Opsware Application Release Management Solution is First to Automate Application Lifecycle From End to End
April 11 2007 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center
Automation software, today announced the industry�s first
ITIL-compliant application release management solution that
integrates both change and process automation. Based on the
integration of Opsware�s award-winning Server Automation System and
iConclude�s process automation software, the system combines
end-to-end process automation and change management to deliver a
comprehensive �promote to production� solution, with all the
necessary control, staging and deployment capabilities for even the
most demanding enterprise environments. One of the biggest issues
facing developers, quality assurance (QA) and production
specialists is the disjointed process of building and deploying
applications in large distributed environments. There are two
underlying challenges. First, development, testing, staging and
production environments tend to get out of synch, resulting in
things like different configurations or patch levels. Applications
that once worked in development may now fail to work in production.
Second, rollout of these complex applications requires careful
coordination across different groups in IT and across distributed
systems in a very specific order. Conventionally, this type of
coordination is done through emails, conference calls and run
books, which document processes but do nothing to actually automate
the steps involved. Even ticketing systems and process automation
point tools fall short, because though they coordinate
communication, they do not actually compare environments and
execute necessary changes. By integrating process automation and
change automation into one lifecycle management solution, Opsware
helps development teams overcome the burden of manually managing
the application release process. Opsware�s integrated approach can
deliver dramatically faster times to market for mission-critical
applications, significantly lower release management costs, and
lead to a much higher success rate for each new rollout. The
Opsware System provides a visually intuitive �drag and drop�
graphical user interface to build process maps that orchestrate the
interaction between different tasks, different users, and different
systems. Opsware integrates this process automation with
industry-leading change automation to deliver the industry�s first
end-to-end application release solution capable of managing the
entire lifecycle of a business application. From development and QA
to staging and production, Opsware manages each phase of the
application release process. The Opsware System helps ensure the
synchronization of the development, testing, staging and production
environments; it automates complex, multi-step deployments across
tens or hundreds of devices in the correct order; it integrates
with source control systems; and it updates and enforces access
control at every stage of the process. �By integrating process and
change automation, Opsware is bringing order to the complex and
chaotic challenge of managing the lifecycle of enterprise
applications,� said Tim Howes, CTO at Opsware Inc. �Opsware�s
solution for application release management eliminates the
guesswork, bottlenecks and confusion from the equation, enabling a
tightly controlled promote-to-production process that conforms to
ITIL standards and ensures consistency, efficiency, predictability,
and quality.� 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 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. 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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