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2006

www.sandhill.com: The Next Enterprise App

Sunday, December 24, 2006
For Run Book Automation (or whatever you want to call it) vendors, ITIL provides the blueprint for developing standard orchestrations that could become the next enterprise off the shelf application. OK, ITIL itself doesn’t prescribe implementation, so you can’t design solutions from it. But organizations like the IT Service Management Institute are beginning to develop formalized bodies of knowledge that might fill the gap.

searchdatacenter.techtarget.com: Data center vendor trends from Gartner's Data Center Conference

Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Todd DeLaughter, CEO and President of Opalis walked me through the ROI calculator. Basically, you determine the cost of an IT process, something that takes 20 minutes of a sys admin's time for example, and extrapolate against salary to get a cost for that process. Each time Opalis executes that process rather than having an admin do it manually, it tallies the savings in the ROI dashboard.

processor.com: Opalis Software has launched a new version of Opalis Integration Server

Friday, December 8, 2006
The new dashboard is among several new highlights of the software. Also included are new ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)-templates to both automate operational processes and give visibility into those processes, such as configuration, incident and change.

www.itbusiness.ca: Opalis Software Inc. announced availability of the Opalis Integration Server

Friday, December 8, 2006
It supports for more than 90 out-of-the-box workflow process templates, five new integration packs, and an enhanced dashboard. In addition, the company unveiled five new automation solution areas.

computing.co.uk: Opalis updates IT automation suite

Thursday, December 7, 2006
IT process automation software specialist Opalis has announced a major upgrade to its flagship suite designed to improve its usability and extend its support for heterogeneous IT environments.

itweek.co.uk: Opalis updates IT automation suite

Thursday, December 7, 2006
IT process automation software specialist Opalis has announced a major upgrade to its flagship suite designed to improve its usability and extend its support for heterogeneous IT environments.

bijonline.com: Opalis Achieves 'Fully Aware' Automated IT Operations

Wednesday, December 6, 2006
The new technology and solution areas empower IT Operations staff to become fully aware of incident, problem, configuration, change, and release processes, leading to a reduction in operational costs, improved service delivery, and ensured compliance and ITIL best practices through repeatable automation methods.

computerworld.com: Q&A: Todd DeLaughter explains his move from HP to Opalis

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
On Dec. 4, we announced a new set of integration pathways to other systems, namely, BMC Remedy, BMC Atrium, Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Service Center Operations and VMware VirtualCenter 2. Those five are added to Opalis' existing 22 integration packs for enabling IT operations personnel to connect and interact with a variety of heterogeneous systems management tools. There are also 90 prebuilt process templates for ITIL-based processes and a new graphical user interface to drag and drop objects.

www.esj.com: Opalis Integration Server Achieves "Fully Aware" Automated IT Operations

Monday, December 4, 2006
The new technology and solution areas empower IT operations staff to become "fully aware" of incident, problem, configuration, change, and release processes, leading to a reduction in operational costs, improved service delivery, and ensured compliance and ITIL best practices through repeatable automation methods.

www.dbta.com: Opalis Unveils Latest Version of Integration Server

Monday, December 4, 2006
Opalis' RBA software provides the orchestration, integration, and automation of operational processes across multiple data, departmental, and application silos.

www.computerwire.com: Opalis Adds ITIL-Compliant Workflows to IT Process Automation

Monday, December 4, 2006
Opalis Software Inc, one of an emerging group of providers that are seeking to automate the workflows surrounding the management of data centers, is adding a number of ITIL (IT Infrastructure Libraries) processes to its tool.

home.businesswire.com: Opalis achieves fully aware automated IT Operations with latest release of Opalis Integration Server

Monday, December 4, 2006
New Opalis solutions enable organizations to align IT services with business objectives by automating IT Operations management through repeatable, reliable, and standardized best practices.

home.businesswire.com: Opalis achieves fully aware automated IT Operations with latest release of Opalis Integration Server

