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IT-Director.com: Software AG, Opalis, FolderShare, The Xmas Worm |
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Monday, December 12, 2005
So what is the product? You could accuse it of being a workflow capability for integrating system management capabilities - and you'd be right. But to be honest it's a little more than that. It would be more accurate to describe it as BPM for the IT infrastructure. |
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HPStreet.com: Opalis Forms Strategic Overseas Partnership With Networld |
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Tueday, December 13, 2005
Networld, a distributor of network hardware and software infrastructure, will expand Opalis' market reach in the lucrative Japanese region and provide organizations with a simple, fast, and effective way to integrate and automate data center operations. |
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NetworkWorld.com: Automation: Better but not yet automatic |
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Automation has come a long way since the days of running batch jobs on mainframes, but given the complexity of today's distributed networks, the technology still has plenty of growing up to do, experts say.
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Yahoo Finance: Opalis Software Lands $8.5 Million in Funding |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
U.S.-Based Sierra Ventures Leads Round; Opalis' Innovative Data Center Automation Technology Attracts Top Tier Venture Capital Firm. |
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Canada.com: Opalis Software Lands $8.5 Million in Funding |
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Wednesday November 30, 2005
U.S.-Based Sierra Ventures Leads Round; Opalis' Innovative Data Center Automation Technology Attracts Top Tier Venture Capital Firm. |
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TheWhir.com: Opalis Closes $8.5 Million Funding Round |
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Thursday, December 1, 2005
Data center automation software developer Opalis Software (opalis.com) announced on Wednesday that it had closed an $8.5 million round of financing, bringing the company's total funding to $20 million. |
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TheDeal.com: Opalis raises $8.5M |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Data center management software maker Opalis Software Inc. has landed its first U.S.-based investor in a third round of venture funding worth $8.5 million. |
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americanventuremagazine.com: Opalis Software lands $8.5 million in funding |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Led by Sierra Ventures with participation from existing investors, including BDC Venture Capital and VenGrowth Private Equity Partners Inc., the round brings the company's total funding to $20 million.
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redherring.com: Opalis Software lands $8.5 million in funding |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Led by Sierra Ventures with participation from existing investors, including BDC Venture Capital and VenGrowth Private Equity Partners Inc., the round brings the company's total funding to $20 million. |
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privateequityweek.com: Opalis Software lands $8.5 million in funding |
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Thursday, December 1, 2005
Opalis Software Inc., a Toronto-based provider of enterprise software for data center automation, has raised US$8.5 million in Series C funding. Sierra Ventures led the deal, and was joined by BDC Venture Capital and VenGrowth Private Equity Partners. |
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techfinance.ca: Opalis Software Secures US $8.5 Million in Series C Funding |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Opalis Software, Inc. today announced the closing of a US $8.5 million Series C round of financing led by Sierra Ventures with participation from existing investors, including Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture Capital and VenGrowth Investment Fund II Inc. |
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it-analysis.com: Lights out on Lights Out Computing |
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Friday, November 11, 2005
Lights out computing was a mainframe/data center idea that was even realized in some sites, until the proliferation of server computers switched the lights back on again in a big 24x7 way. |
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IT-Director.com: Lights out on Lights Out Computing |
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Friday, November 11, 2005
Lights out computing was a mainframe/data center idea that was even realized in some sites, until the proliferation of server computers switched the lights back on again in a big 24x7 way.
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the 451 group: Opalis revs datacenter integration software for run book automation |
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Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Opalis continues to distinguish itself from the raft of datacenter and run book automation companies with its focus on integration and support for third-party products. It's sitting somewhere between these startups and the bigger management players. - Subscription Required to Access the Report. |
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Hurwitz & Associates: Lights Out On Lights Out Computing |
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Friday, October 28, 2005
When did it happen? We're not sure we can put a date on it, but we believe it was sometime in the 1990s when “lights out computing” died. If you are a recent joiner to the IT industry, then the words “lights out computing” may not mean much to you. We certainly don't hear them as much as we used to. |
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Database - Trends and Applications: Opalis Software Introduces Opalis Integration Server 5.0. |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Opalis Integration Server 5.0 includes new integration packs with pre-defined sets of objects for operating monitoring applications, service desk applications, data protection, and provisioning solutions. |
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WHIR TV: Opalis Software Introduces Opalis Integration Server 5.0 |
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Saturday, October 22, 2005
WHIR TV is an engaging online broadcast featuring the latest news and trends from the Web hosting world. |
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eWEEK: HP Hones Management Tools |
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Features include new integration packs for such monitoring applications as BMC Software Inc.'s Patrol, HP's Service Desk and VMware Inc.'s VirtualCenter. |
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serverpipline: Opalis Helps Automate And Manage IT Processes |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Features include new integration packs for such monitoring applications as BMC Software Inc.'s Patrol, HP's Service Desk and VMware Inc.'s VirtualCenter. |
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storagepipline: Opalis Software Aims To Simplify Data Center Integration |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
The platform is designed to be relatively easy to use, relying on a graphical interface for system administrators to use to define data center policies. |
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Enterprise Systems: Taking Control of Data Center Automation |
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Monday, October 10, 2005
There’s an ugly downside to many of the utility computing technologies on the market today. |
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Database - Trends and Applications: Opalis Software Introduces Opalis Integration Server 5.0. |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Opalis Integration Server 5.0 includes new integration packs with pre-defined sets of objects for operating monitoring applications, service desk applications, data protection, and provisioning solutions. |
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Information Week: In HAL's Footsteps |
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Monday, October 10, 2005
Real progress is being made in developing IT systems that do a better job of monitoring, analyzing, and fixing problems without human intervention |
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Enterprise Systems: Opalis Software Introduces Breakthrough in Data Center Automation with Opalis Integration Server 5.0 |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Opalis extends lead in data-center automation market |
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WHIR News: The Web Host Industry Week in Review |
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Opalis Software released Integration Server 5.0, a solution for integrating and automating data center components. |
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IT Business Edge: Opalis Helps Automate and Manage IT Processes |
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Freedom. It's what Opalis' new hardware/software appliance, the Opalis Integration Server 5.0, promises IT departments. Its point-and-click, drag-and-drop approach eliminates many of the manual processes IT folks are still relying on daily to manage their data center systems. |
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Datamonitor ComputerWire: Opalis Aims to Simplify Data Center Management Processes |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Seeking to improve data center reliability, Opalis Software Inc is adding grid computing capabilities to its enterprise systems management portal to eliminate single points of failure in presenting high-level, aggregated views of systems performance. |
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Web Host Industry Review: Opalis Releases Integration Server 5.0 |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Opalis Integration Server 5.0 integrates server components with management and monitoring tools. |
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CRN Canada: Opalis releases Integration Server 5.0 |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
The latest version promises enhancements to help customers reduce operating
costs and improve performance and availability of data center processes. |
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Information Week: Opalis Helps Automate And Manage IT Processes |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
The systems-management appliance lets IT departments automate processes without writing code or scripts. |
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systemsmanagementpipeline: Opalis Software Offers An Automated Solution To Simplify Data Center Integration |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Opalis Integration Server 5.0 provides a mechanism to integrate server components with systems management applications including service desk and monitoring tools without requiring any scripting. |
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Yahoo Finance: Opalis Software Introduces Breakthrough in Data Center Automation With Opalis Integration Server 5.0 |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
The latest version of Opalis' platform includes enhancements to help customers reduce operating costs and improve performance and availability. By providing integration between server components and leading systems management tools such as service desk and monitoring tools, Opalis Integration Server 5.0 provides a simple, fast, and effective way to integrate and automate data center operations.
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Yahoo Finance: More Than 60 Leading Independent Software Vendors Back VMware Virtual Infrastructure |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, today announced that more than 60 leading operating system, database, application server, enterprise application, management and infrastructure software vendors now support their software applications in VMware virtual infrastructure environments. |
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canada.com: Opalis Software Introduces Breakthrough in Data Center Automation With Opalis Integration Server 5.0 |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
CIOs and IT managers today are mandated with lowering operating costs and increasing service per dollar. With Opalis Integration Server 5.0, enterprises can maximize investments in existing IT management solutions by automating their time-consuming and repetitive manual processes in order to free up IT staff resources and focus on higher value projects. |
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I-Newswire: Opalis Software Introduces Breakthrough in Data Center Automation With Opalis Integration Server 5.0 |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Unlike traditional solutions, the new Opalis platform allows IT staff to automate processes without scripting or the need for professional services. The automation process design can be set up in mere minutes, and within hours organizations can have a working prototype. |
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TMCnet: Opalis Software Introduces Breakthrough in Data Center Automation With Opalis Integration Server 5.0 |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Unlike traditional solutions, the new Opalis platform allows IT staff to automate processes without scripting or the need for professional services. The automation process design can be set up in mere minutes, and within hours organizations can have a working prototype. |
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compliancepipeline: Opalis Helps Automate And Manage IT Processes |
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Despite efforts to centralize and standardize, most IT departments continue to use a mix of computer systems from a variety of vendors. One challenge is to find a simple way to manage those diverse systems and to automate many of the business processes that run across the systems. |
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IT world Canada: Poor project management leads to ITIL failures |
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Friday, September 16, 2005
Many ITIL projects do fail. More failures are a natural consequence of the recent increase in ITIL implementation projects in North America. About 25 per cent of Fortune 1000 companies are implementing some type of ITIL process, said Stephen Elliot, research manager at IDC. |
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IT Business Edge: 3 Questions: ITIL Goes to Work |
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Thursday, September 1, 2005
"Business process automation" is a little bit amorphous. Can you bring ITIL down to a very practical level and describe specific applications of its principles or areas where enterprise customers are finding the greatest use for it? |
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InfoWorld: Something nice for MOM |
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
With a platform as broadly applicable as Windows server management, Microsoft did the smart thing and opened the door for third-party ISVs such as Opalis, NetIQ, and NetPro, to build add-on applications for MOM-managed infrastructures via the MOM Connector Framework. |
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InfoWorld: Opalis Describes Top Three Reasons for ITIL Implementation Failures at Pink Elephant ITIL Case Studies Symposium |
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Monday, August 22, 2005
Based on lessons learned from Opalis' worldwide customer base, the company offers its top three reasons for ITIL initiative failures. |
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Forbes: Opalis Describes Top Three Reasons for ITIL Implementation Failures at Pink Elephant ITIL Case Studies Symposium |
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Enterprises need to approach ITIL initiatives with past lessons learned and do all they can up front to ensure its customer service capability and governance are ready to deliver from day one. |
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Windows IT Pro: Putting Computers to Work |
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
OpalisRobot automates repetitive, routine management tasks, letting systems administrators concentrate on exceptions. |
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Processor Magazine: Resistance To IT Automation Is Futile |
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Embrace It & Evolve To Meet The IT Needs Of Tomorrow.
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Healthcare IT News: Nebraska Blues automate with Opalis |
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Sunday, May 1, 2005
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska implemented Opalis Software’s OpalisRobot to provide for the secure transfer of files with its clients. |
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IT In-Depth: Making Data Center Autonomic Computing a Reality |
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Opalis: Making Data Center Autonomic Computing a Reality. |
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IT Director: Process Automation Made Simple With Opalis |
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Friday, January 14, 2005
Manpower is the glue holding business processes together. Opalis provides software that in many instances can automate business and IT workflows.
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