Opsware Inc. Chairman Marc Andreessen to Keynote ThinkEquity Partners Growth Conference; CEO Ben Horowitz Will Also Present

Business Wire, Sept 15, 2004

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Opsware Inc. (Nasdaq:OPSW), the leading provider of data center automation and utility computing software, announced today that its co-founder and Chairman Marc Andreessen will keynote the ThinkEquity Partners Growth Conference next week in San Francisco, California. The keynote address will take place at 12:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, September 21, 2004. Additionally, Opsware's CEO Ben Horowitz will give a company presentation beginning at 10:00 a.m. PT the same day.

In his keynote, Andreessen will discuss the next wave of growth in IT. "A massive shift from client-server to web architecture is under way," Andreessen says. "With this shift, customers are facing quality, security and cost issues that are driving them to a new, automated IT model."

A live audio webcast and replay of both events will be available on the investor relations section of the Opsware Inc. website at http://investor.opsware.com/. Questions ahead of the conference may be directed to Ken Tinsley, treasurer and director of investor relations, Opsware Inc., 408-212-5241.

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 and applications, creating complexity that makes an automated IT model a necessity. The Opsware System 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 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.

Opsware is a service mark and trademark of Opsware Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.