BMC picks up Phurnace Software, adds Java enterprise automation to lineup

BMC Software said Thursday that it is acquiring privately held Phurnace Software, which makes automation software to deploy Java applications in the enterprise.

BMC, which is a company worth monitoring in 2010, plans to take Phurnace's technology and embed it into its BMC BladeLogic automation portfolio. BMC's software is widely used to automate processes and application deployment in data centers.

Phurnace's technology will make it easy to model and deploy Java Enterprise Edition applications from the likes of Oracle's BEA, Red Hat's JBoss and IBM's Websphere.

For BMC (all resources), the Phurnace acquisition bolsters its role in the applications arena as tech giants angle to manage next-generation data centers (statement). Phurnace's flagship software is called Deliver and is designed to cut installation time, reduce server defects and accelerate production systems.

Here's a look at the Phurnace software and how it identifies relationships between servers: