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BLADELOGIC OPENS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY IN INDIA
Pune Facility to also Serve as Regional Sales & Marketing Headquarters
Waltham, MA, April 24, 2006—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that it has opened a new research and development facility in India. BladeLogic Software Services Pvt. Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, is located in Pune, India. As an integral part of BladeLogic’s global research and development organization, the R&D facility in India will help BladeLogic significantly increase its software engineering capacity to expand and enhance its award-winning and industry-leading suite of data center automation software.
Data center automation has emerged as a large new market opportunity in IT as organizations have transitioned their data centers from legacy computing platforms to the web computing model. This architectural change has created a discontinuity in the marketplace because existing software solutions are not designed to effectively address today’s data center management challenges. Since the company’s inception in 2001, BladeLogic has established itself as one of the most compelling new software technology companies through its strong financial performance, the size and quality of its customer base, and recognition by leading industry analysts as the leader of the $10 billion data center automation market.
To support the company’s rapid growth, BladeLogic decided to build its
first development facility outside the United States. The new research and development
center in Pune, one of India’s fastest growing technology centers, provides
the company with access to a large pool of exceptional software engineering
talent, enabling BladeLogic to rapidly augment its existing software development
operations in the U.S.
With its numerous hosting facilities and vastly improved networking infrastructure,
India is now regarded as one of the world’s prominent areas for locating
data centers. In addition to supporting the company’s research and development
operations, BladeLogic India will also serve as the base for the company’s
sales and marketing initiatives in Southeast Asia. BladeLogic plans to aggressively
build out both its R&D and sales operations in India over the next two years,
and expects to have 150 people in India by the end of 2007.
“BladeLogic has undergone tremendous growth over the last few years due to the increasing global demand for our data center automation software,” said Dev Ittycheria, president and CEO, BladeLogic. “With BladeLogic’s R&D facility in Pune, India, we can leverage the vast talent pool in India to support our rapid growth. The facility will also serve as our sales and marketing headquarters for India, providing us with a significant presence in one of the world’s fastest growing markets. BladeLogic India will be strategic to the company’s future success and we look forward to significantly expanding our operations in the region.”
“After initially being recognized as a hub for IT services, India has emerged as an important center for product development due to the country’s large number of software engineers,” said Monish Darda, General Manager, BladeLogic India. “Pune, in particular, is quickly becoming an important technology area with many global firms opening offices there to leverage the region’s highly-trained local software talent. By opening its R&D facility in Pune, BladeLogic is not only expanding its global presence, but is adding tremendous resources to an already outstanding software engineering team. I am very excited to help build and manage the BladeLogic organization in India.”
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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