EZ Prints: Laying the GroundWork for Better Systems Monitoring
Upcoming Webcast
IT Monitoring Cost Challenge, HP Operations Vs. GroundWork Open Source — November 20, 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT:
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GroundWork in the News
"Open Source Systems Management Ramps Up" Nov 5, 2008, Internet News
"GroundWork adds network monitoring tools to systems management suite" Oct 29, 2008, SearchEnterpriseLinux
"The challenge of managing mixed virtualized Linux, Windows networks" Oct 27, 2008, Network World
"Monitor your network with GroundWork Monitor Community Edition" Oct 10, 2008, Linux.com
In This GroundBreaker Issue:
- Product News
- NEW! GroundWork in an Hour Segments
- Tip of the Month
- Have you read GroundWork white papers, experienced online training or webcasts? Post your comments about the content underneath each item to share with the GroundWork community.
Gartner Report: 2008 IT Operations Management Hype Cycle
- Evaluating service management tools?
- Managing emerging technologies such as virtualization and SOA?
- Assessing investment risks based on cost and resources?
Read Gartner's IT Operations Management Hype Cycle report now and manage your expectations of ITOM emerging technologies.
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11/20 Live Webcast: IT Monitoring Cost Challenge — HP Operations vs. GroundWork Open Source
Tim Clark from the FactPoint Group will share his insights on the node based pricing. He will explain the pricing structure that HP and the other Big 4 (BMC, CA, HP, IBM) vendors follow, and how either their customers are over-paying for uncompleted monitoring deployments or are over–paying to monitor custom applications.
David Dennis from GroundWork Open Source will explain how GroundWork Monitor Enterprise saves Big 4 monitoring customers 82% in capital expenditures and 70% in annual maintenance costs. David will also share how industry standard node-based pricing worsens budgetary predictability and operational deployments.
On-Demand Webcast: Managing Open Source in the Data Center (with Jay Lyman, Analyst, Enterprise Software, the 451 Group)
Today's datacenter has incorporated several open source components because of low cost, more control and better tool integration. Some components are more readily adopted because they are mature, stable, and cannibalize what proprietary software delivers for very little cost or datacenter management disruption. Hear from experts on how large datacenters are getting the most out of integrating open source with traditional software for better performance at a lower cost.
On-Demand Webcast: Delivering Real Time Performance Analysis
Attend this webcast to meet and interact with the founder of RRDtool, Tobias Oetiker. Get a better understanding about what RRDtool delivers and why its architecture and round-robin database structure can handle a large enterprise load to better manage real time performance reports.
On-Demand Webcast: Grid And Cluster Monitoring With Ganglia And GroundWork
Large organizations, like financial services, energy, pharmaceuticals, and research organizations that utilize grids and clusters are looking to perfect performance and management of thousands of mission critical computers at the lowest cost. Join GroundWork and the Ganglia ™ team on a joint webcast and hear about grid and cluster monitoring best practices in large-scale production environments.
Customer Spotlight: EZ Prints
The IT department at EZ Prints was looking for a better way to monitor system performance, particularly at the application layer, where it had essentially zero capability. The company investigated several options, and chose the open source GroundWork package.
Product News
- NMS 2.1 release now available. The new package is available on GW Connect.
- Read the full release here
Benefits:
- Map your network, graph traffic, analyze protocols, and display circuit utilization
- Consolidate your network and system management needs into a single, cohesive solution
- Correlate network infrastructure analysis with systems management alerts for more rapid problem resolution
- Simplified installation and configuration for quicker setup
- Integrates the latest stable versions of NeDi, Cacti, ntop, and Network Weathermap with GroundWork Monitor Enterprise's core functions
- Fully supported by GroundWork Open Source
Introduction to GroundWork Monitor
Are you new to the newsletter, and curious to know more about what GroundWork Monitor is and can do? Are you looking for better visibility in your IT Operations dashboard to improve efficiencies, save money and increase customer satisfaction?
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November and December GroundWork University Courses
- Getting Started with GroundWork Monitor
- 11/24, 12/08
- System Administrator Online Course
- 12/09 - 12/11
- System Administrator Onsite Courses
- 12/16 12/18
- Network Management Suite (NMS) Course
- 11/18, 11/19