TORI SELECTS BLADELOGIC AS THE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR ITS IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Leading Consulting Firm Partners with BladeLogic to Automate Data Center Management Processes for Global Financial Services Companies

Lexington, MA, September 24, 2007—BladeLogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLOG), a leading provider of next-generation data center automation software, today announced that TORI, one of Europe’s leading IT service management (ITSM) consulting firms, has selected BladeLogic’s suite of award-winning data center automation solutions as the underlying technology platform for TORI’s ITSM solutions for its global financial services clients.

By deploying BladeLogic’s suite of data center automation solutions, TORI’s clients in the financial services market can automate the entire server management lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration change management, to continuous compliance assurance. The combination of BladeLogic’s advanced data center automation software and TORI’s proven ITSM services will help TORI’s clients more efficiently meet their Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) requirements and allow them to significantly reduce IT operations costs and improve overall IT performance.

“BladeLogic’s data center automation software is a key technology component of our total ITSM offering,” said Mark Grant, Partner, TORI. “After extensively evaluating the major data center automation solutions on the market, BladeLogic was the only software solution that we felt confident to take into the world’s leading investment banks to solve their ITSM challenges. With the full integration of our services with BladeLogic’s solutions, we are excited about sharing this new offering with our clients in the global financial services market.”

“Having performed engagements for many of the Global 100 financial services organizations, TORI Global has emerged as a leader in IT service management solutions for this sector,” said Luca Lazzaron, Vice President, EMEA, BladeLogic. “By combining TORI’s ITSM services with BladeLogic’s leading server and application management software solutions, TORI can offer its financial services clients the most comprehensive solution for ITIL-based initiatives. We look forward to building a long and rewarding relationship with TORI.”

About TORI
In the five years since its inception, TORI has created a consultancy focusing on four areas; Organizational & Leadership Development, Process Improvement, the Business Management of IT & Operations, and Innovation. TORI is the ultimate peer-group support mechanism, dedicated to providing high-level strategic thinking, practical support and sustainable solutions to clients in the Global Financial Services industry. TORI is composed of experienced, executive-level industry practitioners partnering with select product and service partners dedicated to the Financial Services industry. This combined offering is innovative and designed to transform clients’ business performance, delivering enhanced operational efficiency and competitive advantage. TORI practitioners are internationally recognized for their ability to deliver through hands-on implementation of selected change programs, process improvements and technologies. TORI’s Financial Services expertise, desire for innovation and passion for implementing Organizational Change, ITSM and IT & Operations Business Management solutions enables TORI to overcome the difficulties and delays often associated with managing complex, large-scale, global IT deployments. Over the years, TORI has established a reputation of Trust, Openness, Respect & Integrity while delivering significant value on demanding IT projects. TORI counts many of the Global 100 Financial Services organizations as clients and has successfully managed projects in Europe, Asia, Asia Pacific and the United States. TORI is headquartered in London and is comprised of partners, employees, associates and alliance partners around the globe. For more information, please visit www.toriglobal.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 10 of the top 50 global companies, 3 of the top 10 aerospace and defense companies, 6 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 6 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 - BladeLogic:
Tedd Rodman
+1-781-257-3560
trodman@bladelogic.com

Contact – TORI
Matt Broom
+1-212-461-2145
matt.broom@toriglobal.com