Press Release
GridApp Systems Joins OPSWare Technology Alliance Partner Program
Customers to Benefit from Comprehensive Data Center Automation Solution
NEW YORK – September 13, 2006 - GridApp Systems, Inc. (www.gridapp.com), the leading provider of database automation solutions, today announced it has joined Opsware’s Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. Through the partnership, GridApp Systems and Opsware will provide access to a broad range of Data Center Automation capabilities, enabling customers to more rapidly achieve operational efficiencies and reduce labor costs across their IT infrastructures.
“The ad-hoc management and lack of standardization across today’s data centers have left many organizations looking for a way to automate complex and time consuming IT operations,” said Dave Maples, vice president of business development and strategic alliances for GridApp Systems. “GridApp and Opsware have already provided our mutual customers with an integrated and comprehensive approach to data center management – including best practices for the administration and security of mission-critical databases. Joining Opsware’s Technology Alliance Partner program will allow us to further enhance our integration and help customers achieve even greater levels of cost savings.”
With the cost and complexity of today’s IT infrastructure spiraling out of control, enterprises are turning to IT Automation to increase productivity, ensure policy compliance, remediate security threats, and reduce labor expenses. The Opsware Technology Alliance Partner program supports the increasing demand for this technology by providing an effective way to address customer needs for server, network and application automation. As the fastest growing data center automation vendor, Opsware will provide GridApp Systems the opportunity to integrate with its award-winning IT Automation software and leverage its global sales and marketing activities to generate customer leads and drive revenue.
GridApp’s Clarity software is the first solution to focus exclusively on simplifying and automating time-consuming database operations while offering a much-needed single view across heterogeneous database platforms. GridApp Clarity complements Opsware’s IT Automation software, providing a best practices approach to cross-platform database management using specialized automation processes for configuration management, patch management, auditing, replication and encryption. By simplifying repetitive tasks and enforcing standard operating procedures, the joint solution enables organizations to dramatically improve the reliability and performance of their data center environment. The combined Opsware and GridApp solution has already enabled a Fortune 500 financial institution to significantly increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs across its heterogeneous server and database infrastructure.
“By combining Opsware’s IT Automation software with GridApp’s database automation solution, customers will benefit from a broader spectrum of critical IT Automation capabilities,” said John O’Farrell, executive vice president of business development at Opsware Inc. “The joint technologies will provide customers with a comprehensive data center management solution, which has become a necessity for today’s enterprises as they focus on cutting costs, increasing operational efficiencies, and generating immediate ROI.”
About the Opsware Technology Alliance Partner Program
The Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW) Technology Alliance Partner program provides customers with the most extensive and comprehensive data center management solution available today. Opsware Technology Partners are comprised of best of breed, market-leading software and platform vendors who offer technology that complements a single Opsware product or the entire Opsware solution suite.
About GridApp Systems
GridApp Systems is a leader in database automation and management. Its Clarity™ software and D2500 database appliance provide companies with the ability to simplify and manage critical database operational tasks such as deployment, patch management, auditing, encryption and replication across the enterprise. The company is privately held and headquartered in New York City. For more information, visit www.gridapp.com.
GridApp Systems Press Contact:
Jeff Pecor, Barokas Public Relations, 206-264-8220, jeff@barokas.com
Pia Chon, GridApp Systems, 646-452-4055, pchon@gridapp.com
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