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BLADELOGIC CUSTOMER TO GIVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT AT NETWORK WORLD’S IT ROADMAP CONFERENCE

Priceline.com CIO Ron Rose to Discuss the Importance of Implementing Next-Generation Automation Solutions for Data Center Management

Lexington, MA, March 5, 2007— BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of next-generation data center automation software, today announced that Ron Rose, CIO of priceline.com, will appear at Network World’s IT Roadmap conference, to be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. Network World, the Leader in Network Knowledge, expects more than 500 IT professionals to attend the event.

As the featured presenter during the conference’s opening General Session, Rose will participate in a one-on-one interview with Network World President and Editorial Director John Gallant. In the presentation, Rose will discuss his vision for next-generation data centers, true business service management and the deployment of mission-critical applications. Priceline.com recently received the Network World Enterprise All-Star Award for its initiatives to automate its data center environments. Priceline.com uses BladeLogic’s data center automation software to provision, update, patch and troubleshoot servers and applications, as well as to roll-out new application releases and updates without impacting the availability or performance of the company’s website.

“BladeLogic’s customer base includes some of the largest and most demanding companies across all vertical markets,” said Vance Loiselle, vice president of marketing, BladeLogic. “It is very gratifying to see that customers such as priceline.com are gaining industry recognition as a result of their forward-thinking IT practices and their use of BladeLogic’s software. We look forward to attending Ron Rose’s presentation at the Network World IT Roadmap conference and participating in the event’s IT Expo.”

For more information about Network World’s IT Roadmap conference, please go to: http://www.networkworld.com/events/boston07/index.html.

To meet with BladeLogic at the event, please visit us at booth # 606 in the IT Roadmap Expo Pavilion located in Hall A, Plaza Level 1 of the Hynes Convention Center.

About Network World’s IT Roadmap
Network World, Inc., the Leader in Network Knowledge, empowers Network IT Executives through education, information and community. Network World’s IT Roadmap encompasses insight from Network World's top editorial team, perspectives from respected industry analysts, valuable case studies from IT buyers and presentations from the top technology solutions providers. The IT Roadmap conference explores key topic areas identified as the highest priorities to network IT decision-makers as they plan improvements and allocate IT budgets for their companies. The conference also features a private IT Expo of vendors offering best-of-breed technologies, allowing attendees to source, compare, and evaluate innovative solutions and potential new partners.

About BladeLogic
BladeLogic is the world's leading provider of next-generation data center automation software with the largest installed base of Global 500 customers, including 9 of the top 50 global companies, 3 of the top 10 aerospace and defense companies, 5 of the top 25 commercial and savings banks, 2 of the top 5 securities companies, 2 of the top 5 entertainment companies, 1 of the top 3 general merchandisers, 6 of the top 12 pharmaceutical companies and 5 of the top 10 telecommunications companies. BladeLogic’s award-winning suite of enterprise-class data center automation software solutions enables enterprises, service providers and government organizations to easily discover, provision, configure, patch, audit, repair and re-allocate physical and virtual computing platforms and applications, resulting in dramatically reduced data center operating costs, improved service quality, and enhanced security and compliance. BladeLogic is a privately-held company headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.


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