SearchDataCenter.com has published their 2007 data center purchasing survey. There are many interesting nuggets of data regarding data center spending, here’s what caught my eye:
Platform Growth
Windows and Linux are the primary data center growth areas. Here is the breakdown:

Windows - 6.3%
Linux - 4.8%
Mainframe - 2.6%
IBM AIX- 1.6%
Solaris - 1.6%
HP Unix - 1.3%
IBM iSeries - 1.3%

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Want to know what Zenoss Enteprise looks like? A lot like Zenoss Core but with some additional tweaks.
Zenoss Enterprise 2.0 Dashboard

Zenpacks installed on Zenoss Enterprise 2.0

Microsoft Exchange EventClass Mappings

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When we started distributing Zenoss Core we put 100% of our effort into making Zenoss the best standalone monitoring and management platform we could. We believe we have done a great job. No matter what, Zenoss Core will always be fully functional, no crippleware.
In our Zenoss Core 2.0 release we introduced the new concept of [...]

Todd Davis is responsible for monitoring infrastructure for a consortium of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC). Todd was using Nagios to monitor his infrastructure until he met Zenoss CTO, Erik Dahl, at USENIX LISA conference last fall. He was soon convinced that Zenoss offered the additional features he needed. Find out how Todd’s using Zenoss.

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I have a friend who needs our help. In fact, there are potentially disturbing ramifications in the trend mentioned below, so *we* may need our help.
Here’s the deal: my friend is a research assistant at McGill University in Quebec. He is working with his professor with regard to the following topic:
“Open source software (OSS) developers [...]