Company to help clients simplify and optimize software application deployment in hybrid IT environments.

HP, a technology solutions provider, today announced that it has acquired Stratavia, a privately held database and application automation company. The company did not disclose the terms of the deal.

According to it, the acquisition of Stratavia will strengthen its Software and Solutions portfolio, adding deployment, configuration and management solutions for enterprise databases, middleware and packaged applications. The solutions will help clients simplify application deployment and management in hybrid IT environments, which consist of on-premise, off-premise, physical and virtual environments.

The company articulates that with Stratavia, its clients can improve their time to market and increase agility for application deployment with a solution that ties the application development process to application deployment. Its clients will now have a comprehensive application automation solution that bridges the gap between application development and operational teams. The solution will support all aspects of the application life cycle, from modeling an application and releasing it into production, to ongoing management and the underlying infrastructure.

It mentions that Stratavia offerings also enhance the HP Cloud Service Automation solution by simplifying and automating the deployment of databases, middleware and packaged applications in cloud computing environments. Clients can now accelerate the delivery of applications and business services by building up from the infrastructure to include databases, middleware and web applications in a cloud environment.

"As applications and IT environments become increasingly complex, organizations need to automate changes that range from large-scale application updates to simple one-line configuration updates with consistency and control," said Bill Veghte, Executive Vice President, Software and Solutions, HP. "Stratavia's database and application automation solutions, combined with HP's leading Business Service Automation portfolio, give organizations a one-stop shop for infrastructure and application deployment management."

"For eight years, Stratavia has been focused on developing application deployment automation solutions supporting tasks including provisioning, code deployment, configuration management, compliance, patching, as well as common user requests including migrations, refresh and back-ups," said Thor Culverhouse, Chief Executive Officer, Stratavia. "Combining Stratavia's offerings with HP Server Automation will give clients a way to simplify and automate application deployment operations, minimizing downtime and mistakes."