Monday, December 4, 2006
“Businesses continue to scrutinize the effectiveness and accountability of their IT operations organizations,” said David Williams of Gartner in a July 2006 report entitled, “Run Book Automation: The Drivers and Inhibitors.” “Run book automation promises to provide a new way to manage IT, providing a better, more efficient way to address business concerns.”

www.iiszone.ziffdavis.com: Opalis Aims for Greater Automation, Integration

Monday, December 4, 2006
The new dashboard is among several new highlights of the software. Also included are new ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)-templates to both automate operational processes and give visibility into those processes, such as configuration, incident and change.

eweek.com: Opalis Aims for Greater Automation, Integration

Monday, December 4, 2006
The company on Dec. 4 launched version 5.3 of its software, which includes more than 90 workflow process templates, five new integration offerings and an enhanced dashboard to give users greater visibility into their IT process management, from the administration of the processes to how data is reported back.

networkworld.com: Opalis adds ITIL-based workflow to automation software

Monday, December 4, 2006
Automation software maker Opalis announced today it would beef up its flagship product with 90 process templates to help customers add automation to existing tasks. Twenty of the new templates address technologies such as virtualization and security.

www.cbronline.com: Opalis adds support of Microsoft System Center

Thursday, November 16, 2006
Earlier this year, Opalis Software Inc's run book automation product was certified for the various versions of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and its new command shell script. It's now taken the next step, adding support for the next version of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007.

press.xtvworld.com: Opalis Extends Integration to MS System Centre

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The SCOM 2007 integration pack provides IT professionals with the ability to automate incident and problem diagnostic and remediation processes and direct critical alerts to the service desk.

tmcnet.com: Opalis Extends Integration to Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Monday, November 13, 2006
The SCOM 2007 integration pack provides IT professionals with the ability to automate incident and problem diagnostic and remediation processes and direct critical alerts to the service desk. The new integration pack will ship during the first quarter of 2007.

mississauga.com: Opalis lands IT heavyweight as new CEO

Monday, November 13, 2006
Mississauga-based Opalis Software has landed an information technology (IT) heavyweight from Hewlett-Packard (HP) in the United States as its new CEO and president.

thewhir.com: Opalis Joins TAP Program

Tuesday, November 7, 2006
The partnership supports joint sales and marketing activities and will give customers access to a wide range of data center automation capabilities. As a result, the IT infrastructure will benefit from more rapidly achieved operational efficiencies and reduced labor costs.

cmcrossroads.com: Opalis Joins Opsware Technology Alliance Partner Program

Monday, November 6, 2006
The partnership supports joint sales and marketing activities and will provide customers access to a broad range of data center automation capabilities; enabling more rapidly achieved operational efficiencies and reduced labor costs across the IT infrastructure.

tmcnet.com: Opalis Joins Opsware Technology Alliance Partner Program

Tuesday, November 2, 2006
Opalis Software, Inc., the leading provider of Run Book Automation (RBA) software that orchestrates, integrates, and automates IT operational processes, today announced it has joined Opsware's Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program.

www.computing.co.uk: Opalis wants VARs for European expansion

Friday, October 27, 2006
IT automation and datacentre management vendor Opalis is embarking on an ambitious partner recruitment drive designed to support its planned expansion across Europe.

www.itweek.co.uk: Opalis wants VARs for European expansion

Friday, October 27, 2006
Todd Delaughter, who joined Opalis as its chief executive earlier this month from the position of general manager for OpenView at Hewlett-Packard (HP), told CRN that the firm does not have any specific channel partner recruitment numbers in mind.

channelweb.co.uk: H-P services executive resigns unexpectedly

Friday, October 27, 2006
IT automation and datacentre management vendor Opalis is embarking on an ambitious partner recruitment drive designed to support its planned expansion across Europe.

