Opsware Appoints Patrick Joyce Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales; Industry Veteran to Lead Global Channel Development.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq:OPSW), the leading provider of IT automation and utility computing software, today announced the appointment of Patrick Joyce as vice president of worldwide channel sales. In his new position, Joyce will oversee Opsware's channel program and will be responsible for developing partnerships and alliances with strategic value added resellers, service providers, systems integrators, and independent software vendors across the Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , and APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) . E[acute accent]"Patrick Joyce is an accomplished sales executive and an invaluable addition to our executive team," said Mark Cranney, executive vice president of worldwide sales for Opsware Inc. "As Opsware continues to establish a significant position in our target markets, building a world-class reseller channel and partner program represents one of our primary business initiatives. Joyce's leadership and track record in growing multi-million dollar channel and partnering programs for enterprise technology companies will be instrumental to Opsware's growth as we continue to strengthen our leadership position in the IT automation space." E[acute accent]A seasoned veteran with over 14 years of sales experience, Joyce was most recently vice president of worldwide channel sales at CreekPath Systems, a storage management technology company. During his tenure, he managed an international channel comprised of integrators, outsourcers and resellers, targeting Global 2000 customers. Previously, he served as director of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. channel sales for FrontRange Solutions, Inc. Joyce has also served in roles as director of sales at Performant, Inc. and vice president of sales and strategic alliances at Appliant, Inc., both Madrona Ventures portfolio companies. Prior to those two companies, he was an engagement manager for Deloitte Consulting and earlier, Mulhern Associates. Joyce began his career as a member of the United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local Military Intelligence Corps The Military Intelligence Corps is the intelligence branch of the United States Army.[1] Although intelligence personnel were a part of the U.S. Army since its founding in 1775, it was not until July, 1967 that a number of intelligence and security organizations . He went on to public service as an assistant to the deputy commissioner of public works The Commissioner of Public Works heads one of the departments in those local governments in New Jersey that operate under the Walsh Act form of municipal governance. This is a standalone position in Walsh Act municipalities with a five-member commission. for the City of Philadelphia. E[acute accent]Joyce is a Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , where he also earned a Master's in governmental administration from the Fels Center of Government. E[acute accent]About Opsware Inc. E[acute accent]Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq:OPSW) is the world's leading IT automation and utility computing software company. The growth of the Internet is driving a shift from client/server computing to Web architecture. With this shift comes an overwhelming proliferation of servers, networking devices and applications, creating massive complexity that makes an automated IT model a necessity. Opsware automates the complete IT lifecycle and delivers utility computing by enabling IT to automatically provision, patch, configure, secure, change, scale, audit, recover, consolidate, migrate, and reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" reapportion allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of servers, network devices and applications. Over 250 of the world's largest companies, outsourcers and government agencies use Opsware to deliver this new, automated model of IT. For more information on Opsware Inc., please visit our Web site at www.opsware.com. E[acute accent]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. E[acute accent]This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding our opportunities in the IT automation software market, including our development of reseller and partnership relationships. 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 and that our experience operating as a software company is limited. More information about these and other factors that could affect our business and financial results is included in our Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the SEC on April 15, 2005 under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial 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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