Leading Provider Of IT Infrastructure Services to Resell BladeLogic’s Industry-Leading Suite of Data Center Automation Software Throughout Europe
Waltham, MA, April 18, 2005—BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that Computacenter, Europe’s leading vendor-independent provider of IT infrastructure services, has joined BladeLogic’s reseller program. Under the terms of the agreement, Computacenter will resell BladeLogic Operations Manager™ to its existing clients and potential customers throughout Europe, and also be actively involved in the delivery of implementation and consulting services for BladeLogic customers.
BladeLogic Operations Manager enables companies to automate a wide range of data center management processes, including server and software provisioning, application change management, remote administration, and on-going patch and compliance management. With BladeLogic, organizations can accelerate process-related initiatives such as ITIL, as well as ensure compliance to industry-specific regulatory and security compliance policies. The combination of BladeLogic’s award winning software and Computacenter’s IT services provides clients throughout Europe with some of the most comprehensive data center automation solutions available.
“We offer our clients a true end-to-end approach including advice on IT strategy, the design and implementation of best-of-breed technology solutions and the management of all elements of their IT infrastructure,” said Simon Gay, Consultancy Practice Leader, Computacenter. “Our partnership with BladeLogic is critical to this approach as it enables us to offer our clients leading data center automation solutions that have enabled large IT organizations to significantly reduce operational costs. We look forward to working with BladeLogic to further help organizations throughout Europe increase efficiencies in their data center operations.”
“BladeLogic has quickly amassed an impressive list of
European customers through both direct sales and strategic
reseller channel partnerships, such as our new agreement with
Computacenter,” said Luca Lazzaron, Vice President, EMEA,
BladeLogic. “As IT organizations throughout Europe begin
to discover the substantial benefits of automating their data
centers, we expect to significantly expand our leadership position
and presence in the European market through this partnership
with Computacenter.”
About Computacenter
Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider
of IT infrastructure services. To help our customers maximize
the value of IT to their businesses, we offer services at every
stage of infrastructure investment. We can advise customers
on their IT strategy, implement the most appropriate technology
from a wide range of leading vendors and manage elements of
their technology infrastructures on their behalf. At every
stage we help them minimize the cost and maximize the business
value of their IT expenditure. Our corporate and government clients are served by a network
of branch offices across the UK, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Belgium and, through our international partners, at locations
across the globe.
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
AT&T, Capgemini, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, HSBC, 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 provision,
configure and manage large-scale, distributed server environments
more efficiently resulting in dramatically reduced data center
operating costs, improved responsiveness and enhanced server
security. BladeLogic is a privately held company headquartered
in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com.
Press Contact:
Tedd Rodman
BladeLogic
781-907-6560
trodman@bladelogic.com
