A few weeks ago I felt a little like a proud pappa, well maybe more like an uncle since I can’t claim to have been present for the conception. NetDirector, an open source configuration management tool that I helped get off the ground has finally been released under the GNU Public License making it a [...]

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Last year open source analyst Michael Coté of Redmonk coined the term Little Four to describe four up-and-coming open source management vendors and as a foil to the Big Four of systems management.
In the open source space, the 4 names that come up each time — usually from people I’m talking with even before I [...]

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Most of my blogging today will be at the Open Management Consortium website. If you are interested in open source systems management you might want to follow our Twitter feed at:
http://twitter.com/BarcampESM
Attendess are very interesting we had folks from BMC, Tivoli, OpenNMS, Zenoss, Alterpoint, Control Tier from the vendor side.
We also have some heavy users [...]

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BarCamp Enterprise Systems Management is going on in Austin this weekend if you are interested in systems management please feel free to attend.

J. BLACK’S, Feel Good Lounge710 W. 6thAustin, Texas 78701512.535.8283www.jblacks.com
Friday Night (01/18/08):
We are planning a kick off party Friday night at J. BLACKS starting around 6pm.  This will be a good time [...]

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We have the venue for BarCamp Enterprise Systems Management
The sign-up sheet shows representatives from OpenNMS, Zenoss, Nagios, Alterpoint, BMC, Sun, IBM, Puppet. It should be a good opportunity to come speak with people who develop the software you might already use. 

J. BLACK’S, Feel Good Lounge710 W. 6thAustin, Texas 78701512.535.8283www.jblacks.com
Friday Night (01/18/08):
We are planning [...]

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