BMC Software Inc., in Houston, unveiled its second-generation configuration management database, along with three new discovery tools and related products designed to improve systems management.

The BMC Atrium Configuration Management Database (CMDB) 2.0 updates the previous 1.0 version announced in January 2005, the company said. BMC also announced BMC Atrium CMDB Enterprise Manager, a new product; two modules for the Atrium product, including a software product dictionary and software library; and BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.0. Other products included three discovery tools for identity discovery, process discovery and mainframe discovery, as well as two tools for a single view of services and CMDB analytics.

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.

BMC management products have been in place for two years at a cost of up to US$400,000, he said. The pilot Atrium CMDB release was rolled out last September and resulted in more efficient monitoring of systems used to support 3,500 employees and 1.4 million independent beauty consultants, Moore said.

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