Opsware Continues Lead in IT Automation with Expanded Platform Support
New Platforms Extend Opsware Automation to Systems Gaining Popularity in Europe and Japan
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2004--Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW), the leading provider of IT automation and utility computing software, today announced support for a host of new platforms, including Sun Fujitsu servers running Solaris, several versions of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server and Enterprise Server, and SuSE Linux. The new platforms are supported in recently announced Opsware System 4.5. With the addition of these new platforms Opsware automation reaches even more servers in organizations' IT environments. The Opsware System also already supports current and prior versions of Red Hat Linux, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX.
IT environments are becoming even more heterogeneous, with the typical IT environment running on average at least three different platforms, and many versions of each platform. By supporting the broadest set of platforms, including those most commonly seen in IT environments across Asia-Pacific and Europe, Opsware enables IT to automate almost any server in their environment.
"The Opsware System supports more platforms than any other IT automation software on the market," said Dr. Tim Howes, chief technology officer and executive vice president of development. "IT can now bring more servers and devices under management ensuring consistent management of all. We continue to see strong demand for automation in Japan, where Solaris on Fujitsu is a common platform, and likewise in Europe, where SUSE Linux is gaining popularity."
In addition to expanded platform support, Opsware System 4.5 introduces the Opsware Satellite technology to automate small clusters of servers in any remote location, and the previously announced Opsware Extension Builder, which allows IT to build custom automation modules to automate any unique IT process and integrate with any other IT management system.
About Opsware Inc (NASDAQ:OPSW)
Opsware Inc. is the world's leading IT automation and utility computing software company. The growth of the Internet is driving a shift from client/server computing to Web architecture. With this shift comes an overwhelming proliferation of servers and applications, creating massive complexity that makes an automated IT model a necessity. The Opsware System automates the complete IT lifecycle and delivers utility computing by enabling IT to automatically provision, patch, configure, secure, change, scale, audit, recover, consolidate, migrate, and reallocate servers and applications. Over 250 of the world's largest companies, outsourcers and government agencies use Opsware to deliver this new, automated model of IT. For more information on Opsware Inc., please visit our Web site at www.opsware.com.
Opsware is a service mark and trademark of Opsware Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the types of platforms our Opsware Systems supports and the impact of this expanded platform support. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including the risk that the assumptions underlying our current business strategy may change, that our experience operating as a software company is limited, and that the specified features may not be available in the time frame indicated or perform as described. More information about these and other factors that could affect our business and financial results is included in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2004 under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Forms 10-Q and 8-K that we file during the fiscal year.
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