SunGard Availability Services, the disaster recovery service provider, has embraced the Zenoss Service Dynamics platform to support the company’s cloud services and managed services infrastructure. Here’s a closer look at SunGard’s move.
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SunGard Deploys Zenoss to Support Cloud and Managed Services
Posted December 20th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Zenoss Open Source IT Management: Disrupting IBM, HP, CA & BMC?
Posted October 26th, 2011 by Nicholas Mukhar
Zenoss, the open source server and network monitoring software provider, says 2011 revenues grew 300 percent year over year (YoY). The company claims IT service providers increasingly opt for Zenoss rather than management platforms from IBM, HP, CA Technologies and BMC. Anecdotal evidence suggests Zenoss’s annual revenues will easily exceed $10 million in 2011. But is Zenoss really disrupting the Big 4 IT management software providers?
Federal Market: Will Cloud, Managed Services Prevail Amid Tight Budgets?
Posted August 13th, 2010 by John Moore
An era of tighter government spending seems to have arrived, but cloud computing and managed services may still provide a growth opportunity. Recent evidence of the former comes from Defense Secretary Robert Gates. In an August 9 press briefing, Gates said the Pentagon now looks to cut “a third of the budget for services and support contracting over the course of the next three years.” He observed that service support and advisory contractors of all kinds accounted for 39 percent of DoD’s workforce cost in 2009, up from 26 percent in 2000. Here are more details.
Digital Parallels Embraces Zenoss for Managed Services
Posted May 25th, 2010 by John Moore
Zenoss, maker of open source monitoring software, has added another managed services adopter: Digital Parallels, a master MSP in the United Kingdom. Although most MSPmentor 100 companies seem to be using traditional closed-source software, there are niches where open source alternatives are gaining momentum. Here’s a closer look at Zenoss and open source in the MSP ecosystem.
Zenoss: Open Source Infiltrates Large Service Providers?
Posted March 29th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
Zenoss, which makes open source server and network monitoring software, has a message for service providers: The company’s software has successfully landed in major accounts ranging from Computer Sciences Corp. to Verizon. Here are some details — plus, some clues about where Zenoss may be heading with Cisco Systems Inc.
Open Source Channel Alliance: Open to MSPs?
Posted April 14th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
Open source applications reached a tipping point in the distribution channel today. Red Hat, Synnex and nearly a dozen open source application providers launched the Open Source Channel Alliance. Our sister site, TheVARguy.com, offers complete coverage. I’m not suggesting open source will eliminate traditional closed-source solutions. However, the open source mindset — including code sharing — continues to infiltrate the managed services market. And the Open Source Channel Alliance will accelerate that trend. Here’s why.
Contegix: Managed Services Built On Open Source
Posted April 10th, 2009 by Joe Panettieri
Generally speaking, the vast majority of managed service providers (MSPs) grew up as Microsoft VARs. But Contegix CEO Matthew Porter proves there’s more than one way to conquer the managed services and managed hosting markets. I spoke with Porter earlier April 9 to learn why open source technologies — such as Confluence, Hyperic, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Zimbra — play central roles in his company.
HP OpenView Under Attack (Again)
Posted December 29th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Small, nimble software companies — some of them promoting open source, many of them leveraging closed source — continue to attack big, legacy network and systems management platforms.
GroundWork Open Source, Roaring Penguin Prepare Managed Services Deal
Posted December 23rd, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
GroundWork Open Source and Roaring Penguin Software Inc. are preparing a technology alliance to jointly serve VARs and managed service providers starting in January 2009, MSPmentor has learned.
Zenoss: Open Source Meets Managed Services (Again)
Posted December 15th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
I’m hearing a familiar trend in the managed services market: MSPs seem to be embracing more and more open source tools. The latest example involves Zenoss, a commercial open source company that specializes in applications, systems and network monitoring.
