Zenoss Releases Enterprise Edition of Popular Open Source IT Management Product

July 20, 2007; 08:29 AM
Zenoss Inc., the company behind the most popular open source IT monitoring and management solution on Sourceforge.net, released a new version: Zenoss Enterprise Edition. Zenoss Enterprise is a commercial IT management software and services offering that is built upon Zenoss Core, the popular open source IT management software product. Zenoss Enterprise customers gain the benefits of an open source-based solution, in addition to advanced time-saving features, expert support services, best practices, and indemnification - all provided by Zenoss, Inc.

“Zenoss Enterprise gives organizations exactly what they have been looking for,” said Bill Karpovich, CEO of Zenoss, Inc. “It combines the lower-cost and flexibility benefits of our open source solution with several advanced features, and the peace of mind that comes with receiving professional support and legal protection directly from the company who authored the solution.”

Zenoss Enterprise is built upon version 2.0 of Zenoss Core, which was released in June. Released under the GPL open source license, Zenoss Core is a powerful, integrated server, network and application monitoring software product. Zenoss Core allows IT operators to monitor the inventory, configuration, availability and performance of their entire IT infrastructures through a single web-based console. Zenoss Core is the first and only commercial open source IT management product to offer a CMDB (configuration management database), which is a key building block for improving IT management practices and ITIL process improvement programs.

Over the last year, Zenoss Core has become the most popular open source IT monitoring and management product on Sourceforge.net. In the last 6 months, Zenoss Core has been downloaded over 200,000 times and version 2.0 is currently being used in over 1000 production deployments.

Purchased through an annual subscription agreement, Zenoss Enterprise adds a combination of services and software extensions that help organizations accelerate time to benefit and eliminate deployment risk. The services include expert support, professional services, training and indemnification. Zenoss Enterprise also includes several new software extensions including:

End User Experience Monitoring

-- Application-level end-user activity simulation
-- Scheduled execution of transactions with tracking of availability
   and performance characteristics
-- Applications supported include:
   -- Web Applications (HTML, HTTP)
   -- Databases (Microsoft SQL Server)
   -- Email (SMTP compliant)
-- WYSIWYG authoring environment for web application transactions

Certified Application Monitors (ZenPacks)

-- Turnkey, best-practices monitoring packages for COTS applications
-- Includes pre-defined templates for availability monitoring,
   performance monitoring, event management and reporting
-- New applications supported: Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL
   Server

Global Dashboard

-- A single integrated dashboard that integrates information from many
   distinct Zenoss instances
-- Visibility into the health and performance of infrastructure
   distributed across many locations and management domains

“As a public company relying on e-commerce, the health of our IT is critical to the on-going success of our business,” said John Hamilton, CIO of Medifast. “Zenoss Enterprise Edition helps us achieve this goal by providing a commercial-grade IT management solution, paired with world-class customer support.”

The new version of Zenoss Enterprise is available today. For more information please visit http://www.zenoss.com.

About Zenoss, Inc.

Zenoss, Inc. is the developer of the Zenoss Core commercial open source IT monitoring software platform. Zenoss Core allows IT professionals to manage the status and health of their entire infrastructures through a single web-based console. Zenoss Core is the most popular open source IT management solution on Sourceforge.net, the largest Internet destination for IT professionals seeking open source applications. Among the total of 150,000 projects listed on Sourceforge, Zenoss Core is among the 10 most active. Zenoss, Inc. also provides commercial services and a commercial edition of Zenoss Core through its Zenoss Enterprise subscription. The company's mission is to simplify IT management through the power of its unique software and open source approach. Zenoss, Inc. is privately held and headquartered in Annapolis, MD. For more information, please visit www.zenoss.com.