Xcel Energy
Selects Stratavia for Data Center Automation
Released
on: March 6, 2008, 1:40 pm
Press
Release Author: Michael Puterbaugh/Stratavia
Industry:
Software
Press
Release Summary: Leading US Energy Company Standardizes on Stratavia’s
Data Palette to Automate Critical IT Tasks
Press
Release Body: Denver, CO, March 6, 2008 – Stratavia,
a leading provider of data center automation software, today announced
that Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL), one of the nation’s
largest mid-western electricity and natural gas providers, has selected
Stratavia’s Data Palette data center automation
platform to streamline its IT operations and support the company’s
mission to grow its low-cost, reliable, environmentally sound energy
business.
“Xcel
Energy is committed to advancing technologies that allow
us to better serve our customers and optimize system performance
across the entire energy grid,” said Michael
Carlson, Chief Information Officer, Xcel Energy. “We’re
pleased to be working with Stratavia to find innovative
solutions for automating our critical IT processes, such as server
provisioning and database
administration.”
Xcel Energy is a major U.S. electricity and natural
gas company with operations in eight Western and Midwestern states.
It provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products
and services to 3.3 million electricity customers and 1.8 million
natural gas customers. Founded more than 150 years ago, it owns
more than 34,500 miles of natural gas pipelines. Xcel Energy’s
data center operations, 100% outsourced to IBM’s Global
Services, plays a crucial role in the distribution of these
utilities to customers, and requires the utmost in service and availability.
With
increasing demands on the IT organization, Xcel Energy
required a solution to standardize and centralize critical processes
while providing the ability to carry these processes out in scale,
with guaranteed quality and positive results. Stratavia’s
Data Palette data center
automation platform takes care of Xcel Energy’s
critical, yet repetitive processes and seamlessly integrates with
existing IT standards.
“In
our industry, it is important to provide the highest service levels
possible to our customers, while managing costs. We expect the breadth
of capabilities included in the Data Palette platform will allow
us to avoid paying for significant future upgrades -- savings which
can be passed along to our energy customers,” Carlson
continued.
Data
Palette is Stratavia’s award-winning,
patent-pending platform that automates complex, manually intensive
yet repetitive data center tasks. Data Palette helps
IT professionals define, build and centrally orchestrate standard
operating procedures and report on mission-critical IT operations.
It features decision, task and process automation, and an intelligent
rules engine that empowers IT administrators.
This
ability to combine multiple levels of automation with innovative
predictive analytics capabilities provide a higher level of automation
intelligence, perfectly suited for IT organizations who wish to
become business driven and move away from chaotic, reactive activities.
"Xcel
Energy is a prime example of how our platform can automate
data center operations in critical and complex environments”,
said Thor Culverhouse, president and CEO, Stratavia.
“For utilities, IT disruptions, on any scale, have the potential
to cause significant problems for businesses and customers alike
and Xcel Energy is pioneering methods that set
the standard for availability in their industry.”
About
Stratavia
Stratavia is a leading provider of Data
Center Automation software. Stratavia's
flagship solution, Data Palette, is based upon
an intelligent Run Book Automation platform which
automates complex, error-prone, manually intensive yet repetitive
IT administration tasks, such as database administration and server
provisioning. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Data Palette
to define, build and execute standard operating procedures,
and report on mission-critical applications and IT operations. Founded
in 2001, Stratavia is headquartered in Denver,
Colorado and is privately held and venture funded by Adams Street
Partners, Asset Management Company and Vista Ventures. For more
information go to http://www.stratavia.com.
Web
Site: http://www.stratavia.com
Contact
Details: Michael Puterbaugh
Stratavia, Inc.
Tel: 303-991-4844
strataviapr@stratavia.com
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