Leading Provider of Intelligent Infrastructure Solutions for the Internet and Telecommunications Networks to use BladeLogic Operations Manager to Balance Server Configuration Management and Compliance Assurance
Waltham, MA, March 2, 2006—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that VeriSign, Inc., an operator of intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world’s voice and data networks, has selected BladeLogic solutions to enable continuous configuration management and compliance assurance to support its server and application infrastructure.
In the past, VeriSign had used a number of point tools and in-house software solutions to manage its server and application environments. With its selection of BladeLogic Operations Manager™, VeriSign is now able to use one solution to automate a wide range of data center processes, including the discovery and detailed inventory of servers and applications, the provisioning of the OS and the entire software stack, the deployment of complex application updates, and the continuous compliance of server configurations to corporate and regulatory policies.
“Using BladeLogic to automate change and configuration management across our infrastructure will lower our operational costs and provide the essential framework for providing best-in-the-world service quality,” said Mark Gathje, Vice President of Systems Engineering, VeriSign. “VeriSign recognizes the critical role a data center automation solution serves in developing and executing a strong security and compliance strategy. BladeLogic will provide us with greater visibility and control over our assets, enable compliance with corporate and regulatory policies, and support ever better enterprise standardization.”
“As IT organizations come to realize that configuration change and compliance assurance are interrelated disciplines and not mutually exclusive, they will look to implement systems management software that addresses both disciplines in order to lower operational costs and gain greater operational control of their server environments,” said Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO, BladeLogic. “By selecting BladeLogic Operations Manager, VeriSign is ensuring that its server and application infrastructure is not only managed at the highest efficiency, but that the company is meeting the compliance requirements of internal corporate and external regulatory policies. We look forward to building a long and rewarding relationship with VeriSign.”
About Verisign
VeriSign, Inc. operates intelligent infrastructure services
that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across
the world's voice and data networks. Additional news and information
about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
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uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty of future
revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly
operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign
to successfully develop and market new services and the uncertainty
of whether new services as provided by VeriSign will achieve
market acceptance or result in any revenues. More information
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and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings with
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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no obligation
to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date
of this press release.
About BladeLogic
BladeLogic is the leading provider of data center automation
software with the largest installed base of Global 2000 and
other leading customers, including such organizations as Cable
& Wireless, Capgemini, E*Trade, HSBC, Lockheed Martin, priceline.com,
Putnam Investments, Time Warner, VeriSign, Virgin Mobile, and
Walmart.com. BladeLogic Operations Manager™, the company’s
award-winning suite of enterprise-class data center automation
solutions, enables organizations of any size to achieve continuous
configuration compliance across large-scale, distributed server
and application environments, resulting in dramatically reduced
data center operating costs, improved responsiveness, increased
efficiencies, and enhanced security. BladeLogic is a privately
held company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. For
more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
Press Contact:
Tedd Rodman
BladeLogic
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