CUSTOMER SUCCESS: EDF Energy Relies on BMC Software to Manage Power Distribution to 5.5 Million UK Homes and Businesses
- BMC enables EDF Energy to integrate a highly-distributed IT environment under a single point of control, quickly and cost-effectively managing 8,000 daily job schedules
- BMC CONTROL-M is a critical component of EDF Energy’s IT infrastructure
LONDON, APRIL 22, 2009 --Delivering the energy that powers homes and businesses requires more than power stations and transmission lines; it also requires an effective approach to secure, reliable IT and data management.
To help ensure their always-on ability to deliver gas and electricity to more than 5.5 million UK homes and businesses, EDF Energy selected a single integrated IT management solution from BMC Software (NYSE: BMC). EDF Energy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the EDF Group, one of Europe's largest energy groups.
“We use CONTROL-M to support our management reporting, disaster recovery and server management processes, as well as many of our critical business applications, so it’s no understatement to say that CONTROL-M is a critical component of our IT estate,” said Laura Brown, Software Services Manager, EDF Energy.
EDF Energy’s core services operate across distributed systems that sit alongside the firm’s mainframe environment, calling for a flexible, easy-to-use job scheduling solution. BMC’s CONTROL-M provides a single point of control to monitor, manage and automate these services and as a result, enables EDF Energy to operate its business in a controlled and scheduled manner with the highest service levels. For example, EDF Energy must meet strict regulatory requirements with regard to the management of their gas flow information. With the CONTROL-M solution, EDF Energy is able to ensure timely delivery of this information as required, avoiding unnecessary costs to the business.
In addition to the benefits BMC’s CONTROL-M has delivered to EDF Energy’s business operations, the IT staff have also realised significant gains. Not only has the task of job scheduling been simplified, but CONTROL-M also integrates seamlessly with other BMC solutions in EDF Energy’s IT estate, such as the BMC Performance Manager solution. Defined access by specific roles or individuals provides enhanced security, while a stringent auditing capability allows immediate problem detection and resolution.
BMC’s CONTROL-M tool has also proven extremely reliable, with virtually no performance issues or outages since the tool’s implementation. Recently, the tool has been chosen as one of the principle components of the batch scheduling and automation platform for the company’s future SAP CRM environment roll-out.
BMC’s newest release of CONTROL-M with Workload Lifecycle Management simplifies enterprise job scheduling and improves service to the end-user, while reducing costs. The release further sharpens BMC’s edge over competitors and strengthens its leadership in IT Workload Automation and Business Service Management (BSM).
For more information please visit BMC CONTROL-M. For videos explaining more about the CONTROL-M tool go to BMCtv: http://www.bmctv.com/for-it-professionals.
Business runs on IT. IT runs on BMC Software.
Business thrives when IT runs smarter, faster, and stronger. That's why the most demanding IT organizations in the world rely on BMC Software across both distributed and mainframe environments. Recognized as the leader in Business Service Management, BMC offers a comprehensive approach and unified platform that helps IT organizations cut cost, reduce risk and drive business profit. For the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2008, BMC revenue was approximately $1.86 billion.
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