Opsware Delivers ITIL-Driven App Management

Opsware unveiled a new Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-compliant software package this week aimed at streamlining the application deployment and upgrade process from beginning to end by pulling together both change and process automation. The vendor said the software can automate invoiced deployments involving hundreds of devices to ensure successful application rollouts.

The new Opsware "application release management system" blends technology from Opsware's Server Automation System with process-automation software technology the vendor picked up in its recent acquisition of iConclude to manage an entire application lifecycle.Opsware said that by pulling together change and process automation, the new product will eliminate much of the manual aspects of administering the application lifecycle. Companies can expect to get applications into production much more quickly while cutting their expenses, the vendor said.

Opsware's new system includes a point-and-click graphical interface that administrators can use to create process diagrams and get separate tasks, users and systems to work together.