computingbusiness.co.uk: Opalis wants VARs for European expansion

Friday, October 27, 2006
IT automation and datacentre management vendor Opalis is embarking on an ambitious partner recruitment drive designed to support its planned expansion across Europe.

bestpracticemagazine.co.uk: Opalis wants VARs for European expansion

Friday, October 27, 2006
IT automation and datacentre management vendor Opalis is embarking on an ambitious partner recruitment drive designed to support its planned expansion across Europe.

pcmag.co.uk: Opalis wants VARs for European expansion

Friday, October 27, 2006
IT automation and datacentre management vendor Opalis is embarking on an ambitious partner recruitment drive designed to support its planned expansion across Europe.

news.moneycentral.msn.com: HP executive in unexpected departure

Thursday, October 26, 2006
Earlier this month, Tood DeLaughter, the former head of HP's $1bn OpenView software business, resigned from the company to become chief exceutive of Opalis, a Canadian business sofware company.

www.marketwatch.com: H-P services executive resigns unexpectedly

Thursday, October 26, 2006
Earlier this month, Todd DeLaughter, the former head of HP's $1 billion OpenView software business, resigned from the company to become chief exceutive of Canadian business sofware company Opalis.

thewhir.com: Former HP Exec to Head Opalis

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Most recently, DeLaughter was vice president and general manager of the OpenView business unit at HP where he delivered growth at two times the market rate during his tenure and doubled the size of the business. Prior to that, he led the worldwide HP OpenView marketing and operations functions.

computerworld.com.au: HP exec jumps ship to head up Opalis

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Todd DeLaughter, former vice president and general manager of HP's OpenView Business Unit, Monday will take the helm at Opalis, a maker of operational automation software. DeLaughter Friday conducted an exit interview with HP's Ann Livermore, who leads HP's Technology Solutions Group, and says he plans to get right to work at Opalis this week.

wallstreet-online.de: Opalis Names Former Top HP Executive Todd Delaughter as President and CEO

Monday, October 16, 2006
In his new role as president and CEO, DeLaughter will focus on building out the company´s vision to be the industry´s preferred technology choice for IT process and RBA. Working with the Opalis executive team, customers, and key partners, DeLaughter will define Opalis´ future product technology vision and roadmap, further build on the Opalis brand, and work to enhance the sales channel and go-to-market strategies.

americanventuremagazine.com: Opalis Names Former Top HP Executive Todd Delaughter as President and CEO

Monday, October 16, 2006
“Todd has an incredible track record for managing and growing a business through solid technology and strategic partnerships, he also has a deep understanding of the IT Operations space,” said Mark Fernandes, managing director of Sierra Ventures and an Opalis board member.

networkworld.com: HP exec jumps ship to head up Opalis. After 22 years with Compaq and then HP, Todd DeLaughter takes the helm at operational automation vendor Opalis.

Monday, October 16, 2006
After four years speaking with HP customers and CIOs on behalf of HP's management software division, DeLaughter says he is confident the time was right to move from a provider of traditional monitoring software to a company proposing an innovative approach to decreasing operational costs through automation.

byteandswitch.com: Former HP Exec to Head Opalis

Monday, October 16, 2006
In his new role as president and CEO, DeLaughter will focus on building out the company's vision to be the industry's preferred technology choice for IT process and RBA. Working with the Opalis executive team, customers, and key partners, DeLaughter will define Opalis' future product technology vision and roadmap, further build on the Opalis brand, and work to enhance the sales channel and go-to-market strategies.

www.networkworld.com: HP exec jumps ship to head up Opalis

Monday, October 16, 2006
As HP brings on staff to ensure its business practices are up to par, the company is also losing existing executives to potentially bigger and better -- and perhaps less scandalous -- opportunities at up-and-coming vendors.

productivityapps.itbusinessnet.com: Perspective Software Makes Traction Into Nordic Region

