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BLADELOGIC EXPANDS ITS EUROPEAN OPERATIONS TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR DATA CENTER AUTOMATION SOFTWARE
Leading Data Center Automation Software Provider Hires Proven Executive to Lead its European Sales Initiatives and Opens New Offices in France and Italy
Waltham, MA, September 9, 2004—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that it has accelerated the expansion of its operations in Europe by appointing Luca Lazzaron as Vice President for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. As part of this expansion, new sales offices will be opened in Italy and France and staffing in its existing office in the United Kingdom (UK) will be expanded.
Lazzaron brings a highly successful track record in enterprise information technology sales and general management in the EMEA region. Prior to joining BladeLogic, Lazzaron was the Regional Vice President for the Southern and Eastern EMEA region for Portal Software (Nasdaq: PRSF), a provider of billing and revenue management solutions. Lazzaron also worked for several years at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) where he held numerous EMEA management positions in sales and business development. Previously, he held senior sales and general management positions with GEOTEL Technology (acquired by Cisco), a developer of call-routing technology, for the Southern Europe region. Earlier in his career, Lazzaron held a variety of sales and sales management positions of increasing responsibility at Parametric Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: PMTC).
BladeLogic’s new offices will staff sales, marketing and consulting professionals that will help the company expand its presence throughout Europe by identifying, cultivating and servicing customer and partner relationships in the region. As part of this expansion the company will open new offices in Padua and Turin, Italy and Paris, France to augment its existing operations in the UK. Previously, the company opened an office in Ottawa, Canada to expand its coverage in North America.
“Consistent with the explosive growth of our business in the US and Canada, BladeLogic has experienced tremendous demand for its data center automation software in Europe since opening an office in the UK in 2002,” said Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO of BladeLogic. “The appointment of Luca Lazzaron as the head of our EMEA operations and the opening of new offices in Italy and France will help us meet the escalating demand for data center automation software in Europe as well as in other EMEA markets, and will enable BladeLogic to enhance its position as the leading data center automation software provider in the world.”
“After speaking with many potential customers and partners in the EMEA region, the opportunity for BladeLogic is truly immense,” said Luca Lazzaron. “Given the company’s superior product advantage, large Global 2000 customer base, and outstanding operating performance, we have very ambitious growth plans for the EMEA region. I look forward to being part of BladeLogic’s success in EMEA.”
The shift to distributed computing architectures and the dynamic nature of
today’s businesses have resulted in rapid growth in servers, applications
and users. BladeLogic enables companies to efficiently and securely automate
data center tasks including server and application provisioning, patch management,
configuration management, compliance management and remote administration. This
approach reduces the complexity and costs of managing the data center, improves
security and ensures better IT responsiveness to evolving business requirements.
BladeLogic addresses today’s data center management challenges while laying
the foundation for utility computing.
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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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