BridgeGate LLC, completes critical search for Vice President of Technical Services for EMEA at Opsware, Inc

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 -

Executive Search firm, BridgeGate LLC is please to announce the appointment of Erlend Asker as the Vice President of Technical Services for EMEA at Opsware, Inc.

Mr. Asker joins Opsware from Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW), through its acquisition of SeeBeyond Technology, where Mr. Asker spent over 7 years overseeing the EMEA technical operations. Prior to SeeBeyond Mr. Asker spent 6 years with Sybase in the UK. The search was led by BridgeGate partner and co-head of its technology industry practice, John DiSanto.

About Opsware. Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW) is the world's leading Data Center Automation 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, network devices and applications, creating massive complexity that makes an automated IT model a necessity. The Opsware System 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 servers, network devices and applications. Over 350 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.

About BridgeGate LLC BridgeGate LLC. (www.bridgegate.com) is a retained executive search firm headquartered in Irvine, California. BridgeGate serves established as well as early stage clients across all industries including Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Consumer Products and Services. BridgeGate's Partners and Associates work with a select group of diverse and prestigious organizations throughout the United States, including, Walmart, Mobio Networks, Stamps.com, Broadcom, and Experian.