New Release Delivers Deep Automation for Network Lifecycle Management
Coupled with Fully Integrated Process Management
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center
Automation software, today introduced Opsware Network Automation System
7, further cementing Opsware’s leadership and
technical superiority in the network change and configuration management
(NCCM) market. Opsware Network Automation System 7 builds upon the
software’s award-winning capabilities in four
key areas, including intelligent software analysis and remediation;
network run-time compliance enforcement; next-generation networking
support; and process-powered network automation. These advancements
enable customers to more rapidly meet stringent compliance requirements
while delivering significant improvements in service levels, quality and
ROI.
In today’s globally distributed networks, IT
is burdened with a lack of visibility and control over network devices
due to the explosive growth in network size and technologies. This chaos
has increased the amount of time spent managing repetitive, error-prone
manual tasks, heightened the risk of non-compliance, and placed IT under
immense pressure to do more with fewer resources. The combination of
these factors is driving the immediate need for automated change and
configuration management on a global scale. Opsware Network Automation
System 7 is designed to meet this need and address these challenges
head-on.
Breakthroughs Delivered in Opsware Network Automation System 7
The new version of Opsware Network Automation System continues Opsware
product leadership in NCCM with a number of industry firsts, including:
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Process-Powered Network Automation
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Opsware Network Automation System 7 provides full IT lifecycle
process automation as an integral part of NCCM. Its tight
integration with Opsware's Process Automation System makes it the
only NCCM product that automates network operations end-to-end
across the data center without the need for intensive process
scripting, and with the option of complete run book automation. The
system allows large enterprises to achieve an unprecedented level of
automation in managing large networks, thereby reducing the high
costs associated with manual integrations between disparate
management systems. Unlike typical integration connectors, which are
traditionally scripts requiring customization in order to work in
unique customer environments, Opsware's process-powered Network
Automation System provides an elegant and powerful GUI-driven
integration workspace which simplifies the creation of complex and
manually intensive work flows.
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Intelligent Software Analysis & Remediation
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Opsware Network Automation System 7's automated software image
management capability is a groundbreaking new Opsware feature for
customers with Cisco devices. Made possible through Opsware's unique
strategic relationship with Cisco, it utilizes custom integration
with Cisco's website to dynamically recommend and download software
images into NAS. The Network Automation System analyzes a device,
queries the Cisco website and presents users with the
Cisco-recommended software image. The system can download any Cisco
image from the website directly into its software library and it
automatically populates the system requirements. This capability
liberates IT from what is otherwise a time consuming and error-prone
manual effort.
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Network Run-Time Compliance Enforcement
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Opsware Network Automation System proactively detects problems by
using real-time policies that validate the run-time status of the
network and the devices connected to it. This approach finds issues
that cannot be detected by configuration validation. Opsware is the
only vendor to offer such real-time policy-based compliance.
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Next-Generation Networking Support
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Opsware Network Automaton System 7 is the first NCCM product to
support both next-generation protocols IPv6 and SNMPv3. IT
departments using these advanced technologies can now view and
manage devices in a pure or dual stack IPv6 environment, and manage
devices securely with SNMPv3.
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“Opsware Network Automation System 7 provides
deep automation capabilities across all network devices in any type of
environment, coupled with fully integrated process automation,”
said Tim Howes, CTO and EVP of research and development at Opsware Inc. “Our
customers are continually dealing with the two main themes of this
release: compliance and network interoperability. Version 7’s
proactive compliance enforcement and deeper integration across Opsware’s
own product line and with third-party vendors’
systems can help network administrators achieve orders of magnitude
savings in labor costs while still making dramatic improvements in
service levels.”
Opsware Network Automation System 7 is expected to be generally
available in the Fall of 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 the
benefits and capabilities of our software products. 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 13, 2007 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.
The determination of when the new automation capabilities described in
this release will be made generally available, if ever, remains at the
sole discretion of Opsware Inc.
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