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June 18, 2004 — Welcome to the brave new world of Web hosting. After a frenetic start and near-fatal shakeout as part of the Internet boom and bust days, the Web hosting industry has emerged from whatGartner Inc. refers to as the “Trough of Disillusionment” on its hype-cycle and is slowly moving up the “Slope of Enlightenment” toward the “Plateau of Productivity.”

Opsware Plans $150M Sale of Stock

Opsware is one of a recent string of Internet companies to announce plans to sell shares to the public.

NEC to Resell Opsware Software in Japan

September 30, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Opsware Inc. (opsware.com), a provider of data center automation software, and NEC Corporation (nec.com), a computer manufacturer and provider of Internet solutions, announced Monday a partnership that will bring Opsware to the Japanese market. Under the terms of the agreement, NEC will resell Opsware software in Japan, becoming its first authorized distributor.

Opsware Unveils System 4.0

August 28, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center automation firm Opsware (opsware.com) introduced version 4.0 of its Opsware System automation suite this week, which includes 15 new features aimed at cost reduction, consolidation, platform migrations and data center security.

Opsware Appoints New Members to Board

August 20, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Opsware Inc. (opsware.com) announced today the appointments of Mike Volpi and Mike Homer to its board of directors. Volpi is a senior vice-president at Cisco Systems (cisco.com) and Horner is chairman and CEO of Kontiki (kontiki.com).

Opsware Unveils IDC Surveillance Software

August 6, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Opsware Inc. (opsware.com) announced yesterday that new “Data Center Intelligence” software will be available with its Opsware System 4.0 in September, giving companies “unprecedented visibility” IT usage and productivity.

Opsware Launches Partner Program

July 15, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Opsware Inc. (opsware.com) launched today the Opsware Solution Partner Program (OSPP), which allows companies that provide products complementary to Opsware?s data center automation software to partner with Opsware.

Opsware and HP to Integrate Software

June 2, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Opsware Inc. (opsware.com) and Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard (hp.com) announced today that they have entered into a strategic agreement to combine Opsware?s data center automation software with HP?s Utility Data Center offering. Utility Data Center is a combination of hardware and software that allows customers to deploy computing resources to different applications on the fly.

Opsware Increases Revenues, Decreases Costs

August 23, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — IT automation software provider Opsware Inc., (Opsware.com), formerly Loudcloud, announced on Thursday that it had reported its results for the second quarter of 2002.

Changing Web Hosts Gets Easier as Demand Grows