Best practice-based design

GroundWork's solutions are driven by a real-world focus on IT and business operations. We have designed highly configurable, open source-based solutions that deliver essential, enterprise-class functionality quickly and inexpensively.

Properly installing a monitoring system requires significant discovery, design and configuration. Defining monitor settings, logical dependency structures, host groups, notification and escalation schemes, and report contents are just a few of the many tasks that accompany the installation of an enterprise-class monitoring system.

Based on deep experience designing, deploying and managing these systems, GroundWork has developed a standard monitoring design approach that reflects industry best practices and hands-on experience of what works. This methodology is captured in our proprietary GroundWork Design and Coverage Specification, which accompanies every deployment of GroundWork Monitor.

"[GroundWork's] approach is designed to combine the flexibility of source-available software with the business-process approach now dominating IT service management best practices."
—The 451 Group, August 2005

• Learn more about the monitoring design principles behind GroundWork Monitor, or download the white paper (PDF).
• Learn how GroundWork approaches multi-monitoring tool environments by downloading the Rationalizing the Multi-Tool Environment white paper (PDF).

The benefits of best practice-based design:

• Increased productivity through improved network and application performance
• Lower costs through proactive IT management and planning
• Improved decision making with broad IT infrastructure visibility

• Fast time to value
  

related links

• GroundWork Monitor Design Principles
• GroundWork Services
• GroundWork White Papers