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CABLE & WIRELESS CHOOSES BLADELOGIC TO AUTOMATE ITS DATA CENTERS
Leading International Communications Company to Scale its Data Center Infrastructure and Reduce Operational Costs by Using BladeLogic Operations Manager
Waltham, MA, May 17, 2005—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that Cable & Wireless has selected BladeLogic as the automation platform for all of its data centers.
By implementing BladeLogic Operations Manager™, a suite of data center automation solutions, Cable & Wireless can automate a wide range of data center management processes, including server and software provisioning, application change management, remote administration, and ongoing patch and compliance management. Specifically, Cable & Wireless will be able to:
• scale its data center infrastructure by automating many of the manual
processes currently used to manage its computing infrastructure;
• reduce operational costs by using one cross-platform solution to manage
and change configurations across all types of servers and applications;
• audit, control and accurately report on complex server and application
configurations in real-time;
• and improve collaboration between cross-functional teams that are involved
throughout the server lifecycle management process.
“Cable & Wireless has very ambitious goals concerning the automation
of our server and application infrastructure,” said Zahl Limbuwala, head
of operations (Hosting), Cable & Wireless. “After a careful and thorough
evaluation of all available technologies, we selected BladeLogic Operations
Manager as it was the only data center automation solution that could meet our
stringent business requirements for today as well as be our automation platform
for the future.”
“We are extremely pleased to be working with Cable & Wireless, a major player in the telecommunications market,” said Luca Lazzaron, Vice President, EMEA, BladeLogic. “With BladeLogic Operations Manager, Cable & Wireless can take a holistic approach to managing its data centers by using one platform to provision, change, configure and manage all types of servers and applications. The end result will be a highly flexible data center environment that is more efficient and responsive to the needs of Cable & Wireless’ business as a whole.”
About Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless is one of the world's leading international communications companies. It provides voice, data and IP (Internet Protocol) services to business and residential customers, as well as services to other telecoms carriers, mobile operators and providers of content, applications and internet services.
Cable & Wireless' principal operations are in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Panama and the Middle East.
For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.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.
Contact:
BladeLogic
Tedd Rodman
+1-781-257-3560
trodman@bladelogic.com