Editing Opsware (section)

{{short description|Software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Opsware, Inc.
| logo = [[Image:Logo opsware.png|Opsware logo]]
| type = Now owned by [[OpenText]]
| foundation = September, 1999 (as Loudcloud, Inc.)
| location = [[Sunnyvale, California]]
| key_people = Marc Andreessen: [[Chairman]] and founder,<ref name="Sheff2000-08">{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.08/loudcloud_pr.html|publisher=[[Wired Magazine]]|title=Crank it up|author=David Sheff|date=August 2000}}</ref><br> Ben Horowitz: [[CEO]] and founder,<ref name="Sheff2000-08"/><br> Tim Howes: CTO and founder,<ref name="Sheff2000-08"/><br> In Sik Rhee: [[Chief operating officer|COO]] and founder,<ref name="Sheff2000-08"/><br> [[John O'Farrell (venture capitalist)|John O'Farrell]]: [[Executive Vice President|EVP]]
| products = Cloud and automation and IT service management [[software]]
| homepage = [https://www.microfocus.com/ Micro Focus web page]
}}

'''Opsware, Inc.''' was a software company based in [[Sunnyvale, California]], that offered products for server and network device [[provisioning (IT)|provisioning]], [[configuration management|configuration]], and [[systems management|management]] targeted toward enterprise customers.  Opsware had offices in [[New York City]], [[Redmond, Washington]], [[Cary, North Carolina]], and an engineering office in [[Cluj, Romania]].

In July 2007, [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] announced that it had agreed to acquire Opsware for $1.65 billion in cash ($14.25 per share).  The acquisition closed on September 21, 2007.<ref>[http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/070921xa.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN HP Closes Opsware Acquisition news release]

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HP subsequently split into [[HP Inc.]] and [[Hewlett Packard Enterprise]] (HPE). The latter included Opsware's products and services and, in 2017, the HPE Software business group spin-merged with [[Micro Focus]]. Micro Focus was acquired by [[OpenText]] in 2023.