BladeLogic Expands Its European Operations to Meet the Growing Demand for Data Center Automation Software.WALTHAM, Mass. -- Leading Data Center Automation Software Provider Hires Proven Executive to Lead its European Sales Initiatives and Opens New Offices in France and Italy BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that it has accelerated the expansion of its operations in Europe by appointing Luca Lazzaron as Vice President for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ) region. As part of this expansion, new sales offices will be opened in Italy and France and staffing in its existing office in the United Kingdom (UK) will be expanded. Lazzaron brings a highly successful track record in enterprise information technology sales and general management in the EMEA region. Prior to joining BladeLogic, Lazzaron was the Regional Vice President for the Southern and Eastern EMEA region for Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. (Nasdaq: PRSF PRSF Presidio of San Francisco (US National Park Service) PRSF Peoples Republic of San Francisco ), a provider of billing and revenue management solutions. Lazzaron also worked for several years at Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (Nasdaq: CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) where he held numerous EMEA management positions in sales and business development. Previously, he held senior sales and general management positions with GEOTEL Technology (acquired by Cisco), a developer of call-routing technology, for the Southern Europe Southern Europe or sometimes Mediterranean Europe is a region of the European continent. There is no clear definition of the term which can vary depending on whether geographic, cultural, linguistic or historical factors are taken into account. region. Earlier in his career, Lazzaron held a variety of sales and sales management positions of increasing responsibility at Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. (Nasdaq: PMTC PMTC Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (of HIV/AIDS) PMTC Pacific Missile Test Center PMTC Professional Multimedia Test Center ). BladeLogic's new offices will staff sales, marketing and consulting professionals that will help the company expand its presence throughout Europe by identifying, cultivating and servicing customer and partner relationships in the region. As part of this expansion the company will open new offices in Padua and Turin, Italy and Paris, France to augment its existing operations in the UK. Previously, the company opened an office in Ottawa, Canada to expand its coverage in North America. "Consistent with the explosive growth of our business in the US and Canada, BladeLogic has experienced tremendous demand for its data center automation software in Europe since opening an office in the UK in 2002," said Dev Ittycheria, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BladeLogic. "The appointment of Luca Lazzaron as the head of our EMEA operations and the opening of new offices in Italy and France will help us meet the escalating demand for data center automation software in Europe as well as in other EMEA markets, and will enable BladeLogic to enhance its position as the leading data center automation software provider in the world." "After speaking with many potential customers and partners in the EMEA region, the opportunity for BladeLogic is truly immense," said Luca Lazzaron. "Given the company's superior product advantage, large Global 2000 customer base, and outstanding operating performance, we have very ambitious growth plans for the EMEA region. I look forward to being part of BladeLogic's success in EMEA." The shift to distributed computing architectures and the dynamic nature of today's businesses have resulted in rapid growth in servers, applications and users. BladeLogic enables companies to efficiently and securely automate data center tasks including server and application provisioning, patch management, configuration management, compliance management and remote administration. This approach reduces the complexity and costs of managing the data center, improves security and ensures better IT responsiveness to evolving business requirements. BladeLogic addresses today's data center management challenges while laying the foundation for utility computing. Contact information for BladeLogic in Europe: BladeLogic United Kingdom BladeLogic Italy Cardinal Point via Lisbona, 7 Park Road 35127 Padua Rickmansworth Italy Hertfordshire Phone +39 0498700013 WD3 1RE Fax +39 0498701479 Phone: +44 (0) 870 351 4376 Fax: +44 (0) 870 351 4377 About BladeLogic BladeLogic is the leading provider of data center automation software with a large installed base of Global 2000 and other leading customers, including Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the largest futures exchange in the United States and the second largest exchange in the world for the trading of futures and options on futures. , General Electric, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, priceline.com, Sprint, SunGard, VeriSign, Time Warner and Walmart.com. BladeLogic Operations Manager, a 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 costs, improved responsiveness and enhanced server security. BladeLogic is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com. |
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