Tripwire Joins Opsware Solution Partner Program; Integrity Assurance Leader Integrates Change Management Enforcement with Opsware's Data Center Automation Software.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2003 Tripwire trip·wire n. 1. A wire stretched near ground level to trip or ensnare an enemy. 2. A wire or line that activates a weapon, trap, or camera, for example, when pulled. 3. , the world leader in integrity assurance solutions, today announced that it has joined the Opsware Solution Partner Program (OSPP OSPP Office of Science Policy and Planning OSPP Office of Security and Program Protection (NASA) OSPP Optical Service Provisioning Platform (Zaffire Inc.) ). Both parties will work together to integrate Tripwire Integrity Management solutions with Opsware's (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :OPSW) data center automation software to achieve greater IT efficiencies, reduced operational risks and lowered costs for customers. Tripwire's suite of Integrity Management solutions ensures the security of IT systems, provides accountability for change, allows for visibility across the enterprise and increases the availability of critical IT infrastructure. The Opsware System enables customers to automate the entire server lifecycle from server provisioning to application deployment, and coupled with the Tripwire Integrity Management solution gives customers broad server and network integrity assurance throughout their data centers. Through the program, Tripwire will receive access to Opsware's Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. interface and API's to accelerate integration. In addition, the companies will participate in joint selling and co-marketing activities. "The combination of Tripwire's Integrity Management solutions and Opsware's automation software significantly lowers total cost of ownership of datacenter resources," said W. Wyatt Starnes, Founder, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Tripwire. "As part of the OSPP, we look forward to bringing the benefits of this combined solution to our mutual customers, effectively reducing their IT operational costs and increasing overall efficiencies." "Integrity assurance is a critical component of any IT automation initiative and Tripwire is recognized as the preeminent leader in this area," said Sharmila Shahani, Senior Vice President of Marketing of Opsware, Inc. "Forward thinking enterprises are demanding comprehensive and fully redundant change management policies be enforced within their data centers. Together, Opsware and Tripwire provide a systematic and fully automated solution for any IT organization bent on Adj. 1. bent on - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" bent, dead set, out to driving greater efficiency and reducing operational costs." Fortune 2000 enterprises and government agencies are deploying the Opsware System to automate operations across their data centers, and are realizing lower costs, increased IT efficiencies and improved operations quality. The Opsware System automates a broad range of server and software operations including system provisioning, software provisioning, change management, patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique , distributed script execution, and application deployment. This can help IT organizations reduce the costs of critical operations by 80%. Opsware software also enables corporations to speed operations execution times by 70-80% and realize the benefits of a utility computing (1) Pay-per-usage processing provided by a service organization that uses its own computers and facilities. Customers access the computers via a private network or over the Internet and are charged according to how much computing time they use, such as CPU seconds, minutes or hours. model. The Opsware System also provides IT greater visibility into their operations, the state of their environment and how critical assets like servers, software infrastructure products and applications are being utilized. Organizations can use Opsware's data center automation software to automate operations across Windows, Linux and UNIX servers A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. and applications distributed across multiple data centers. About Tripwire, Inc. Tripwire, Inc., is the world leader in integrity assurance. Tripwire(R) Integrity Management solutions enable enterprises to reduce operational risk and gain control over IT systems. With Tripwire software, you ensure the security of your systems, instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in  stil·la tion n. accountability for change, gain visibility across your enterprise and increase the availability of critical IT infrastructure. Tripwire customers include Global 3000 companies, e-business corporations, and key public sector organizations such as Intuit in·tu·it tr.v. in·tu·it·ed, in·tu·it·ing, in·tu·its Usage Problem To know intuitively. [Back-formation from intuition. , AT&T, Ernst & Young and the U.S. House of Representatives. Tripwire is headquartered in Portland, Ore., with offices in Japan and France and users in 92 countries around the world. About Opsware Opsware, Inc., formerly Loudcloud, is the leading provider of data center automation software, offering a complete solution for enterprises, government agencies and service providers looking to reduce costs and increase IT efficiencies. The Opsware System automates the complete IT lifecycle including provisioning, deploying, changing, scaling, securing, recovering, consolidating, auditing and reallocating servers and business applications. The Opsware System uniquely combines process automation with built in operations knowledge on a broad range of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , software infrastructure products and applications. The Opsware System was the foundation of Loudcloud's software-powered managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality business and has been proven to lower costs, accelerate change and increase service quality. 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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