Open source system management suites: A viable alternative?
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| So, are these open source management suites viable alternatives for IT
| organizations? They are, if the solution fits the needs of the IT
| organization, and if the IT organization has either the necessary resources
| to support the products and/or it subscribes to the right support option.
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http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid80_gci1268233,00.html
Betfair adopts open source data management
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| Online gambling firm Betfair is adopting open source data management tools
| that the supplier estimates will save it £500,000 in software licensing
| costs.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/08/16/226219/betfair-adopts-open-source-data-management.htm
Related:
Hyperic: Open sourcing systems management
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| Open source figures heavily in the Hyperic platform, which is written
| with Java and runs on JBoss and Tomcat. The software currently
| supports Oracle and the open source PostgreSQL database. Support
| for MySQL is due out in beta this summer, with an official
| release in the fall, Soltero said.
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| [...]
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| Today, Hyperic offers Hyperic HQ and SIGAR (the System Information
| Gatherer and Reporter), under GPL licenses.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070522/tc_infoworld/88713
Open source start-up launches network management software
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| Zenoss Core 1.0, downloaded some 50,000 times in the past 120 days,
| is software available under the Mozilla public license that monitors
| network devices, operating systems, applications, servers,
| environment and power supplies for health and availability.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/111406-zenoss-network-management.html
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