Tag Archive for 'open source monitoring'

How SOS Open Source Evolved in its First Year

SOS Open Source few days ago completed its first year of life, a good time to look back and and see where we have been and to recognize methods and technologies that have helped us on our journey.

SOS Open Source started back in 2009 as a solution to a customer problem: how to find, evaluate and compare open source projects. Having been looking for years at open source assessment methodologies, our first step was to grab the best from all the existing ones, possibly avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls.

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Upcoming Open Source Webinars: Coverity, GroundWork, Tungsten

Stamp Out Costly Security Defects in Software Development - Webinar to learn about real-world best practices for addressing security in development, with Robert Seacord of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Michael White, Professional Services Engineer at Coverity
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SOS Open Source Reports: Open Source Monitoring, Icinga vs Nagios

Recently a customer asked a comparison between Nagios Core to Icinga Core, and we got granted the opportunity to make these findings available to the general public through SOS Open Source.

Some background information on Nagios and Icinga. Nagios - whose name is a recursive acronym (”Nagios Ain’t Gonna Insist On Sainthood”) ironically refers to the original name NetSaint changed to avoid trademark troubles - is among the most popular open source network management tools and application. Nagios has been designed and developed by Ethan Galstad over the last 11 yearsRecently Ethan started to empower other developers, a transition that is slowly happening. Icinga is a Nagios fork born over one year ago, which aim was and is to make it a community-led project, probably not devoid of business logic.

Read the full SOS Open Source report at SOS Open Source.

Open Source Virtual Appliances: GroundWork goes with Suse

GroundWork, yesterday announched the latest version of its Enterprise Quickstart as a SUSE-powered virtual appliance, coming with a low price. Beyond commercial open source pricing incentives, I asked David Dennis - senior director of product marketing at Groundwork - to tell why GroundWork used Suse Studio to create its virtual appliance.

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Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.