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  Roberto Galoppini 6:03 pm on March 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: groundwork ( 8 ), markhinkle ( 2 ), network monitoring, open core ( 6 ), open source business ( 16 ), open source production, zenoss ( 2 ), Zenoss Core   

  Open Source Monitoring: Zenoss Community and Zenoss Unique Selling Proposition, an interview with Mark Hinkle 

  Zenoss, the provider of open source network, systems and applications management software, with its Zenoss Masters program – aimed at recognizing the contributions of outstanding members of the Zenoss Community – this week awarded Jane Curry of Skills 1st.

  While at the Open Source Think Tank I met again Mark Hinkle, VP Community at Zenoss, and I asked him to tell me more about the Zenoss community days and about Zenoss unique selling points.

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  Roberto Galoppini 5:25 pm on February 11, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bitrock ( 2 ), Cacti, DavidDennis ( 4 ), groundwork ( 8 ), IanSkerret, lucrative coopetition ( 2 ), open source production, open source vendors ( 2 ), RRDTool ( 2 )   

  Open Source Monitoring: GroundWork 5.3 released, an interview with David Dennis 

  Groundwork, the provider of the open source based network management software, announced  the availability of GroundWork 5.3. The new platform increased scalability, the number of devices managed by a single subscription, and avoids per-node licensing. 

  Reading the press release few questions came up in my mind. I asked David Dennis, senior director of product marketing at Groundwork, more about GroundWork’s customer base, how GroundWork keeps pace with open source innovation and how GroundWork benefits from using the BitRock Network Service.

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    Mark Hinkle 4:48 pm on February 16, 2009 Permalink

    Roberto,
    Very astute observation the fact that while we get classified the same we obviously have very different paths to market:

    “so that firms like Zenoss and GroundWork seem to use just the same model – i.e. differentiating on features their commercial and community products. On the contrary they use different open source production models, resulting in different core capabilities and configuration of activities (see “what is an open source business model” for more references on business models’ building blocks).”

    Best Regards, Mark

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    Roberto Galoppini 12:35 pm on February 17, 2009 Permalink

    Hi Mark,

    glad you appreciate my analysis. I think there are many other differences between GroundWork and Zenoss paths to market, though.

    Talking about sponsored open source projects, I read that in three days from now you will be running your first Zenoss Community Day. Don’t forget to ping me later to tell me more about it.