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METAVANTE SELECTS OPSWARE AUTOMATION SOFTWARE

Opsware Inc, a leading provider of data center automation and utility computing software, announced that Metavante Corp, the financial technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corp, has selected the Opsware System to automate its data center operations. Metavante will use Opsware to automate many of the manual, time-intensive tasks associated with managing a complex, multi-data center IT environment.

"We selected Opsware because its automation software has the opportunity to reduce complexity and cost in the data center," said Brian Hurdis, Metavante executive vice president and chief information officer. "Our data centers represent a mission-critical facet of our business and using Opsware automation will enable us to leverage our IT resources more strategically."

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"Metavante is a leader in the financial services sector and has a reputation for leveraging technology to benefit their extensive customer base," said Ben Horowitz, president and CEO of Opsware Inc. "Opsware's data center automation capabilities will enable Metavante to optimize their data center operations, reduce complexity, and allow them to focus their IT department on their most important projects."

The growth of the Internet and move to Web-based computing is creating the biggest transformation yet in IT -- a shift from client/server computing Web-based architectures. With this shift comes a rapid growth of servers and applications in data centers, resulting in complexity that renders traditional, manual operations unsustainable. Automation and utility computing have become a necessity as IT organizations seek to become more cost-competitive, reduce data center complexity and offer higher-value services.