“Eyeing systems management as the next big market to ‘go open
source,’ Zenoss, Inc. is now trying to give mid-sized customers
another alternative beyond the two main choices available so far:
massive suites from the ‘Big Four’ giants or a mishmash of
specialized point solutions.“‘We’re focusing on the IT infrastructures of the ‘mid-market.’
These aren’t ‘Mom and Pops.’ They’re organizations with about 50 to
5,000 employees, or $50 million to $500 million in revenues,’ said
Bill Karpovich, CEO of the software firm“Earlier in May, the Zenoss, Inc.-sponsored Zenoss Project
joined hands with Webmin, the Emu Software-sponsored NetDirector,
and several other open source projects to form the Open Management
Consortium…”
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