As you probably know, Hyperic HQ is an agent-based system management system. That means there is an HQ Server component and a separate HQ Agent component. When you have the HQ Server on one platform and the HQ Agent on a different platform, you run into an interesting trust issue. The HQ Agent operates independent [...]

I love working in technology. One of the main reasons is because there are guaranteed to be at least three new things I see every day. This ranges from technology innovation (today, I am impressed by a boat powered by waves, although I definitely note it has not made a sail obsolete) to new business [...]

It’s been an eventful day at SCALE, with lots of interesting attendees, Linux toddlers, and our first SCALE casualty (RIP Firefly helicopter!) Our beautiful booth: It flies! When Linux toddlers run wild: Oh sure, he looks cute now… If only you had seen him wrecking helicopter carnage:

I love my job. For those that don’t know me too well, I have the privilege of looking after all outbound activity here at Hyperic. In that capacity I get to interact with the community, customers, press and analysts. Sometimes all at once. Thing is, I don’t get to see them that often – its [...]

This morning I came across an AP article on Yahoo news calling out Amazon’s ‘cloud computing’ initiatives. The all-too-clever title “Amazon’s Hot New Item: its data center” caught my attention and I wanted to see the folks at AP take a crack at the topic. The article seemed innocent enough until I ran into this [...]