Ubuntu Debut for GWOS Virtual Appliance

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

If you are an Ubuntu shop, we are happy to deliver a pre-configured GroundWork Monitor Enterprise appliance built upon Canonical's Ubuntu 9.10. Last month, we announced support for Enterprise Server (excluding NMS add-ons) running on Ubuntu, and this month we package it up so that you have a stable, ready-to-go package ...

GroundWork Monitor 6.0 Preview Now Available

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Download Now: http://www.groundworkopensource.com/community/downloads/6.0-download.html GroundWork has invested significantly in the Community Edition with this release; adding important new capabilities to our completely Open Source monitoring platform. More Information: http://www.groundworkopensource.com/products/sneak-peek-6.0.html The new Java based architecture permits developers to expand the console with portlets. The UI is completely revamped and has a new events console that is ...

GroundWork Monitor 5.3 Now Released

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

GroundWork Monitor 5.3 for Community Edition, Professional and Enterprise are now available to download. We've already had thousands of downloads of the new release in the last two days! If you haven't installed it yet - we hope you try it now. Get 5.3 Community Edition here: > http://www.groundworkopensource.com/community/downloads/ Get 5.3 Professional or ...

Jan 22 Live Webcast: Justifying Your IT Monitoring Investment

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Join Dave Lilly, co-founder and CEO of GroundWork Open Source and Tara Spalding Marketing VP of GroundWork share how-to financially calculate the risks and advantages of choosing open source IT monitoring for your organization on Thursday, Jan 22 9:00am PT/ Noon ET. Register now >http://tinyurl.com/7bmz4z The webcast follows an example that compares ...

CIA = Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I've often thought that IT Monitoring was closely related to computer security, this security blog makes a compelling case that IT monitoring provides the "availability" component of a fully secure implementation: http://devilsadvocatesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/02/nagios-opensource-availability-tool.html I like his idea of the CIA Triad: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability - with Nagios providing the Availability component.

Notes from 2nd Monitoring SIG Meeting

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

What: Monitoring SIG: The Sequel Who: Anyone interested in IT monitoring issues and tools When: Wednesday, November 8 2006, 7PM Where: GroundWork Open Source, 139 Townsend St., San Francisco How: 139 Townsend St. is very near AT&T Park. It is two blocks from the CalTrain Depot. Take the MUNI ...