Opsware Inc. Expands European Presence to Serve Increasing Demand for

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    SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq:OPSW) today announced that due to increasing demand for its IT automation software, it is expanding its presence in Europe. In addition to its existing office in the UK, Opsware has expanded its presence into France and Germany, and has appointed Remy Dubois as Vice President, EMEA. Remy Dubois brings over 15 years of sales and sales management experience to his new role. He previously served as Vice President of Sales, EMEA at WebMethods, where he was responsible for significant revenue growth for the region.
    "Demand for Opsware throughout Europe is rising, and EMEA is a huge market opportunity for us," said Mark Cranney, executive vice president, worldwide sales for Opsware. "Remy's extensive experience and strong track record of growing sales, combined with our expanded presence in Europe, will further our success in capturing the IT automation market in EMEA."
    Remy Dubois served at WebMethods since 1999, consistently exceeding sales goals while growing and managing the sales team first in France and then throughout Europe. In 2003 he was given the "President's Award," which recognizes the worldwide employee of the year. Prior to WebMethods, Remy Dubois was in sales management with Sybase, where he consistently grew license and service revenue for their telecommunications, ISPs and media vertical markets. He also served in sales and management roles for Software AG, Pyramid Technology and UNISYS France.
    "Opsware has the strongest product and momentum in a rapidly growing market," said Remy Dubois. "Customers in EMEA are clearly seeing the benefits of Opsware automation, which helps reduce costs and complexity in managing large scale data center operations. Opsware is positioned to strengthen its industry leadership position and I believe this region will play a significant role in contributing to the company's next phase of growth."

    About Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq:OPSW)

    Opsware Inc. is the world's leading IT automation and utility computing software company. The growth of the Internet is driving a shift from client/server computing to Web architecture. With this shift comes an overwhelming proliferation of servers, networking devices and applications, creating massive complexity that makes an automated IT model a necessity. Opsware automates the complete IT lifecycle and delivers utility computing by enabling IT to automatically provision, patch, configure, secure, change, scale, audit, recover, consolidate, migrate, and reallocate servers, network devices and applications. Over 280 of the world's largest companies, outsourcers and government agencies use Opsware to deliver this new, automated model of IT. 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 trademarks of their respective owners.

    This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the hiring of Remy Dubois as Opsware's Vice President, EMEA and Opsware's planned expansion in Europe and the associated impact on Opsware's business. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including the risk that our experience operating as a software company is limited, that there is unproven demand for our Opsware automation software, that we may not release our software products on time and that these products may not perform as described or as hoped, and that future revenue from sales of Opsware automation software is uncertain. More information about these and other factors that could affect our business and financial results is included in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2004 under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the Forms 10-Q and 8-K that we file during the fiscal year.

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CONTACT: Opsware Inc. Zenobia Austin, 408-212-5220 (Public Relations) zenobia@opsware.com Ken Tinsley, 408-212-5241 (Investor Relations) ktinsley@opsware.com or Barokas Public Relations Karli Overmier, 206-344-3132 karli@barokas.com

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