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StrataVia, a leading provider of IT automation solutions for the major database platforms, announced today it has joined Opsware�s Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. Through the partnership, StrataVia 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 companies will provide a complete solution for automating the provisioning, management and monitoring of hardware and database software within the data center. �Companies recognize that adding additional staff is not a scalable means of addressing increasingly complex and growing IT environments,� said Thor Culverhouse, StrataVia president and CEO. �Opsware and StrataVia are working together to deliver robust, scalable solutions that provide the standardization and automation the IT industry is seeking.� According to David Williams, Gartner Research VP, in the July 5, 2006 report entitled Run Book Automation: The Drivers and Inhibitors, �Run Book Automation (RBA) can enhance IT operations business service management initiatives by enabling automated actions to run with rules defined by business need. For example, a recovery procedure for an application at 3:00 a.m. may have a different recovery process from the same application issue happening at 3:00 p.m.� �Businesses continue to scrutinize the effectiveness and accountability of their IT operations organizations,� Williams states in the report. �Run book automation promises to provide a new way to manage IT, providing a better, more efficient way to address businesses concerns. IT operations managers, who understand the challenges and potential benefits of automating key IT management processes, should consider RBA as a way to achieve this objective,� Williams said. 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 StrataVia 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. StrataVia delivers IT Automation for all major database platforms including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2, Informix, MySQL and Sybase. StrataVia offers solutions that provide customers with savings up to 60 percent and elevate the operational maturity of their database environments. StrataVia�s patent-pending technology, Data Palette�, enables customers to automate many tasks performed by database administrators and ensures that actions applied to the databases conform to standard business processes and best practices. Powerful predictive analytics within Data Palette lead to issues being detected and resolved before they become problems. �By combining Opsware�s IT Automation software with StrataVia�s Data Palette, 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 StrataVia StrataVia Corporation delivers IT automation solutions for all major database platforms, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and IBM DB2. StrataVia�s patent-pending technology, Data Palette, enables customers to automate many of the tasks performed by IT departments and ensure that actions applied to the databases conform to standard business processes and best practices. Powerful predictive analytics within Data Palette lead to issues being detected and resolved before they become problems. StrataVia is a private company based in Denver, Colorado, USA, with an Operations Center in Mumbai, India. Opsware is a service mark and trademark of Opsware Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.