Nagios 3.0
GroundWork Hosts BayLISA Monitoring SIG Featuring Newly Released Nagios 3.0
Nagios®* Creator Ethan Galstad to present on Wednesday at GroundWork Open Source Headquarters
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—April 8, 2008—GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (www.groundworkopensource.com), the leader in commercial open source systems and network management software, announced that Ethan Galstad, creator and lead developer for Nagios, will present at this week’s BayLISA Monitoring SIG at GroundWork’s headquarters in San Francisco. On Wednesday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m. PDT, Galstad will provide exclusive insight into the new features and functionality of the recently released Nagios 3.0.
Nagios - an open source host, service and network monitoring program - released version 3.0 last month with special focus on faster startup times, performance improvements and enhanced scalability for larger installs.
“Nagios 3.0 is an exciting next step for the Nagios project,” said Galstad. “These enhancements are something that I have been wanting to do for many years and thanks to the community Nagios has reached a new level for larger deployments. On Wednesday, I’ll talk about IT monitoring issues to watch out for, new tools and diving into what the future holds for Nagios users.”
“GroundWork and Nagios have been working in partnership for more than four years and we will continue to work together to provide enterprises with monitoring tools that have the scalability and security to meet the IT needs of major enterprises,” said Dave Lilly, co-founder and CEO of GroundWork. “GroundWork users should expect the integration of Nagios 3.0 into GroundWork Monitor later this year.”
GroundWork includes Nagios with its entire product family from the freely available GroundWork Monitor Community Edition through the recently announced GroundWork Monitor Enterprise. GroundWork Monitor also integrates with other leading open source IT management tools, such as Ganglia, Cacti, NeDI, and more.
Who Should Come: Anyone interested in IT monitoring issues and tools.
What Will You Learn: What’s new in Nagios 3.0, Nagios future developments.
What: BayLISA Monitoring SIG XV: Nagios 3.0
When: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m. PDT (Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: GroundWork Open Source, 139 Townsend St., Suite 100, San Francisco
For more information, directions and parking information, see: http://baylisa.info/node/node/11
About BayLISA Monitoring SIG
The BayLISA Monitoring SIG (http://baylisa.info/node/node/11) provides a forum where both IT staff and IT management can rub elbows, share best practices, and meet key project developers: previous SIG presenters have included Matt Massie of Ganglia, Taylor Dondich of Fruity/Lilac, and Roger Ruttiman of Foundation. As part of GroundWork Open Source's commitment to providing thought leadership in IT monitoring, GroundWork Open Source has been hosting the BayLISA Monitoring SIG since it's inception in 2005.
About Nagios
About GroundWork
San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (http://www.groundworkopensource.com) is the market leader in open source network and systems management software, delivering enterprise-class network, system and application management solutions at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.
GroundWork's best of breed approach gives customers the flexibility to use diverse open source and proprietary technologies together under a unified interface, allowing users to leverage the advantages of open source while simultaneously preserving existing investments in legacy management tools. GroundWork’s solutions are in use at organizations like Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, SAIC, Seton Hall University, Siemens, and World Bank. GroundWork’s solutions are available from GroundWork, its partners including Red Hat, Unisys, Fujitsu, and a worldwide network of channel partners. The company is privately held, with investments from Canaan Partners, Mayfield Fund, JAFCO Ventures and SAP Ventures.
* Nagios is a registered trademark of Nagios Enterprises