Monday, October 16, 2006
"Enterprises worldwide are investing in software that automates IT operations and integrates management tools and infrastructure components found in today's data center," said Mike Tindal, vice president of marketing for Opalis. "We're excited to be spreading the word to the Nordic region and showing what a powerful tool Opalis can be for IT organizations."

www.quote.com: Opalis to Showcase IT Operational Process Automation Technology at itSMF USA Conference; Solution Automates Run Book Processes, Enables ITIL Best Practices

Monday, Sep 18, 2006
With Opalis, companies can bridge application, department, and data silos, and automate run book processes in a way that's simple, fast, and effective.

www.networkcomputing.com: RollOut: Opalis Software's Integration Server

Thursday, Sep 14, 2006
Face It, When Operations Managers subsisting on Red Bull and pretzels meet complex enterprise-management systems, mistakes happen. Run books, part of well-oiled IT operations forever, can help resolve problems. Done right, the books contain, shall we say, painstakingly detailed instructions to ensure IT best practices.

www.datawarehouse.com: Opalis Enables ITIL-Based Processes with Run Book Automation

Friday, August 25, 2006
Opalis Software, Inc., the expert provider of enterprise software used to integrate and automate routine IT operational processes and achieve an automated data center, announced use of its technology for automating run book processes and enabling ITIL best practices.

www.byteandswitch.com: Opalis Enables Processes

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Run Book Automation (RBA) is gaining momentum as IT organizations are seeking a more efficient way to manage IT as businesses are increasingly required to ensure high service levels and infrastructure efficiency, while lowering costs and adhering to best practices.

www.snseurope.com: The Top 5 Misconceptions About Data Center Automation

Saturday, August 16, 2006
The benefits of automation seem obvious, lower operational costs, improved performance, and greater service levels. So why aren't more IT departments taking advantage of automation solutions? The options available for automating Data Center Processes until recently, namely custom development and scripting, added unnecessary constraint, complexity, and fragility which resulted in misconceptions that need to be addressed.

www.dbta.com: The Top 5 Misconceptions About Data Center Automation

Saturday, August 16, 2006
The benefits of automation seem obvious, lower operational costs, improved performance, and greater service levels. So why aren't more IT departments taking advantage of automation solutions? The options available for automating Data Center Processes until recently, namely custom development and scripting, added unnecessary constraint, complexity, and fragility which resulted in misconceptions that need to be addressed.

www.businessedge.ca: Opalis Software Inc. has made two executive appointments in sales and strategic alliances.

Thursday, Aug 3, 2006
Thomas Siegel has joined the company's executive team as VP of worldwide sales. He was most recently VP of global sales for Espial Inc. Opalis also named Harry France as director of strategic relationships. France joins from Mercury Interactive where he managed the Canadian region.

www.esj.com: How Automation Can Improve Business Service Management. Is IT getting the most from its BSM investments?

Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006
With automation, IT organizations ensure truly repeatable processes for best practices. IT can control the processes that run business services by automating the more mundane tasks which, in turn, leads to reducing costs, eliminating human error, and improving performance.

www.byteandswitch.com: Opalis Appoints Vets

Monday, July 24, 2006
today announced the appointment of two key veteran executives in sales and strategic alliances, as it continues to grow and expand into new markets worldwide.

www.redcanary.ca: After playing the startup game for nearly 30 years, Scott Broder, CEO of Opalis Inc., has learned to anticipate emerging markets - and build an organization that can capitalize on it.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Joining as a board member in 2003 and taking over as CEO in early 2004, Scott transformed Opalis from a stagnant IT job-scheduling startup to a first-to-market provider of enterprise data centre optimization suites.

www.quote.com: New White Paper From Opalis Shows How Automation Resolves Top Issues Reported by CIOs in the Data Center

Monday, July 10, 2006
The Opalis paper, titled "Resolving Critical Business Problem Areas in Data Center Operations through Automation," shows how data center automation and integration can help IT organizations reduce labor costs, improve service levels, and ensure more efficient resource utilization in key areas of data center operations.

