Simtrol, Inc. (OTCBB: SMRL), an innovative developer of enterprise-class software solutions that manage the extended network of connected devices, today announced that Dave Barry has joined the company as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.
“Dave brings to Simtrol a wealth of sales and business development expertise in the network management software space,” commented Oliver Cooper, [...]

Gautam Patel Joins Firm from iGate
Battery Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm focused on investing in innovation worldwide, today announced the addition of Gautam Patel to its investment team. Joining as Partner, Patel will focus on investments in India, supporting Battery’s strategic goal of building out its global investment platform. Patel joins [...]

* Manages the complete virtualization lifecycle, working across a broad range of technologies, processes, vendors and platforms, including mainframe
* Enables full virtualization of mission-critical applications, ensuring maximum production-level ROI, not just small pilot programs
* Provides customers with direct control over risk and complexity [...]

New Release Enhances Customer Value with Improved Workflow and Integration Capabilities; Executive Dashboard Offers Unprecedented Business Value Views for CIOs
Opalis Software Inc., the market leader in IT process automation software, today announced the immediate availability of Opalis Integration Server version 5.5. The new release includes unique capabilities for integrating and orchestrating IT processes within the [...]

Leading Provider of Applications Management and Managed Hosting Solutions to Lower IT Costs Using BladeLogic
BladeLogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLOG), a leading provider of next-generation data center automation software, today announced that NaviSite, a leading provider of application solutions and hosting services, has selected BladeLogic’s award-winning suite of data center automation software solutions to enhance the [...]

BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) today announced that its direct wholly owned subsidiary, Bengal Acquisition Corporation, has commenced its tender offer for all outstanding shares of BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG) at a price of $28.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest.
The cash tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, dated [...]

Transforms BMC into the Service Automation leader
HOUSTON, March 17, 2008 – BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase BladeLogic (NSDQ: BLOG), the leading and fastest growing data center automation company, for $28.00 per outstanding share of BladeLogic common stock in cash or approximately $800 million, net of cash acquired.
When completed, the [...]

HOUSTON, March 17, 2008 – The powerful acquisition of BladeLogic (NASDAQ: BLOG) by BMC Software (NYSE: BMC), announced earlier today, creates a new industry leader by combining BladeLogic’s award-winning data center automation solutions with BMC’s leading Business Service Management (BSM) – the platform of choice for the world’s largest and most sophisticated IT organizations.
Today’s [...]