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ISSUE #2, NOVEMBER 2005Welcome to the GroundWork Quarterly Newsletter, an online publication focusing on trends in open source IT management and news from GroundWork Open Source Solutions. IN THIS ISSUE
RELEASE OF GROUNDWORK MONITOR 4GroundWork Launches Major Upgrade to GroundWork Monitor
GroundWork Monitor 4 is an ideal solution for companies that want a
comprehensive, centralized monitoring solution that can grow with
their infrastructure. With GroundWork Monitor 4, companies benefit
from the innovation, cost advantage and extensibility of open source,
while enjoying the support and customer service associated with
traditional commercial software.
WEB SEMINAR WITH GARTNERWeb Seminar with Gartner: Open Source IT Management: Ready for the Enterprise?
Hear Gartner analyst Cameron Haight discuss why open source is
making inroads in to enterprise networking and systems management,
and how to take advantage of it.
PERSPECTIVES ON OPEN SOURCE IT MANAGEMENTGroundWork Monitor is "Open Source Plus"
Download a detailed research report by analyst firm Enterprise
Management Associates on GroundWork and GroundWork Monitor 4.
"A Single Pane of Glass" With GroundWork
See The 451 Group's research report examining the benefits of
GroundWork Monitor.
PRODUCT NEWS FROM GROUNDWORKGroundWork Releases GroundWork Monitor 4End-to-end open source IT monitoring solution offers high performance at the right price. GroundWork Releases Three Open Source Projects
COMPANY NEWS FROM GROUNDWORKGroundWork Appoints New CEOLearn more about CEO Ranga Rangachari Novell Bets on GroundWork
GroundWork announces strategic partnership with Novell.
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT
Read a case study on how Yodlee, a financial services technology
provider, replaced HP OpenView with GroundWork Monitor.
GROUNDWORK IN THE PRESSFrom SearchOpenSource:
"With GroundWork, O'Brien said he's seen improvements in key areas
such as availability, error identification and resolution, resource
utilization and monitoring capabilities. .Yodlee estimates that the
company would have spent more than twice as much on comparable
systems from the HP OpenView line, not including the cost of custom
development and support..."
From LinuxInsider:
"'As open-source software moves from the domain of operating systems,
databases and middleware to applications, we and other open source
developers are pioneering a development approach that focuses on
constructing enterprise-ready open source applications,' said Ranga
Rangachari, CEO, GroundWork..." From INFORMATIONWEEK Magazine:
"Rudolph and Sletten IT manager Sam Lamonica chose the GroundWork
Monitor network management application... rather than more expensive
options from BMC Software or Computer Associates..."
From Open Enterprise Trends:"GroundWork Open Source Solutions is shipping an upgrade to its end-to-end IT management software based on a variety of open source modules, bringing to admins an easy to use UI, new configuration tools, and even middleware for data capture..." Read the full article From IT Manager's Journal:
"GroundWork Monitor 4 comes on the heels of several recent company
milestones, including the launch of three free open source projects;
the signing of a worldwide distribution agreement with Novell; the
appointment of Ranga Rangachari as the company's new CEO; the
closing of $8.5 million in Series B financing with Mayfield and
Canaan Partners; and the addition of the company's 70th customer..."
EDUCATION AND TRAININGWeb Seminar: GroundWork Foundation The First Open Source IT Management Deployment Platform (recorded Tuesday, September 27, 2005)
Hear GroundWork Senior Systems Engineer Roger Ruttimann show you
how GroundWork Foundation adds flexibility and scalability to your
open source monitoring tools. Using Nagios as an example, Roger will
demonstrate how to use Foundation's "feeders" and APIs to enhance
and extend a Nagios monitoring system.
Web Seminar: Nagios Gets a Face Lift
GroundWork Status Viewer, a new open source user interface for
Nagios, the world's most widely used open source IT monitoring
tool.
UPCOMING EVENTSBreakfast with GroundWork - Washington DC and Redwood City, CAJoin GroundWork for a breakfast meeting where you'll learn:
Washington DC
Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 8 AM - 9:30 AM Redwood City, CA
Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 8AM - 10AM GroundWork at Interop New York
Come hear GroundWork CEO Ranga Rangachari speak at Interop New York
on December 15 at 9:00 AM. The panel topic is:
"Open Source Networking: Where is our Linux?"
GroundWork at LISA '05
GroundWork's community manager John Mark Walker will join a panel, "Nagios 2.0, the Next Generation of Open Source IT Monitoring" on
December 6 at 8:00 PM in San Diego.
GroundWork's CTO Thomas Stocking will introduce GroundWork Monitor 4
at LISA '05 in San Diego on December 7 at 7:00 PM
GroundWork Speaking at ApachCON US '05
GroundWork developer Roger Ruttimann will be a featured speaker at
ApacheCON US '05 on a panel titled "Building an Enterprise Portal
with Apache Portals and Jetspeed 2" on December 11 at 10:00 AM
GroundWork Open Source Solutions, Inc.
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