CANONSBURG, PA, MARCH 30, 2004, UBICS, Inc. (OOTC: UBIX), a global professional IT services organization, announced that it has selected BMC Software, a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, for sales and maintenance of specific BMC Software® solutions including PATROL® system management, SmartDBA database administrator (DBA) productivity, and SQL BackTrack for DB backup and recovery. UBICS' wide range of IT clients and experience complements BMC Software's industry-leading line of proactive solutions for managing the IT environment. Through its relationship with UBICS, BMC Software is further extending its products to a broader range of IT clientele, particularly in the mid-market segment.

'The combined strength of UBICS' industry knowledge and BMC Software's leading systems management solutions provides customers the capabilities they need to proactively manage their mission-critical business environments,' said Steve Rowland, director and general manager, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Area, BMC Software. 'This relationship provides enterprise level solutions to mid-market businesses and limits the need of these companies to invest in additional in-house expertise, saving them time and money and allowing them to allocate resources to other business-critical areas.'

UBICS brings more than 10 years of experience in IT consulting to the partnership. Customers can benefit from UBICS' wealth of deep industry knowledge in any IT infrastructure management arena. Because they are familiar with the needs of both IT personnel and systems, UBICS professionals can help organizations identify and define their particular monitoring and maintenance needs, thus recommending the appropriate BMC Software solutions.
"'This relationship allows us to fulfill our commitment to expand the breadth of our services, and it simultaneously addresses the growing need for enterprise management solutions," said Bob Harbage, CEO of UBICS. 'BMC Software has the right products to correctly manage IT business systems, and our staff provides the critical IT skills necessary for helping organizations realize the potential ROI from proactive monitoring and management.'

In what seems a perfect fit, UBICS is promoting BMC Software solutions by leveraging its extensive knowledge of virtually every kind of IT environment and its awareness of current IT business issues. In addition to sales and servicing, UBICS will also provide maintenance services to BMC Software customers. More than 35 UBICS consultants are now BMC Software certified.

'Our capabilities as a full service IT organization enable us to advance the goals of BMC Software in multiple ways,' stated Manoj Gulati, director, UBICS Regional Sales. 'Our synergies stem from complementary skills and shared long-term goals in the mid-market segment, an arena in which UBICS is already successful.'

UBICS will support the following BMC Software products: the PATROL® family of products, including PATROL Express (an agent-less monitoring solution), selected PATROL Knowledge Modules and the SmartDBA™ family of products, including selected SQL-Backtrack™ solutions.

The PATROL family of products addresses the changing administrative requirements of heterogeneous distributed environments, reducing downtime and conserving IT resources via 24 x 7 IT system monitoring and management. PATROL Express, part of the PATROL product line, is a performance and availability monitoring solution that enables companies to improve service to customers while driving down operational costs. Organizations can quickly and cost-effectively integrate PATROL Express into the management environment. The solution provides quality of service monitoring, notification and reporting across customers' servers, networks and application infrastructures. Self-provisioning, ease-of-use and out-of-the-box capabilities make PATROL Express easy to implement and inexpensive to operate.

SmartDBA data management solutions ensure the high availability and performance of today's complex database environments by continually and consistently optimizing database performance, simplifying database administration, and accelerating database recovery. SmartDBA solutions set the standard for cost-effective database management and span all major mainframe and distributed databases from a single console. According to International Data Corporation, SmartDBA has maintained a worldwide leadership position in the Data Management Facilities market for seven consecutive years.

 

UBICS, Inc. (OOTC: UBIX), is a global provider of IT professional services that meet clients' business needs. Focusing on enterprise solutions, co-managed solutions, staff augmentation and business process outsourcing, UBICS combines onsite, offsite and offshore-customized development to rapidly deliver industry-leading business solutions at competitive rates. The company assists mid- to large-sized organizations in the areas of: ERP and CRM package implementations and customizations; e-business/e-commerce/Internet services; infrastructure networking; business process re-engineering; application maintenance programming; database, systems and network administration; and more. Specialties include healthcare and telemedicine solutions, as well as Web services. Leveraging its worldwide satellite offices, UBICS retains a corporate capability of simultaneously deploying more than 500 consultants anywhere on the globe. Consultants are available on a contract, contract-to-hire or permanent placement basis. The Pittsburgh, PA-based organization has a successful 10-year history as an affiliate of the UB Group, a $2 billion multinational group of companies headquartered in India. For additional information, please visit http://www.UBICS.com.

 

Forward-looking statements (statements which are not historical facts) in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as ''may'', ''will'', ''to'', ''expect'', ''believe'', ''anticipate'', ''intend'', ''could'', ''would'', ''estimate'', or ''continue'' or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties. UBICS stockholders are subject to the risks and uncertainties described in UBICS' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including UBICS' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

 

Patrick Servino
Director of Marketing
UBICS, Inc.
480-367-8646 x 2003
pservino@ubics.com