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mValent, Inc. (http://www.mvalent.com), a leading provider of automated configuration management of middleware applications, today announced an agreement through which Opsware (NASDAQ: OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center Automation software, will resell mValent Integrity� with the Opsware System suite through its worldwide field sales and channel teams. mValent�s offering complements Opsware�s award-winning IT automation solutions for network, server and storage layers of IT infrastructure with advanced tools directed to the unique configuration and release management challenges faced by middleware support teams. This reseller agreement follows shortly after mValent�s announcement that it had joined Opsware�s Technology Alliance Partner program to deliver ongoing integration between mValent Integrity and the Opsware System product suite. mValent Integrity enables middleware software support teams to capture the current state of configuration settings for middleware assets, monitor them for authorized and unauthorized changes and automate processes from initial provisioning to ongoing change across development, test and production environments. Leveraging Opsware�s award winning automation platform and proven scalability, the combination of mValent Integrity and Opsware�s Data Center Automation software enables Opsware customers to extend the value of their implementations to include highly granular control of configuration settings for middleware assets. These include application servers, Web servers and databases, and the thousands of configuration settings associated with these assets can be managed down to the individual property level. �We are excited to be partnering with mValent to provide customers with a comprehensive solution for configuration, compliance, change and release management across middleware � and to enable fine-grained management of configuration items for middleware assets,� said Sharmila Shahani, EVP of marketing at Opsware Inc. �mValent�s seamless integration allows us to provide IT organizations with an additional level of application change control.� �IT teams face ever-increasing pressure to improve application uptime and staff productivity, reduce IT fire drills and automate IT audit and compliance reporting in their ongoing quest to meet and exceed the needs of the business,� said Swapnil Shah, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer with mValent. �Our reseller agreement makes it easier than ever for companies to quickly reap the benefits of mValent and Opsware�s award-winning products for IT Automation that collectively span all layers of IT infrastructure.� About mValent mValent tackles IT complexity and compliance with automation software that eliminates configuration management chaos in application infrastructure and was named to Network World�s June 25, 2007 list of �10 Automation Companies to Watch.� The company�s flagship product, mValent Integrity, automates application configuration management and is used by leading organizations to manage the build and maintenance of complex application configurations throughout their entire lifecycle � from development to production. mValent Integrity customers include leading companies such as Alltel Wireless, State Street Bank and National Grid. The company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and is backed by top-tier venture capital firms, including Charles River Ventures, IDG Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners. For more information, visit http://www.mvalent.com. mValent and the mValent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of mValent, Inc. in the United States. 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.