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BMC Software Acquires Phurnace Software

BMC Software has acquired Phurnace Software, a developer of Java-based automation software aimed at significantly reducing the cost, complexity and risk to deploy and configure Java-based applications on physical, virtual and cloud environments. The Houston-based supplier of systems management software did not disclose how much it shelled out for Phurnace.

Phurnace's flagship product is a set of tools called Deliver and BMC plans to embed Phurnace’s automation technology into its existing change management and system management product line, BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Suite.

As businesses increasingly expand their use of Java applications for critical IT services, IT organizations have encountered substantial challenges in managing the roll-out, stability and configuration integrity of these applications. Addressing these challenges with manual or script-based solutions results in unreliable and delayed application deployments that impact the business, application downtime that degrades service levels and puts revenue at risk, and a brittle infrastructure that is difficult to manage and maintain.

A press note on the Phurnace web site says that "The combination of BMC’s enterprise-class application release infrastructure and Phurnace’s ability to configure and deploy Java EE application servers provides clear value for customers.

Phurnace technology integrates into existing BMC BladeLogic deployments and provides the following benefits:

Unique ability to model and deploy Java™ Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications for WebLogic, WebSphere®, JBoss and WebSphere Portal
Complete elimination of scripting through automation and tokenization
Rapid troubleshooting and remediation by auditing and synchronizing application server configurations
Automatic migration of applications from one version of an application server to another
Ability to preview and validate changes prior to deployment

Dev Ittycheria, president, Enterprise Service Management at BMC said, “By integrating Phurnace into our platform, BMC is now the only company that can help customers automate the deployment and configuration of business-critical Java EE applications. This acquisition significantly enhances our capabilities in the application layer, positions us extremely well to manage the next-generation data center and considerably strengthens BMC’s business service management platform."

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