprise Manager, and BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.0. Other new products from the Houston-based vendor include tools for identity discovery, process discovery and mainframe discovery, as well as an analytics offering.

Atrium CMDB 2.0 has been used in a proof-of-concept test at Mary Kay Inc. in Addison, Texas, in recent weeks and will be implemented in the next year, said Steve Moore, technology leader at Mary Kay. The cosmetics company

began rolling out the configuration management software last September. Moore credits the database with already providing more efficient monitoring of the systems the company uses to support 3,500 employees and 1.4 million independent sales consultants.

Moore said that he also expects that Atrium CMDB 2.0 will help improve the integration of a variety of discovery and monitoring tools from BMC and numerous other vendors across Mary Kay's vast service-oriented architecture.