Zenoss Builds a Competitive Advantage with Open Source Infrastructure

"A few years ago, Erik Dahl was a network manager who knew that administrators needed a flexible network monitoring solution. In 2002, he began development of what would become Zenoss, an open source network monitoring product that runs on multiple platforms. Dahl found that the best way to deliver a product that is affordable and customizable is to use open source, and in the process he also discovered that using open source internally is the best way to build a successful business from scratch.

"Creating, testing, and maintaining a network monitoring application takes a lot of servers. One of the biggest ways that open source software helped Zenoss take off is by making the build environment more affordable. 'We get a huge advantage from building on top of Zope,' says Mark Hinkle, Zenoss' vice president of business and community development..."

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