Zenoss Releases New Version of Open Source IT Management Product

   
  Zenoss Releases New Version of Open Source IT Management Product
   
  Delivers First Commercial Open Source CMDB and Further Simplifies
Enterprise IT Management
  
ANNAPOLIS, MD, June 11, 2007 - Zenoss Inc., the company behind the most
popular open source IT monitoring and management solution on Sourceforge.net,
today released the next major version of Zenoss Core, version 2.0. The new
version of Zenoss Core, an integrated IT management software solution, allows
IT administrators to track the configuration and health of their entire IT
environment. Zenoss Core is the first commercial open source IT management
solution to include a configuration management database (CMDB), and adds
several other features that deliver on the company's mission of simplifying
enterprise IT management.
   
  "Zenoss continues to evolve its product in a worthy direction for
organizations that need enterprise IT management," said Michael Cote, analyst
with Redmonk. "By tying a formalized CMDB to its platform while maintaining a
model-driven approach, Zenoss continues to add value to its core open source
offering. Coupled with additional features such as its Linux-native WMI
stack, this release represents a highly compelling IT management product."
   
  Zenoss aims to ease the complexity and economic pain associated with
enterprise IT management through a tightly-integrated software solution and
innovative approach that leverages the power of open source software
development and distribution. Zenoss Core is the most complete IT monitoring
and management solution available as a free, downloadable, open source
product. From a single web-based console, an organization can use Zenoss Core
to maintain a complete inventory of their IT environment, perform
availability and performance monitoring, and centrally manage all IT events
and alarms.
  A key differentiator of Zenoss Core from other open source monitoring
products is that the application rests upon a tightly integrated inventory
and configuration database (CMDB) that houses a real-time model of an
organization's entire IT environment. This model is built and maintained
through auto-discovery, manual population and integration with other data
sources through a web services API. The model includes the relationships
among elements and their relationships to business processes. Zenoss Core 2.0
expands the CMDB capability by making it easy to establish configuration
policies for a given resource and mix manually-populated and
automatically-discovered configuration information.
   
  By having a CMDB at the core of its architecture, Zenoss addresses a key
interest among enterprises today who are widely deploying ITIL practices in
an effort to improve IT effectiveness. Zenoss' CMDB also enables a
"model-driven" approach which results in advanced capabilities such as
automatically applied monitoring templates, dependency analysis and a "360
degree" view of an organization's IT environment.
   
  In addition to its expanded CMDB, Zenoss Core 2.0 delivers the following
new features:
   
  User Interface Enhancements 
  Updated AJAX GUI streamlines information access 
100% web based administration makes it easy to use and configure without
knowledge of Linux 
Framework for easy customization and extension of web GUI 
Platform Enhancements to Address the Needs of Large Enterprises 
  Secure deployment of distributed collectors 
Performance and scalability enhancements of collection tier 
Native Windows Collection (WMI) from a Linux Host 
  Enables cross-platform collection from a single linux server 
Simplifies deployment of an organization-wide monitoring platform 
Packaging System for Rules & Extensions ("ZenPacks") 
  Framework for encapsulating and distributing rules & extensions for Zenoss
Core 
Enables sharing and re-use of best practices & instrumentation 
  
"Our goal is to simplify IT management for enterprises of all sizes with an
easy to use, yet powerful monitoring and management tool," said Erik Dahl,
CTO of Zenoss, Inc. "With each release we are making great progress towards
realizing this vision."
  Zenoss Core is available for download at http://www.zenoss.com/download
   
  About Zenoss, Inc.
Zenoss, Inc. is the developer of the Zenoss Core commercial open source IT
management software platform. Zenoss Core allows IT professionals to manage
the status and health of their entire infrastructures through a single
web-based console. Recently named one of the top ten open source companies to
watch by Network World Magazine, Zenoss Core is the world's most popular IT
management product amongst over 1600 projects listed on SourceForge.net, the
largest Internet destination for IT professionals seeking open source
applications. The privately held company is headquartered in Annapolis , MD
and has received investment from Boulder Ventures and Intersouth Partners.
For more information, please visit http://www.zenoss.com
   
   

       
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