SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida, November 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cfengine, the leading open source provider of server life cycle management software, today introduced the upgraded Cfengine Nova Knowledge Map, providing customers with a powerful way to manage the server life cycle management process. Driven by Cfengine's unique blend of customer research and technology leadership, Cfengine Nova uniquely provides IT Administrators with a stand-alone solution for automated Server repair to understand, manage and enforce compliance across the enterprise.

By standardizing server configurations, automating system repair, and removing unauthorized applications or executables, Cfengine Nova will continue to reduce the total cost of ownership for our customers, said Bob Whirley, President and COO of Cfengine. Cfengine's automated server life cycle management solution has been a leading solution for over 16 years and we look forward to partnering with Cfengine and working with our customers to provide this unique solution, said Troy Webb, GM of CompServ.

Mark Burgess, CTO and Founder of Cfengine adds, The Cfengine Nova Knowledge Map has been very carefully thought out to transform today's server management practices from their current state of technical incomprehensibility, unpredictability and vulnerability to an automated desired state of continuous computing in which the intentions (i.e. Business Goals) are clear for all to see throughout the entire workflow. Server maintenance, repair and administration represent some of the major cost burdens for enterprise datacenters, today - and this can be solved now. We are already looking ahead to the challenges beyond this, such as enterprise knowledge management, scalability and business alignment.

Cfengine's software automates the Build, Deploy, Manage, and Audit server life cycle management process for 1,000's of end users across more than 20 countries in wide range of industries including AMD, Navy, JP Morgan Chase, Express Scripts, Intel, Yale University, eBay, Bloomberg, CBS.

About Cfengine

Cfengine, the original desired-state server management solution, with policy-based, real-time repair, as used by leading enterprises since 1993. Improved productivity and integrated knowledge management, Cfengine Nova lowers risk and brings continuous cross-platform compliance without human attendance.

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SOURCE: CFEngine AS

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