GroundWork Announces GroundWork Monitor 6.0 Beta and Preview
Webcast
Move to JBoss Portal provides cutting edge customization and
easier enterprise integrations
SAN FRANCISCO, CA— June 16, 2009—GroundWork Open
Source, Inc. (www.gwos.com), the leaderin commercial open source
systems and network management software,today announced the beta
availability of GroundWork Monitor 6.0. Thelatest version of
GroundWork’s product combines a thoroughly
revampedlook-and-feel with a new JBoss Portal based development
platform.
Thenew GroundWork Monitor 6.0 user interface, based on JBoss
Portal, ishighly extensible and offers robust API support and
documentation aswell as secured SOAP APIs for accessing monitoring
data. Theportal–based interface enables new customization and
user-permissionoptions, including page–level,
feature–level, and configuration–levelcontrol.
"GroundWork Monitor 6.0 brings huge benefits in theareas of
extensibility, customization, and open standards support,"said
Roger Ruttiman, Director of Engineering of GroundWork Open
Source."And the solid reputation of JBoss Portal is a great comfort
toGroundWork's enterprise customers."
To assist with development on the new JBoss-based platform,
GroundWork will also be releasing asoftware development kit (SDK)
for GroundWork Monitor 6.0. Betaparticipants will receive
early access to the SDK.
Additional features of GroundWork Monitor 6.0 will be fully
announced upon generalrelease, but those interested in a preview
are invited to view thetrailer and attend the webcast listed
below.
6.0 Beta Sign Up:
Tosign up for the GroundWork Monitor 6.0 Beta program and
receivenotifications regarding availability, please see the form
located at:
http://www.gwos.com/products/sneak-peek-6.0.html#features
6.0 Preview Trailer and Webcast:
GroundWork has created a trailer video highlighting the features
of theforthcoming GroundWork Monitor 6.0 release and will be
hosting a sneakpeek webcast on June 23, 2009. To view the
trailer or sign up for the webcast please visit:
http://www.gwos.com/sneakpeek
About GroundWork
SanFrancisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc.
(http://www.gwos.com) isthe market leader in commercial open source
network and systemsmanagement software, delivering enterprise-class
network, system andapplication management solutions at a fraction
of the cost ofproprietary solutions.
GroundWork's best of breed approach givescustomers the
flexibility to use diverse open source and proprietarytechnologies
together under a unified interface, allowing users toleverage the
advantages of open source while simultaneously preservingexisting
investments in legacy management tools. GroundWork's solutionsare
in use at organizations like Crocs, National Australia
Bank,Siemens, Travel Click and World Bank.
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