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BladeLogic Awarded For Best Network Infrastructure Application

BladeLogic Inc, a provider of data center automation software, announced that it has been selected as a winner in the category of Network Infrastructure for the 2004 MITX Technology Awards. Held by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX), the MITX Technology Awards recognize some of New England's most innovative technologies, individuals and companies that have made significant contributions to advance technology and innovation in the region.

"Technology and innovation continue to thrive in New England and our Award winners and special honorees are a true testament to that fact," said Leslie Cushing, executive director of MIMC.

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 Operations Manager, BladeLogic's suite of data center automation solutions, enables companies to efficiently and securely automate data center tasks including server and application provisioning, patch management, change 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 rapidly evolving business requirements. BladeLogic addresses today's data center management challenges while laying the foundation for utility computing.

"Receiving industry recognition such as winning the MITX Technology Award is tremendous validation for the sophistication of our product and the value it provides our Global 2000 customers," said Dev Ittycheria, president and CEO of BladeLogic. "BladeLogic has established itself as one of New England's leading software providers and remains committed to developing cutting-edge software that helps global companies optimize and automate the heart of their IT operations--the data center. I would like to thank MITX for giving us this prestigious award and our employees for their continued dedication to making BladeLogic Operations Manager the best data center automation solution available today."