Cfengine Nova Introduces Low-Cost Datacenter Automation With Integrated Knowledge...

Cfengine Nova Introduces Low-Cost Datacenter Automation With Integrated
Knowledge Management

OSLO, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cfengine, the leading Open Source provider
of datacenter automation solutions introduces Cfengine Nova, drawing on 15
years of market feedback and more than a million installations of worldwide
experience. Cfengine Nova is best of breed automation solution, bringing
multiplatform repair and policy-based compliance to global organizations.
Cfengine Nova has been enhanced extensively by user feedback to manage the
entire server lifecycle.
CEO Thomas Ryd explains: Organizations are facing fierce budget cuts and
increased license costs in datacenters, resulting partly from the tough
economic times. Cfengine is one of the most popular datacenter automation
solutions in the world today, and Cfengine Nova provides customers with an
inexpensive commercial enhancement to accommodate new industry demands.
Several companies have already expressed interest. Senior Systems
Engineer Paul Krizak of Advanced Micro Devices says, "The IT organization at
AMD has been using Cfengine for over 5 years to administer enormous
computational clusters in support of our microprocessor development. We look
forward to the new and innovative features in Cfengine Nova to further
improve our operational efficiency".
Nova was engineered to reduce policy complexity and improve knowledge of
organizational processes, says Founder and CTO of Cfengine Mark Burgess, also
a Professor at Oslo University College. The next wave of datacenter
automation tools has to move away from alarm and event management, as it
pushes a huge burden onto humans. This is the only way to cope with the
challenges of scale and spiralling costs.
Server maintenance, internal and external compliance (SOX, SAS70, etc.),
patching and security are major costs for enterprises. Cfengine's proven
solution brings savings and efficiency through simplified provisioning and
reduced downtime.
For more information please visit: http://www.cfengine.com/nova
About Cfengine AS
Cfengine AS is a leading innovator of software automation solutions to
datacenters. Cfengine manages over a million servers with automated
self-repairing solutions that enforce policy based compliance. Our Cfengine
end-user community includes over 1500 organizations and is growing daily. It
includes organizations both large and small across every industry. For more
information, visit http://www.cfengine.com
SOURCE Cfengine AS

Media Contact: Thomas Ryd, Cfengine AS, +47-22-95-85-00, contact@cfengine.com