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Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center
Automation software, today named former iConclude CEO Sunny Gupta to the
position of Executive Vice President, Products. Gupta joined the company
in April of this year when Opsware acquired Bellevue Washington-based
iConclude Co., the privately-held technology leader in IT process
automation and run book automation software. As EVP of Products, Gupta
will lead all product efforts at the company and report to president and
CEO Ben Horowitz.
“Sunny Gupta is a flat out superstar in this
industry,” said Horowitz. “He
built by far the best company in the Run Book Automation sector and we
are thrilled to have him here building the best company in the Data
Center Automation market.”
“Opsware is the most innovative and one of the
fastest growing enterprise software companies today,”
said Gupta. “The company’s
mission to drive IT to zero latency is the boldest and, for customers,
the most rewarding challenge in software. Nowhere else is there a better
opportunity to make a huge impact on IT.”
Sunny Gupta’s career spans more than 16 years
in enterprise software, with roles including general management,
strategic marketing, product management and business development at
large companies as well as successful start-ups. Most recently, Gupta
was the CEO of iConclude, where he pioneered the IT runbook automation
market and developed the software that was to become the Opsware Process
Automation System. Before joining iConclude, he ran the Java/.NET
performance management product group for Mercury Interactive; served as
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Performant
(acquired by Mercury); and served as General Manager of Business
Development at Rational Software (acquired by IBM). Gupta also
co-founded Vigor Technology before its acquisition by Rational and held
product management and consulting roles at Easel Corporation and IBM.
Sunny earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University
of South Carolina.
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.
Opsware is a service mark and trademark of Opsware Inc. All other
product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are
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