Case Study: CMC Markets achieves rapid, automated deployments and 24x7 availability with BMC Software's BladeLogic Server Automation

CMC Markets uses leading-edge automation technology to keep its NextGen online trading platform stable, agile, and efficient

CMC Markets, a global trading firm supporting spread betting, CFDs and FX for over 80,000 active customers across 3,000 markets, needed best-in-class automation to deploy and manage its NextGen trading platform that processes more than one million price updates per second. The IT team required a stable, agile, and efficient way to roll out and operate 80+ applications across development, testing, production and disaster-recovery environments while meeting strict 24x7 availability and regulatory DR requirements.

Implementing BMC BladeLogic Server Automation enabled a fast, reliable rollout and ongoing automated management and monitoring across all environments. The deployment time dropped 75%, staffing for releases fell by 50%, DR switchover time improved by 60%, overtime and costs were reduced, downtime was virtually eliminated, and the company gained standardized, repeatable processes that support more agile development.

CMC Markets

Mike Brennan

Automation Engineer