Managing Solaris Environments Just Got Easier; At LinuxWorld Expo, Aduva Will Announce Exciting Product Enhancements That Further Simplify Linux and Introduce Solaris System Deployment and Management

Business Wire, August 5, 2005

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Aduva, the company known for simplifying the critical but sometimes tedious task of Linux server management, today announced the 3.0 version of its OnStage(TM) suite for system deployment and management. These enhancements further enable enterprises to reduce operating costs and maximize their return on investment by significantly reducing the time and expertise required to build and deploy an up-to-date, secure, and reliable mission-critical environment that includes Linux

and now Solaris.

Since the company's inception six years ago, Aduva has fine-tuned its OnStage product to enable enterprises to take advantage of the inherent benefits of Linux -- choice, security, availability, flexibility and a lower cost of acquisition -- while mitigating the risks and complexities of Linux's rapid evolution and continuous change. OnStage checks system integrity without server downtime; replicates changes in configurations automatically across servers in disparate locations; corrects incompatible configurations; and much more.

The three major enhancements announced in the 3.0 version of
OnStage today are:

    1.  Full support for Linux and Solaris from the same console. With
        the 3.0 release, Aduva's OnStage adds support for Solaris
        servers. This allows for the first time simultaneous
        management of Solaris and Linux hosts through a centralized
        graphical interface.

        Zev Laderman, Aduva's CEO, explains that Aduva added this
        functionality to answer a two-pronged market demand. "First,"
        he explains, "enterprises have been looking for a way to
        actively manage Solaris for quite some time now -- Solaris 8
        has 5,000 patches alone. Many organizations got it working the
        first time and then locked it in the proverbial basement. They
        want to move from static to active management."

        Laderman continues, "Also, as Linux has become more robust,
        enterprises have been eager to find the equilibrium between
        their Solaris and Linux environments, and managing the two
        from one console provides numerous benefits. With the 3.0
        version, OnStage answers both enterprise needs."

    2.  Facilitating migration automation between Solaris and Linux.
        The added support for Solaris means that customers can enjoy
        the reliability of Solaris and the cost-effectiveness of Linux
        while Aduva handles deployments, from development through
        testing and production, and facilitates application
        portability between the two platforms.

    3.  Enhanced Linux management, reporting and new GUI. In 3.0,
        OnStage's GUI has been completely revamped for enhanced
        intuitiveness, usability, and efficiency. Plus, OnStage 3.0's
        new reporting module provides users with out-of-the-box tools
        to create customized compliance reports, identify compliance
        deviations across the environment, and take corrective
        actions. These are valuable tools in helping enterprise
        customers with their Sarbanes Oxley and other compliance
        requirements.

In addition, the reporting module supplies users with five other out-of-the-box reports:

--Customizable reports give visibility into security vulnerabilities, configuration compliance, and management activities:

--CAN Compliance

--Incident Compliance

--Host/Profile Compliance

--Package Compliance

"OnStage 3.0 is a major, market-driven step forward for data center management," says Laderman. "This release builds upon Aduva's core competency of auto-dependency knowledge and lifecycle management functionality to simplify the complexities of system deployments and ongoing management of large and complex Linux environments through a unique knowledge-driven approach."

About Aduva

Founded in 1999 and backed by some of the most powerful companies behind Linux, Aduva provides a "knowledge driven" solution that significantly reduces the total costs and risks in the lifecycle of a Linux Server and dynamically managed Solaris Servers. Aduva OnStage(TM) is a life-cycle management application relying on Aduva's Universal Knowledgebase's comprehensive dependency knowledge to detect, analyze, and resolve any deviation, conflicts or drift from compliance, and ensures security and system compliance.

Aduva is backed by Intel Capital, IBM, BMC Software Evergreen Partners.