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HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL SELECTS BLADELOGIC FOR ENTERPRISE DATA CENTER AUTOMATION
Automation of Data Center Operations to Increase IT Efficiency and Reduce Costs
Bedford, MA – February 17, 2004—BladeLogic Inc., the number one provider of data center automation software, today announced that Household International, a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, one of the largest financial services institutions in the world, has selected BladeLogic Operations Manager™ to efficiently manage its enterprise data center operations. BladeLogic’s software automates the lifecycle of managing server and application infrastructure enabling companies to significantly increase IT service responsiveness while dramatically reducing costs.
“Household International is one of the most technologically sophisticated banking and financial services institutions in the world,” said Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO, BladeLogic. “Household’s selection of BladeLogic as its server automation platform is a strong validation of the value our software provides in helping leading financial services companies run highly efficient and available data center operations.”
BladeLogic Operations Manager enables IT organizations to efficiently and securely provision and configure their UNIX, Linux and Windows servers and automate all ongoing changes required for application release management, patch management, and configuration repair. Furthermore, BladeLogic Operations Manager enables IT managers to proactively measure compliance to security and configuration policies and automatically correct discrepancies in order to maintain configuration consistency in the data center. By providing the ability to effect large scale provisioning and change while ensuring compliance to policies, Operations Manager allows organizations to implement “Coherency” – which enables any change, across any platform, with any skill ™ – to address today’s key data center management challenges while offering a tangible roadmap to a utility computing environment.
About Household International, Inc
Household International, Inc., based in Prospect Heights, Ill., is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HBC), one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. Household's businesses are leading providers of consumer loans, credit cards, auto finance and credit insurance products in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. In the United States, Household companies operate under the two oldest and most recognized names in consumer finance - HFC and Beneficial. Additionally, Household's businesses are some of the nation's largest issuers of private label and general-purpose credit cards, including The GM Card® and the AFL-CIO's Union Plus® card. For more information, visit www.household.com.
About BladeLogic (NASDAQ: BLOG)
BladeLogic is a leading provider of data center automation software with a large installed base of Fortune Global 500 customers, including 21 of the top 100 global companies, 3 of the top 10 aerospace and defense companies, 7 of the top 25 commercial and savings banks, 3 of the top 5 securities companies, 2 of the top 3 entertainment companies, 2 of the top 3 general merchandisers, 7 of the top 12 pharmaceutical companies and 7 of the top 10 telecommunications companies. BladeLogic’s data center automation software solutions enable enterprises, service providers and government organizations to easily browse, provision, configure, patch, audit and remediate physical and virtual servers and applications, allowing customers to achieve reduced data center operating costs, improved service quality and enhanced security and compliance. BladeLogic is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
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Tedd Rodman
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trodman@bladelogic.com