BladeLogic Selected by Betfair for Automated Server Management; World's Leading Online Betting Exchange Automates Data Center Processes Using BladeLogic Operations Manager.LEXINGTON, Mass. -- BladeLogic, Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software, today announced that Betfair, the world's leading online betting exchange A betting exchange is a peer-to-peer gambling website acting as a broker between parties for the placement of bets. The concept is similar to that of a stock exchange or a futures exchange, where in this case the commodity being traded is a bet, rather than a stock or futures , has selected BladeLogic's award-winning software to automate its server management initiatives. Betfair will initially use BladeLogic to automate the complex processes for building environments on its development and quality assurance servers, and the deployment of code across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . In the past, both of these processes were done manually and required extensive staffing. Using BladeLogic's automation capabilities, Betfair is now able to drastically reduce the amount of time allocated to servicing requests by the company's release team, enabling that team to work on other strategic IT initiatives. Moving forward, Betfair will expand its use of BladeLogic to include server auditing and compliance, change and configuration control, and security and patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique . "At the core of Betfair's success is its use of cutting edge technology," said Saranjit Soor, Head of Software Deployment Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. , Betfair. "By using BladeLogic's industry-leading solutions to manage complex release processes, our administrators will now be able to deploy code to the development and quality assurance server environments through automation. The same automation can also be used for staging and production. The use of BladeLogic will mitigate risk during the whole release cycle and ensure all environments are consistent and compliant to Betfair's standards" "As an online exchange that processes 5 million transactions per day, it is critical that Betfair's IT infrastructure be highly available and flexible," said Luca Lazzaron, Vice President, 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. , BladeLogic. "Through its selection of BladeLogic, Betfair now has an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that can automate all of its server management processes and guarantee that its server environment is always up and running. We are very excited to have Betfair as a customer and look forward to helping them to optimize their server infrastructure." About Betfair Betfair is the world's leading online betting exchange, a concept it has pioneered. Driven by cutting-edge technology, Betfair enables punters to choose their own odds and bet against each other, even after an event has started. Betfair processes 5 million transactions a day and more than 300 bets a second. 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, Expedia, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , 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 responsiveness, increased efficiencies, and enhanced 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 Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, please visit www.bladelogic.com. |
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