'Big Four' Systems Management Vendors Ripe for Open Source Shake-Up

Aug 01, 2007, 19:30 (0 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to Anon for this link. ]

"In the past 18 months, open source options in the systems management space have grown to include a new set of vendors, including Alterpoint, GroundWork Open Source, Hyperic, Open Country, The OpenNMS Group, Qlusters and Zenoss. These vendors have made a business out of backing open source systems management projects with commercial-grade support offerings and subscriptions, al la Red Hat Enterprise Linux..."

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