Kevin Burton’s New Feedblog wants help finding good open source software for IT monitoring.  Although Mr. Burton needs an IT monitoring solution, almost anybody making a software choice faces the same challenge. Not so long ago, when a business decided to solve a problem with software, the calculus was simpler: make or buy. Software products [...]

Ubuntu, the outstandingly popular desktop Linux distribution, announced its latest version on Thursday, October 18. Today, October 25th, Hyperic announced that Hyperic HQ now includes support for Gutsy Gibbon, giving administrators of the Linux-based operating system access to fully supported, enterprise-ready systems management for the new OS, and becoming the first IT management provider to [...]

What a great name for an award… punchy, accurate acronym along with an irresistible pun! We found out this morning that Hyperic was listed among the 4 ‘finalists’ of the award. Despite Infoworld’s decision not to publish a winner until they finish deeper reviews of each product, we’re eager to see the results. In the [...]