drugstore.com, inc. SELECTS OPSWARE FOR COMPREHENSIVE IT AUTOMATION
Online Web Store to Automate Operations and Enforce Compliance Across Server and Network Infrastructure
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - January 18, 2006 - Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW), the leading provider of IT automation and utility computing software, announced that drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ: DSCM), a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products, will deploy Opsware automation software across its servers and network devices. The strategic deployment of Opsware maximizes the benefits of IT automation, delivering unprecedented visibility into the company`s infrastructure, synchronized change management across servers and network devices and management of ongoing regulatory compliance. drugstore.com, inc. is one of many customers standardizing on Opsware automation software for comprehensive automation of mission-critical heterogeneous IT environments.
"We required a proven IT automation solution that would give us deep visibility into our large scale infrastructure and help enforce compliance across the broadest array of servers and devices," said Scott Porad, director of IT Operations at drugstore.com, inc. "Opsware delivers a comprehensive IT automation solution that is well suited to the needs of the drugstore.com Web stores."
drugstore.com, inc. requires a secure environment for processing and storing millions of records, from financial data to confidential patient information related to its pharmacy operations. The company must also ensure compliance with federal laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (1996). The complexity and scope of its operations necessitated an automated IT solution with deep visibility into activity across its servers, software and network devices located throughout the company`s corporate data centers and distribution locations. By automating time-consuming and error-prone activities including provisioning, patch management, auditing, and network configuration and change management, Opsware helps provide the company with a highly secure and reliable IT infrastructure.
"drugstore.com is one of the nation`s largest Internet retailers, and the selection of Opsware underscores the drugstore.com commitment to providing a secure and trusted customer experience by protecting private data," said Ben Horowitz, CEO of Opsware Inc. "By standardizing on both Opsware`s server and network automation software, we believe drugstore.com will more effectively enforce compliance, increase efficiencies and reduce costs across their expansive IT environment."
About drugstore.com, inc.
drugstore.com, inc. (NASDAQ: DSCM) is a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products. The drugstore.com(TM) online store provides a convenient, private and informative shopping experience that encourages consumers to purchase products essential to healthy, everyday living. The online store offers thousands of brand-name personal health care products at competitive prices; a full-service, licensed retail pharmacy; and a wealth of health-related information, buying guides, and other tools designed to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions. Consumers can personalize their shopping experiences with shopping lists, email reminders for replenishing regularly used products, and private email access to pharmacists and beauty experts for questions.
drugstore.com, inc. has been awarded the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) certification by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) as a fully licensed facility exercising competent, safe pharmacy practices in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
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 250 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.
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