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BLADELOGIC NAMED "COOL VENDOR" BY LEADING ANALYST FIRM
Vendors Selection Based on Innovation, Market Impact and Intrigue
Waltham, MA - April 7, 2004—BladeLogic, the number one provider of data center automation software, has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in a research report by Gartner, Inc. entitled, “Cool Vendors in Configuration Management.” BladeLogic was one of only three vendors cited in the Server Configuration Management market.
The report, published on March 29, 2004 and written by Analysts Donna Scott, Ronni Colville, Milind Govekar, Patricia Adams, and Debra Curtis, highlights vendors from four configuration management areas: Server Configuration Management; Network Configuration Management; Configuration Management Business Intelligence; and IT Service Configuration Management. Server Configuration Management was noted by the analysts as experiencing “a surge in enterprise interest during the past 18 months in response to the popularity of multitiered application architectures and the vast increase in change frequency (for example, rolling out new application releases, functionality, patches and others), as well as the economic reality that IS applications can’t increase staff accordingly.”
“Given that Gartner is one of the most respected technology research firms, we are pleased to be named a “cool vendor” in their report on the configuration management market,” said Dev Ittycheria, president and CEO, BladeLogic. “As more and more companies look to automate their data centers, many will turn to analyst firms, such as Gartner, to get a better understanding of the software offerings available on the market. Reports such as this one will give these companies insight on which vendors have “innovative and interesting” server configuration management products.”
About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
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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