(Opsware Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.opsware.com) A software company specializing in software that automates managed services. Founded in 2000 as Loudcloud by Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Tim Howes and In Sik Rhee, it initially offered managed services and used its own Opsware software to control it. In 2002, Loudcloud sold its services business to EDS and changed the company name to its software.
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