NETFLIX SELECTS BLADELOGIC
FOR COMPREHENSIVE DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT
World’s Largest Online Movie Rental Service to
Automate Server & Application Management and Integrate Data
Center Software Tools using BladeLogic
Lexington, MA, March 19, 2007—BladeLogic,
Inc., a leading provider of next-generation data center automation
software, today announced that Netflix, Inc., the world's largest
online movie rental service, has selected BladeLogic’s award-winning
suite of data center automation solutions as the platform to automate
its IT infrastructure.
Prior to BladeLogic, Netflix managed its server and application
environments using internally-developed tools and scripts. By
selecting BladeLogic Operations Manager, Netflix will be able
to further streamline operations and improve service availability
by fully automating the entire lifecycle of its data center management
processes including provisioning, patching, compliance and day-to-day
server and application configuration management. In addition,
Netflix will also implement BladeLogic Orchestration Manager,
a software solution that provides process automation using event-driven
workflow and data integration with other best-of-breed systems
management software tools. As a result, Netflix expects to create
a cohesive data center environment where configuration changes
can be easily managed, controlled and enforced.
“After a thorough review of the leading automation software
products available on the market, we chose BladeLogic as our data
center automation platform due to the breadth and sophistication
of its functionality,” said Mike Osier, Vice President,
Information Technology and Operations, Netflix. “BladeLogic
will help us to reduce the management costs per server, while
delivering an IT environment which is more efficient and responsive
to the needs of our business. We view BladeLogic as an important
element of our IT ecosystem as Netflix marches toward its goal
of 20 million subscribers by 2010-2012.”
“As the world’s largest online movie rental service,
Netflix has a highly complex IT infrastructure consisting of a
large number of servers and applications to support its rapidly
growing business,” said Dev Ittycheria, president &
CEO, BladeLogic. “By selecting BladeLogic, Netflix leverages
a next-generation automation platform to manage its sophisticated
computing environment to meet the needs of its business. We are
extremely proud to add Netflix to our roster of blue-chip customers.”
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.
BladeLogic Media Contact:
Tedd Rodman
BladeLogic
781-257-3560
trodman@bladelogic.com
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