Phurnace Recognized as a “Comprehensive Solution” in the Automation space

Independent Research Firm Report Highlights Service Operations Solutions that “Save Money”

AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) — November 20, 2009 - Phurnace Software, Inc., the Java application deployment company, today announced it has been included in the November 2009 independent report, “The Low-Hanging Fruit That Service Operations Teams Should Consider Now,” by Forrester Research, Inc. a leading technology analyst firm. Authored by analyst Evelyn Hubbert, this report identifies software tools that can add value quickly and without long implementation cycles. The report states, “Selecting solutions that increase IT operational efficiency, support critical processes that consume resources, and affect the quality of services should be the priority for the service operations team. There are a variety of low-hanging fruit opportunities for service operations that should be considered for implementation, as they “save money by spending money.”

According to the Forrester report, “automation solutions can represent big savings in streamlining processes, driving consistencies, and eliminating errors.” Forrester recommends organizations, “leverage existing tools to their fullest, but also look for complementary tools that can support your focus area and bring immediate benefits of improving efficiency, reducing risk, and supporting end-to-end business services and at the same reduce cost.”

The full report can be viewed at http://www.phurnace.com/landing/lowhangingfruit.

“Phurnace continues to be recognized as a software tool that makes a difference – quickly,” said Larry Warnock, president and chief executive officer, Phurnace Software. “Rapid ROI is the name of the game and we believe being identified in this report shows that Phurnace is an easy solution that can immediately impact an organization’s bottom line.”

Organizations worldwide are currently using Phurnace to automate traditional, labor-intensive processes done during typical application deployments, saving critical time and valuable resources.

Phurnace Deliver™, the company’s flagship product, provides comprehensive support for IT operations staff and developers during complex enterprise Java deployments to decrease errors, streamline deployments and avoid the downtime and outages that come with manual or script-based processes. The product also troubleshoots and identifies problems and then remediates immediately. The current user approach of paging through the console or building cumbersome scripts can be reduced or eliminated with Phurnace, therefore freeing up limited IT resources for more value-added tasks.

Phurnace customers represent multiple vertical markets and leverage the company’s vast automated deployment product line that provides support for IBM WebSphere®, Oracle WebLogic®, RedHat JBoss™ and IBM WebSphere® Portal. Additionally, Phurnace can be integrated to BMC BladeLogic®, HP Server Automation®, IBM Tivoli®, IBM Rational® Build Forge®, and source code control systems such as IBM ClearCase®, Borland® StarTeam®, Serena® Dimensions®, SVN, and CVS.

About Phurnace Software, Inc.
Phurnace Software helps companies drive revenue and dramatically reduce costs by accelerating the deployment of business critical applications into physical environments, virtual images or to cloud computing providers. Leveraging patent-pending technology, Phurnace automates web application deployments – from installation to deployment to upgrades – eliminating manual, error-prone processes and delivering tangible ROI within weeks. Based in Austin, Texas, Phurnace is funded by S3Ventures, DFJ Mercury and other private investors.

Phurnace and the Phurnace flame logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Phurnace Software, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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