Cloud and Hosting Leader Secure-24 Relies on Puppet Enterprise to Build and Support Customers' Infrastructure

PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - Mar 12, 2013) - Puppet Labs, the leading provider of IT automation software for system administrators, announced today that Secure-24 Inc., a leading provider of cloud computing, application outsourcing and enterprise hosting services, leverages Puppet Enterprise to help manage its customers' IT landscapes and business-critical applications.

Secure-24 was previously using Puppet open source; however as its infrastructure grew and its customers' needs changed, the company decided to move to Puppet Enterprise, Puppet Labs' commercial offering, due to the software's built-in manageability and enterprise support. Secure-24 is also able to save time with the Puppet Enterprise GUI console, which allows the company's IT team to identify resources without having to go to the end-point system.

"We were really happy with Puppet, but we had some limitations and we needed that extra support, management and out-of-the-box capabilities that came with Puppet Enterprise," said Sean Millichamp, Enterprise Architect at Secure-24. "When we moved to Puppet Enterprise, we didn't look at any other IT automation solution as we were already happy with Puppet open source, and our team was already familiar with it. There was no reason to look elsewhere."

"It is critical for cloud and hosting companies, like Secure-24, to keep up with the unique IT demands of their enterprise clients," said Luke Kanies, founder and CEO of Puppet Labs. "Puppet Enterprise allows the IT team at Secure-24 to free up time from monotonous tasks and focus on the higher demands of their enterprise customers."

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About Puppet Labs
Puppet Labs, Inc. is the leader in IT automation. Puppet Labs' software provides system administrators the operational agility, efficiency and insight they need to proactively manage dynamic infrastructure, scaling from tens of servers to thousands, on-premise or in the cloud. Thousands of the world's leading organizations are using Puppet Labs' software to configure and manage their IT infrastructure, including Citrix, eBay, NYSE, Match.com, Oracle/Sun, Shopzilla, and Zynga. Now numbering more than 110 employees and based in Portland, Oregon, Puppet Labs is backed by investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, VMware, Cisco, True Ventures, Radar Partners, and Emerson Street Partners. To learn more, please visit www.puppetlabs.com.

About Secure-24, Inc. (http://www.secure-24.com)
Headquartered in Metro Detroit, Secure-24 delivers managed IT operations, hosting and cloud computing from its state-of-the-art data centers in Michigan and Arizona. The company manages complex IT landscapes and business critical applications for mid-market and large organizations that operate globally. Secure-24 is a Certified SAP Hosting and Cloud Provider with a broad SAP Basis Competency Center, and an Oracle Gold Partner for hosting Oracle Enterprise Performing Management (EPM) solutions, such as Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Hyperion. Visit us at http://www.secure-24.com.