Who’s On Phirst

We occasionally get the question, “Does HP, BMC, CA or IBM offer what Phurnace does?” The answer is simply – NO. We have a unique patent-pending approach (a software system and methodology patent) to deployment automation and there is no other vendor that addresses the problem the way that we do. This is not to say that there aren’t other ways to deploy J2EE applications and to configure web application servers. There are other ways, but they rely on hand-crafted, custom-written scripts or manual processes involving the app server console or configuration file editing. We think there is a much better way. The Phurnace way. It is a way that A.) reduces errors, B.) saves time, and C.) saves money. With the introduction of Phurnace, an entirely new way of managing web application deployment has emerged. It is quite frankly, a breakthrough.

Many of our customers have already spent a significant amount of money on I.T. operations platforms such as HP Server Automation, IBM Rational, IBM Tivoli or BMC BladeLogic, to name a few. They want to make sure that those systems don’t provide the functionality that Phurnace does. It is totally understandable and we welcome the question. What they have all found is that we provide a value-add to these systems and are not an overlap. Granted, you will find the terms “deployment automation” in each of their respective product brochures, but without exception, this means “auto launching of the custom-scripts that someone writes for your unique environment.” Phurnace replaces the mechanism of deployment, not the process. Remove the script mechanism, place Phurnace in its place. Boom -- Big cost savings immediately. No more writing of scripts, updating of scripts, maintenance of all of that “scaffolding”. And, Phurnace has integrations available directly to just about every build, source code, release and IT operation system out on the market (even open source tools).

So, feel free to ask the question – “Does Phurnace overlap with my current system?” We will answer with a confident NO and then install our software in your existing environment and prove it. Please give us a chance to put that question to bed.