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iPASS DEPLOYS BLADELOGIC TO MANAGE RAPIDLY GROWING IT INFRASTRUCTURE
Automation of Server Management Lifecycle Enables iPass to Increase Efficiency and Responsiveness While Lowering Data Center Operating Costs
Waltham, MA, May 17, 2004—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that iPass Inc. has deployed BladeLogic Operations Manager™ to manage its rapidly growing server and application infrastructure. iPass delivers enterprises simple, secure and manageable connectivity services for mobile workers as they move between office, home and remote locations. Because iPass combines its global network of dial-up, Ethernet and the world’s largest Wi-Fi footprint with support for campus wireless LANs and home broadband connections to deliver a unified and comprehensive solution, availability and agility of IT infrastructure is critical to the company. By implementing BladeLogic as the data center automation platform to provision, configure and manage its application infrastructure, iPass estimates it will save over 7,500 man-hours annually while improving mean time-to-repair by 500%.
“As a business connectivity service provider, our customers demand high-availability access to their corporate networks wherever and whenever needed,” said Peter Albert, Director of Operations Engineering, iPass. “With the growth of our company and a commensurate increase in the number and type of servers and applications to support our business, data center automation is critical to ensuring high service levels while controlling costs. BladeLogic gives us the ability to quickly, accurately and safely perform complex changes to our application infrastructure. The associated cost savings should be substantial.”
“iPass is widely recognized for its superior virtual network which provides connectivity in more than 150 countries and has nearly a half million users every month,” said Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO, BladeLogic. “BladeLogic Operations Manager is uniquely designed to address the demanding requirements of such a sophisticated global IT infrastructure allowing iPass and other leading companies to offer superior service to their customers while dramatically reducing the associated management costs.”
The shift to Web-based architectures and the distributed nature of today’s organizations have resulted in rapid growth in servers and applications. BladeLogic enables IT organizations to efficiently and securely automate data center tasks to reduce complexity, increase responsiveness and cut costs. BladeLogic addresses today’s data center management challenges while offering a tangible roadmap to a true utility computing environment.
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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