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The company that was formerly known as Loudcloud was founded on September 9, 1999 (i.e., 9/9/99) as a managed services provider. After selling the operations side of the business to EDS in the summer of 2002, Loudcloud became Opsware and went to market as a technology company, offering the software that had been developed internally to support customer systems via automated server life-cycle management. In December 2003, Opsware acquired asset management systems provider Tangram Enterprise Solutions, and in December 2004 acquired network device configuration management vendor Rendition Networks. In July 2006 Opsware acquired CreekPath to fill out its Data Center Automation (DCA) product offering, by allowing provisioning of storage components as well. Lastly, in March 2007 Opsware acquired Seattle-based iConclude and their run-book automation software, which allowed Opsware to tightly integrate datacenter management duties end-to-end. is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A service provider is an entity that provides services to other entities. ... Electronic Data Systems (EDS) (NYSE: EDS, LSE: EDC) is a global business and technology services company that defined the outsourcing business when it was established in 1962 by Ross Perot. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Asset management is the method that a company uses to track fixed assets, for example factory equipment, desks and chairs, computers, even buildings. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In voice telecommunication, provisioning means to provide telecommunications services to a user or customer. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

In July 2007, HP announced that it had agreed to acquire Opsware for $1.6 billion in cash ($14.25 per share), 16x revenues. It is HP's third largest acquisition behind Compaq and Mercury. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ...

Products

• The Server Automation System (SAS) - designed to provide provisioning, policy enforcement, compliance reporting, and patching of Windows, Unix, AIX, and Linux servers across thousands of servers.
• The Network Automation System (NAS) - designed to provide network device provisioning, policy enforcement, security lock-down, software management, and compliance reporting across thousands of devices from over 500 variants of device vendors, models, and OS versions. This product is now also being OEM'd by Cisco Systems, and is called the "Network Compliance Manager" (NCM) by Cisco.
• Application Storage Automation System (ASAS) - providing easy provisioning, management, and reporting of storage infrastructures
• Visual Application Manager (VAM) - providing customers of Opsware that use SAS and NAS with a Layer 7 view of the operation of applications, allowing for easy reporting and troubleshooting of application issues.
• The Process Automation System (PAS)- provides run-book automation from former partner iConclude (who was acquired in March of 2007).

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Customers

Opsware customers include HP, GE, EDS, the Federal government of the United States and numerous Fortune 500 companies who use their software to automate their IT infrastructure. The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... “GE” redirects here. ... Electronic Data Systems (EDS) (NYSE: EDS, LSE: EDC) is a global business and technology services company that defined the outsourcing business when it was established in 1962 by Ross Perot. ... This article describes the government of the United States. ... The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ...

References

• Kingsbury, Kevin. "H-P Agrees to Acquire Opsware for $1.45 Billion", The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2007. Accessed July 23, 2007.

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External links

• Official website
• Partnership Announcement with Stratavia