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NORIDIAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY SELECTS BLADELOGIC FOR SERVER COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE
Leading Health Insurance Provider to Implement BladeLogic to Comply with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Technology Requirements
Lexington, MA, November 27, 2006—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of next-generation data center automation software, today announced that Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, a leading provider of health insurance with over 60 years of experience in the health insurance industry, has selected BladeLogic’s award-winning suite of data center automation solutions to automate the compliance management processes for its computing and application infrastructure.
Noridian Mutual Insurance Company selected BladeLogic to address the contractor security requirements of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). CMS requires Noridian to capture the inventory as well as all configuration changes and updates to Noridian’s servers and related applications. Prior to BladeLogic, this was accomplished via a manual process. Using BladeLogic, Noridian can now automate the process of tracking, auditing and reporting all configuration changes to maintain an accurate record and the integrity of its computing infrastructure. In addition, BladeLogic will ensure that the configuration of Noridian’s IT systems will be consistent with the federal enterprise architecture defined by the CMS, as well as Noridian’s own information system architecture.
“In order to meet the security goals and deadlines set by the CMS, we needed a server compliance and configuration management solution that had to satisfy all of our specific technical requirements,” said Nick Benson, Project Team Leader, Technical Support, Noridian Mutual Insurance Company. “After carefully evaluating a number of data center automation solutions, we selected BladeLogic due to its comprehensive compliance and configuration management capabilities. Initially, our goal is to meet the specific CMS contractor security requirements by the end of 2006. We will then expand our compliance and configuration management efforts to other areas of the data center in 2007.”
“IT compliance has emerged as a major challenge for health insurance
companies that need to comply with specific technology policies set by organizations
such as the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services,” said John McMahon,
senior vice president, worldwide sales and services, BladeLogic. “By selecting
BladeLogic, Noridian can automate the entire server lifecycle, including configuration
management, compliance measurement, compliance enforcement and controls reporting.
By doing so, Noridian will not only be able to comply with CMS policies, it
will also be able to optimize all of its server management processes resulting
in a much more efficient IT organization with lower operational costs.”
Noridian Mutual Insurance Company
Noridian is more than just one company. It's a group of companies aligned under
the direction of Noridian Mutual Insurance Company. With more than 60 years
of experience in the health insurance industry, we provide quality health care
coverage and additional supplemental coverage, essentially offering "one-stop
shopping" for those seeking medical, life, disability,
long-term care and related insurance coverage. For more information, please
go to www.noridian.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:
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Tedd Rodman
+1-781-257-3560
trodman@bladelogic.com