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Realtimepublishers and Opsware Release The Shortcut Guide to Automating Network Management and Compliance

Network Automation and Configuration Management are the main topics of Don Jones’ newest Shortcut Guide for IT professionals

GARTNER SYMPOSIUM/ITxpo, ORLANDO, FLA. - October 18th, 2005 - Realtimepublishers, the leader in corporate sponsored ePublishing, and Opsware, the leading provider of IT automation and utility computing software, today announced from Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2005, the immediate availability of The Shortcut Guide to Automating Network Management and Compliance. Authored by network automation and compliance management expert Don Jones, this new Shortcut Guide informs all levels of IT professionals on the significant value added to a business through automating the multitude of manual network processes.

“Networks are growing fast, and companies are faced with increasing outside requirements for management—what we call compliance issues. In order to reduce overhead costs yet maintain flexibility, companies need to automate network management, security, and compliance tasks,” explains author Don Jones. “The Shortcut Guide to Automating Network Management and Compliance is a fast-paced guide offering executive-level IT managers and network administrators the know-how to improve network operations, security and compliance. The book focuses on tools and technologies to make auditing easier, to improve uptime, and improve network configuration management.”

The Shortcut Guide to Automating Network Management and Compliance offers the following informative chapters:

Chapter 1: The Essentials of Automating Network Operations
Chapter 2: Automating Network Compliance and Security
Chapter 3: Automating Network Operations and Maximizing Availability
Chapter 4: Building the Plan for Automating Network Operations

New chapters will be posted online as they are completed in order to offer the most relevant, technically accurate information available. As an exclusive sponsor, Opsware will offer download access to the title at no charge from their website (http://www.opsware.com/products/networkautomation/eBook/eBook-SGANMC.html). Realtimepublishers will also offer the title at their own Content Central eBook portal (http://cc.realtimepublishers.com/portal.aspx?pubid=346).

About Realtimepublishers
Realtimepublishers is the leader in corporate sponsored ePublishing for the technology industry. With a who's who list of industry expert authors, a veteran editorial staff, and a leading content delivery system through its information portal, Content Central (http://cc.realtimepublishers.com), Realtimepublishers offers the most current expert resources for IT professionals. Realtimepublishers’ sponsors include Microsoft, Novell, Computer Associates, VERITAS, and Dell. For more information, visit http://www.realtimepublishers.com.

About Opsware
Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW) 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.

About Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the IT industry’s largest and most strategic conference, providing business leaders with a look at the future of IT. For more than 10,000 IT professionals from the world’s leading enterprises, Gartner’s annual Symposium/ITxpo events are key components of their annual planning efforts. Attendees are responsible for more than $35 billion in IT spending for their respective companies, and rely on Gartner Symposium/ITxpo to gain insight into how their organizations can us technology to address business challenges and improve operational efficiency.