SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center Automation software, today announced that Network Computing named Opsware Process Automation System the Editor’s Choice solution in this month’s comparative review of process automation products. Opsware Process Automation System received the award based on its comprehensive feature set, scalability and synergies across servers, network devices, applications and storage. Of the 16 different IT Process Automation features evaluated, Opsware achieved the highest score, outperforming Opalis Integration Server and RealOps AMP.

Network Computing judged process automation or run-book automation (RBA) products based on their usability, deployment, auditing and reporting, and pricing. In referring to Opsware, Network Computing states that “Opsware has a big advantage with its visually guided process engine. Opsware’s ability to produce a set of extremely polished documents that described all our processes was impressive.” Network Computing further praises Opsware, saying “Opsware’s business-intelligence dashboard is the leader of the pack. Incident, problem and change-management visibility are included out-of-box. Useful reports for MTTR trending, cumulative ROI, most frequent resolution flows and incident alerting are all there.”

“Opsware Process Automation System stands out as a leader with a good balance of features and scalability,” said Michael Biddick, Contributing Editor at Network Computing. “Since Opsware also has configuration-management tools, there are some compelling synergies with configuration management across the network, application and storage infrastructure. Opsware’s documentation ability and visually guided processes also are key differentiators for environments that require these features and provide full transparency to IT operations.”

Network Computing further endorses the technical superiority of Opsware Process Automation System, saying “Opsware provides a good balance of integration support and pre-built workflow for most enterprises. Its pre-built application and network-specific workflow can be a big help to organizations getting started in process automation.” Network Computing cites additional benefits, including “One unique feature we really liked is the ability to assign a dollar amount to individual workflow-process components. This is useful in an environment where IT charges for IT services.”

“Network Computing’s real world comparative review clearly demonstrates the technical superiority and unmatched performance of the Opsware Process Automation System,” said Tim Howes, EVP of Research & Development and CTO at Opsware Inc. “Process automation, which Network Computing identifies as important to reducing costs and complexity of IT systems, is at the center of Opsware’s zero latency approach to data center management. This outstanding achievement furthers Opsware’s leadership in IT automation, placing us a giant step ahead of the market for breadth and depth of automation capabilities and overall value delivered to customers.”

The full comparative review is available in the June 11, 2007 issue of Network Computing and online at: http://www.networkcomputing.com/channels/netsysmanagement/ showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199900919. (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.)

About Network Computing

For IT, By IT, Network Computing, published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.

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.

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