Opsware Expands European Management Team as Demand for Data Center Automation Increases in Region Colin Rowland Named Senior Vice President Leading EMEA Operations

Thursday, March 29, 2007 -

SUNNYVALE, Calif. As a sign of its increasing presence in the European market, Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center Automation software, today announced it has appointed Colin Rowland as senior vice president for its Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Rowland, who will report directly to Mark Cranney, executive vice president for field operations at Opsware, will oversee Opsware's sales and business development for the region and help position the company to meet the increasing demand in Europe for its industry-leading Data Center Automation software.

"Colin is the ideal leader to take the helm for our fast-growing business in EMEA. His broad experience demonstrates excellent leadership all the way from the startup level to Fortune 50 giants," Cranney said. "Colin has a history of building first-class sales organizations that deliver strong results. His track record shows an absolute commitment to providing genuine solutions to customers' business problems, and I know he will carry that commitment forward to meet the needs of Opsware clients."

"I'm thrilled to have joined the fastest-growing company in Data Center Automation and to have the opportunity to build on that leadership in Europe," Rowland said. "Opsware's software uniquely integrates change management, compliance, and process automation all in one, working across servers, networks and, later this year, storage. The need for this approach to automating the whole data center is especially keen in Europe, where the software is used to automate and enforce compliance with the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards that so many IT organizations in Europe are adopting. Opsware has the only solution capable of automating end-to-end ITIL processes, making it the ideal choice for European IT organizations."

Prior to joining Opsware, Rowland held senior management positions at HP, Rainfinity, Mercury Interactive and, most recently, Tideway Systems. As vice president of sales at Tideway, he revamped the company's sales organization and infused the company with a strong sales culture. As vice president of sales for EMEA at Mercury, he was responsible for building the sales, professional services and support functions and oversaw the channels and alliances business, sales operations and Inside sales. He also played a key role in Mercury's acquisition of Kintana. At Rainfinity, Rowland launched the company's EMEA sales efforts and developed the region's sales and R&D functions. During his eleven years at HP, he held a wide range of sales management roles, culminating in his position as UK software sales director, in which he grew the company's UK business by more than 300 percent in three years.

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.

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