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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