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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.3


BMC SOFTWARE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF NEW DIMENSION SOFTWARE

     Company Completes Second Major Acquisition in Two Weeks; Prepares for
     Kickoff of Fiscal 2000

     HOUSTON, TX -- (April 14, 1999) -- Two weeks after completing its merger
     with Boole & Babbage, BMC Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:BMCS), today completed its
     acquisition of New Dimension Software Ltd. With the completion of these
     acquisitions, BMC Software is positioned as the leader among top-tier
     enterprise management vendors with its focus on rapid delivery of business
     value. These two strategic moves create a new era for enterprise management
     by providing customers around the world with the assurance that the
     business-critical applications they rely on are available, recoverable and
     perform around the clock.

     "The addition of New Dimension Software and Boole & Babbage better
     positions us as a strategic partner with our customers. As separate
     companies, each was strong and considered an industry leader. Now, as one
     company with one vision, BMC Software will be the one that customers trust
     to lead them into the new millennium," said Max Watson, chairman, president
     and CEO of BMC Software. "BMC Software has become the pre-eminent leader in
     Information Technology enterprise management. We have reached this position
     through internal development and growth as well as through strategic
     acquisitions. Our acquisition strategy has been focused on companies that
     are industry leaders and offer best-of-breed solutions. The addition of New
     Dimension Software truly brings a new dimension to BMC Software's
     application service assurance strategy."

     Through the acquisition, BMC Software obtains a new center for technology
     excellence in Tel Aviv, Israel, which is one of the world's epicenters for
     technology innovation. In addition, the company's combined product line
     will provide customers the ability to manage all components of the
     enterprise which affect application availability and the ability to solve
     unique application availability problems. Today, there already exists
     tremendous synergies across customers and products lines. BMC Software will
     leverage its distribution channels allowing customers to realize these
     benefits:

          o    Across all major platforms (OS/390, UNIX, NT, Internet);

          o    Across databases, middleware, mail and messaging, custom and
               packaged applications, Internet and Web servers;

          o    Across all major functional areas: event management, performance
               analysis, capacity planning, backup and recovery, job scheduling,
               output management and security administration.

     The New Dimension Software transaction is a cash purchase valued at
     approximately $675 million. BMC Software plans to have New Dimension
     Software operate as a separate 

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     operating business unit. More details of the integration plans will be
     announced following the company's kickoff of its fiscal year 2000 planned
     for the end of April. With the completion of the New Dimension Software
     transaction, BMC Software now employs approximately 5,000 people in 26
     countries and has combined revenues during the last 12 months of
     approximately $1.3 billion.

     ABOUT BMC SOFTWARE BMC

     Software is the world's leading provider of management solutions that
     ensure the availability, performance, and recovery of companies'
     business-critical applications. We call this application service assurance,
     and it means that the applications you and your customers rely on most stay
     up and running, around the clock. For more than 18 years, the world's
     largest companies have relied on BMC Software. BMC Software is among the
     world's largest independent software vendors, a Forbes 500 company and a
     member of the S&P 500, with revenues during the previous 12 months of
     approximately $1.3 billion. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas,
     with offices worldwide. For more information, visit our Web site at
     www.bmc.com, or please call 800-841-2031 or 713-918-8800.

Media Relations Contacts:                       Investor Relations Contact:

     BMC Software:                                   BMC Software:
     Dan D'Armond                                    John Cox
     (713) 918-2372                                  (713) 918-4291
     dan_d'armond@bmc.com                            john_cox@bmc.com

     Blanc & Otus: (For BMC Software)
     Jim McManus
     (617) 225-9990
     jmcmanus@bando.com