www.e-channelnews.com: New White Paper From Opalis Shows How Automation Resolves Top Issues Reported by CIOs in the Data Center

Monday, July 10, 2006
Using automation, Opalis customers have realized significant time savings that result in higher customer satisfaction, improved availability, better SLA achievements, and improved productivity. "IT operations staff and business executives alike are faced with the challenges of keeping labor costs down, yet providing adequate service levels and driving operational efficiency," said Scott Broder, CEO for Opalis.

thewhir.com: Perspective Opens Denmark Office

Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Data center software provider Perspective Group announced last week it is opening a new office in Denmark, as part of its strategic partnership with Opalis Software.

mcpmag.com: Interview with Mike Tindal and Giampiero DeCiantis of Opalis

Monday, June 5, 2006
BizTalk Server exam beta released; interview with Mike Tindal and Giampiero DeCiantis of Opalis; more with Michael Domingo.

byteandswitch.com: Opalis Does Denmark

Wednesday, May 31, 2006
As part of its strategic partnership with Opalis Software, Inc., the expert provider of integration software for the automated data center, Perspective Group is expanding into Denmark with the opening of a new office.

lightreading.com: Perspective Group Expands

Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The launch of Perspective’s Danish operation, supported by the new office in Karlslunde, Denmark, marks an important move for Opalis into this growing region. The expansion is part of an ongoing agreement between the companies, which sees Perspective providing sales and support functions for Opalis’ solutions in Northern Europe.

bsmDigest.com: Opalis Software Adds Integration Pack for HP OpenView ServiceCenter

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Opalis’ latest release facilitates data center automation, supporting best practices for managing requests, incidents, problems, changes, and service level agreements defined by ITIL.

theWHIR.com: Opalis Offers BSM Solutions

Wednesday, May 3, 2006
The paper, titled “Can Automation Plug the Holes in Business Service Management?” discusses how second generation BSM tools bring increased sophistication to help IP operations and business analysts visualize, analyze, and document the impact of real-time IT performance on business process productivity and value creation.

IT-observer.com: New White Paper From Opalis Offers Solutions to Limitations of Business Service Management

Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The paper also outlines the strides BSM tools have made between first- and second-generations. First-generation BSM tools, for example, were often static, hand-coded containers reflecting the IT department's understanding of the relationship between IT assets, business processes workflows, and application performance data.

theWHIR.com: Opalis Signs Reseller Deal With BMC

Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Under the agreement terms, BMC will resell both the Opalis Integration Pack for BMC PATROL and Opalis Integration Pack for BMC Remedy Help Desk.

ByteandSwitch.com: BMC Resells Opalis

Monday, April 3, 2006
Under the terms of the worldwide agreement, BMC will resell both the Opalis Integration Pack for BMC PATROL and Opalis Integration Pack for BMC Remedy Help Desk. Additionally, BMC will provide consulting, training, and support services for the packs.

news.thomasnet.com: Software enables automation of data center.

Friday, March 31, 2006
Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console is enterprise infrastructure software that offers data center management and automates processes.

IT Business.ca: Getting a polished look

Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Opalis Software is the story of a typical startup: An experienced CEO takes over from the founder, brings in venture financing and shakes things up.

The 451 Group: New product is aimed at driving larger deals for Network Automation

Monday, March 27, 2006
Software that automates business processes – such as automated logins, report generation or notifications – may not seem very sexy, but Network Automation, with its 13,000-strong customer base, has proved that it's a viable business. Subscription Required to Access the Report.

The 451 Group: Opalis signs BMC as reseller, focuses on integration

Monday, March 27, 2006
The market is inundated with vendors claiming to do 'automation,' but it's rarely clear exactly what they mean by that word. - Subscription Required to Access the Report.

Enterprise Systems: Opalis delivers Integration Pack for HP OpenView ServiceCenter

Monday, March 13, 2006
This latest release extends Opalis' support of the leading service management applications and better enables IT organizations to reach Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) objectives through data center automation.

