Lexington, MA, August 15, 2006—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) has selected BladeLogic as its strategic automation platform to manage its server and application infrastructure.
BladeLogic offers a suite of data center automation solutions that enables IT organizations to more efficiently manage, control, and enforce changes to servers and applications in order to realize maximum business value from the data center. Expedia® will use BladeLogic to automate a variety of complex data center processes, such as server provisioning, application configuration management, policy-based compliance, and application release management, for the company’s diversified portfolio of well-recognized brands, including Expedia.com®, Hotels.com®, Hotwire.com™, TripAdvisor™, Expedia® Corporate Travel, Classic Vacations®, and a range of other US-based and international businesses.
Expedia selected BladeLogic in order to improve existing application release and operation control processes for its enterprise server and application infrastructure. Using BladeLogic’s sophisticated application deployment and auditing capabilities, Expedia can now conduct automatic compliance audits after complex deployments to ensure the integrity of a specific application version. In addition, BladeLogic’s proprietary packaging technology enables Expedia to significantly reduce server downtime in the event of a problem.
Following a rigorous evaluation process that included the industry's leading data center automation vendors, BladeLogic was selected by Expedia for its proven ability to automate the complete server and application lifecycle from deployment to ongoing operations for the most complex applications in the most demanding environments.
“With more than 15 subsidiaries, Expedia has an extensive IT infrastructure environment consisting of thousands of servers and applications distributed in data centers located around the world,” said Bill Holtz, Chief Information Officer, Expedia, Inc. “We selected BladeLogic to provide a unified platform to manage the entire lifecycle of our servers, from development through production. By doing so, we will have a more efficient server and application environment enabling us to better serve our customers around the world.”
“Expedia, one of the most recognizable brands on the
Internet, has long been known for their leadership in delivering
innovative new products and services to the travel industry,”
said Dev Ittycheria, president and CEO, BladeLogic. “We
are excited to work with such a sophisticated and Internet-savvy
organization. By selecting BladeLogic to help automate critical
server and application management processes, Expedia continues
to push the envelope in web site reliability and performance,
and extends its reputation as one of the leading online travel
companies.”
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 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 Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information,
please visit www.bladelogic.com.
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Press Contact:
Tedd Rodman
BladeLogic
781-257-3560
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