Gartner Symposium/ITXPO, Orlando, FL – October
10, 2006
BladeLogic, the leading provider of next-generation
data center automation software, and AlterPoint, Inc., the leader
in intelligent Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM)
solutions, today announced a technology partnership that provides
enterprise customers a comprehensive, integrated change and
configuration management solution for servers, applications
and network devices for multi-vendor IT infrastructures.
BladeLogic’s suite of data center automation software
solutions enables IT organizations to manage, control and enforce
configuration changes to servers and applications in order to
realize maximum value from the data center. AlterPoint’s
DeviceAuthority solution allows IT staff to better assess the
impact of changes across network devices, more effectively fulfill
compliance requirements and improve the analysis of network
failures. By integrating two best-of-breed solutions, IT organizations
can realize the following benefits across servers, applications
and network devices:
• Unified Asset, Compliance and Change Reporting
• Unified Compliance Assurance
• Integrated Service Provisioning and Change Orchestration
• Enterprise Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
using a federated approach across various
infrastructure types
“Enterprise IT organizations do not want to be locked in to a single vendor solution. Nor do they want to spend a significant amount of time integrating multiple solutions together. By easily enabling seamless integration with other best-of-breed technology vendors such as AlterPoint, BladeLogic allows customers to get the best of both worlds,” said Dev Ittycheria, president and CEO, BladeLogic. “AlterPoint is not only one of the most technically sound but also one of the more widely-adopted network configuration and change tools in the industry. Our integrated solution will provide customers an exceptional user experience and enable them to solve key business problems, improve their operational efficiencies and control costs.”
Yesterday, BladeLogic announced the availability of BladeLogic Orchestration Manager™, the industry’s first comprehensive data center integration solution. Orchestration Manager provides run-time event, data exchange and workflow integration between BladeLogic’s data center automation software and other best-of-breed data center management software tools. Orchestration Manager will enable the seamless integration of BladeLogic and AlterPoint in conjunction with other enterprise IT management tools such as service desk, service monitoring and other enterprise management systems.
“BladeLogic’s strong financial performance and strong track record in winning large Fortune 500 accounts makes them the clear leader in the data center automation software market,” said Scott Harmon, chief executive officer for AlterPoint. “This partnership is a significant milestone in the industry. It gives enterprise customers the opportunity to take advantage of two of the most advanced software solutions on the market without the downside of dealing with separate vendors and inconsistent interfaces.”
To see a demonstration of the integrated BladeLogic/AlterPoint
solution, please visit BladeLogic at booth #1117 at Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Florida, Oct. 9th -12th.
About AlterPoint, Inc.
AlterPoint develops intelligent network change and configuration
management (NCCM) solutions that have pioneered the evolution
of network management. Companies worldwide rely on the intelligence
and automation provided by AlterPoint's award-winning product,
DeviceAuthority, to proactively manage configuration change,
compliance and security across their multi-vendor network to
maximize the performance and availability of their IT infrastructure.
Founded in 2001, AlterPoint is headquartered in Austin, Texas,
with offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, please
visit www.alterpoint.com.
About BladeLogic
BladeLogic is the leading provider of next-generation 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,
Time Warner, VeriSign, Virgin Mobile and Walmart.com. BladeLogic’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 service quality, increased
efficiencies, and enhanced compliance and security. BladeLogic
is a privately held company headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts,
USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
AlterPoint Media Contact:
David Gibbs
Blanc & Otus Public Relations
+1-512-372-6656
dgibbs@blancandotus.com
BladeLogic Media Contact:
Tedd Rodman
BladeLogic
781-257-3560
trodman@bladelogic.com