IT Business.ca: Opalis releases integration pack for HP OpenView ServiceCenter

Monday, March 13, 2006
The Opalis Integration Pack for HP OpenView ServiceCenter has a number of features. The first is maintenance procedure automation, where administrators can create policies that automatically open and escalate incidents when maintenance procedures fail.

eyeonit.itmanagersjournal.com: Opalis Delivers Integration Pack for HP OpenView ServiceCenter.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
his latest release extends Opalis’ support of the leading service management applications and better enables IT organizations to reach Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) objectives through data center automation.

Byte and Switch.com: Opalis Supports HP OpenView

Monday, March 13, 2006
Opalis Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software, today announced Opalis Integration Pack for HP OpenView ServiceCenter (formerly Peregrine ServiceCenter).

ITBusiness.ca: Opalis Software—Integration pack for IBM TEC

Friday, March 10, 2006
The combined solution simplifies data centre management and automates processes to optimize service levels, reduce system downtime and increase overall productivity.

snseurope.com: Perspective Solutions forms Strategic Partnership with Opalis Software

Tuesday, February 2, 2006
David Heaps, Business Development Director, Perspective Solutions, stated: "This reseller partnership with Opalis is a major milestone for both parties. The European market is a key target for Opalis as its business operations grow. Perspective will contribute to the current Opalis footprint as it extends its reach."

HSPStreet.com: Opalis, BMC Software Form Technology Alliance

Monday, February 13, 2006
The Opalis Integration Pack extends the capabilities of BMC Remedy and BMC PATROL with the ability to automatically create, update, and close cases at any stage of the IT process. Additionally, Opalis can query the BMC Remedy database to initiate processes when a new case is created or modified.

computerwoche.de: Opalis und BMC kooperieren bei Business Service Management

Wednesday, February 10, 2006
Im Rahmen der mit BMC getroffenen Vereinbarung lässt sich der neue "Integration Server 5.0" von Opalis zusammen mit den BMC-Lösungen "Remedy Help Desk" und "Patrol" verwenden, um Routinen für das Incident- und Problem-Lifecycle-Management zu integrieren und zu automatisieren.

Database Trends and Applications: Where ITIL Can Go Wrong

From the Archive
One of the top reasons for ITIL initiative failures include what Broder described as human weak-link failure: "It is impractical to assume that humans will follow the rules described in ITIL methodologies to a tee".

Computing.co.uk: Avocent buys rival to beef up KVM line

Tuesday, February 7, 2006
In a separate move, datacentre management specialist Opalis is launching a new sales drive targeting UK companies. Its software tools are designed to automate datacentre operations to reduce operational costs.

WebHosting.info: Opalis Partners with Perspective Solutions

Thursday, February 2, 2006
Perspective will focus on selling and supporting Opalis' solutions in northern Europe, including the UK and the Nordic region.

TheWHIR.com: Perspective Resells Data Center Tools

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Data center automation software developer Opalis Software (opalis.com) announced on Tuesday that Perspective Solutions (perspectivegroup.com) would resell and support Opalis software in Europe.

Byte and Switch.com: Opalis Expands in Europe

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Under the terms of the reseller agreement, Perspective will focus on selling and supporting Opalis’ solutions in northern Europe, including the UK and the Nordic region. It will also provide training and professional services for Opalis.

Webhosting.info: Opalis Receives Windows Certification.

Thursday, January 26, 2006
Certification verifies Opalis Integration Server's ability to meet standards for security, manageability, and reliability on Windows Server 2003.

The Whir.com: Opalis Receives Windows Certification

Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 certification program through Lionbrige sets technical standards for identifying applications that integrate effectively with the Windows platform and are secure and reliable.

Forbes.com: Opalis Achieves Certification for Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Certification Verifies Opalis Integration Server's Ability to Meet Exacting Standards for Security, Manageability, and Reliability on Windows Server 2003.

 
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