Opsware One of Only Two Companies to Increase Market Share;
Positioned as Largest Independent Provider
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--In a recent market report (1) analyst firm IDC identified Opsware Inc.
(NASDAQ:OPSW) as the number two vendor in the worldwide server
provisioning software market for the period 2005-2006, in terms of
software revenue. Opsware achieved this ranking with $82 million in
revenue and 24.4% market share, just 1.6 share points behind the number
one vendor, IBM. Opsware is recognized as one of only two vendors to
increase its market share from 2005-2006, with Opsware securing more
than double the market share of the other vendor. IBM and the vendors
other than Opsware in the previous year’s top
five ranking all lost market share for the period.
“IDC’s research
confirms Opsware's leadership in Data Center Automation and specifically
in server automation,” said Ben Horowitz, CEO
of Opsware Inc. “We took significant share
from IBM, growing more than four times faster than they did —
a clear testament to Opsware’s superior
offering.”
According to IDC, the server provisioning market is centered on the
deployment, configuration, and management of server system and
application software stack images. Key market drivers for server
provisioning software include compliance reporting, change and
configuration management, datacenter consolidation, and the ability to
lower IT operations costs through process standardization.
“IT organizations are accelerating
investments in solutions that can drive automated processes and tasks to
reduce human operator error,” said Stephen
Elliot, research director of IDC's Enterprise Systems Management
service. “Task automation is a key selling
point for provisioning tools. Enterprise IT organizations will continue
to invest in technologies that enable more efficient and effective
process standardization.”
1) Worldwide Server Provisioning Software 2007-2011 Forecast and 2006
Vendor Shares, IDC Report #208399, August, 2007.
About Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW)
Opsware, the world’s leading IT automation
company, unlocks the promise of technology by accelerating IT to zero
latency. The company’s software, the Opsware
System, automates the entire data center, from provisioning to patching,
configuration to compliance and discovery to deployment, turning data
center operations into a competitive advantage for business. Opsware’s
technology is used by hundreds of companies worldwide including banks,
service providers, retailers, manufacturers and Internet companies with
IT environments ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of servers,
network devices, storage devices and IT processes. 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 our
market opportunities. 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 products may not perform as
described. More information about these and other factors that could
affect our business are included in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on
April 14, 2006 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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