Zenoss Newsletter - October 2007
By Mark Hinkle on Oct 31, 2007 in News Items, newsletter
Hello Zenossians,
Welcome to the October edition of the Zenoss Newsletter. This month Zenoss Core 2.1 shipped. Thank you to everyone who participated in the beta to make this one of our most successful releases ever. We also need your help to start planning for Zenoss Core 2.2. Your input in our product survey will help give direction for future versions.So without further adieu here’s the news that’s fit to print.
Zenoss Core 2.1 Now Available
Zenoss Core 2.1 was released this month and there are a lot of great new features to check out. This version adds a Google Maps mashup, a network topology map, Java application management, powerful graphing capabilities and an Ajax-based drag and drop dashboard.
ZenPacks – The way to extend Zenoss Core
In version 2.0 of Zenoss Core we introduced ZenPacks as the way to extend Zenoss Core. Now we have created a place for you to find out how to author and contribute ZenPacks to share with other Zenoss users. This month we are also offering Zenoss golf shirts to the first ten users who contribute ZenPacks - hurry, Trevor, Eric, and Wouter have already submitted their ZenPacks.
Visit the ZenPacks Project Site
Mercy Keeps Systems Alive With Zenoss
Mercy experienced explosive growth over the past five years and it has tripled its investment in technology. Mercy IT had to scale to support over 200 unique applications running on approximately 200 servers with new technology solutions such as storage and bandwidth intensive digital x-ray solutions as well as transaction intensive electronic health records.
Zenoss Product Roadmap Survey
You can help influence the direction of future Zenoss versions of Zenoss Core and Enterprise by answering four questions.
Participate in the Zenoss Roadmap Survey
Announcing Zenoss for Education
The Zenoss team is pleased to announce the launch of Zenoss Enterprise Edition for Educational institutions. Through this program Zenoss is providing the state-of-the-art Open Source IT Management solution for today’s educational environments.
Find Out More About Educational Pricing
Upcoming Events
- USENIX LISA 07 – Dallas, TX – November 11-16
- Zenoss Administrator Training Course – November 13-14
- Zenoss Administrator Training Course – December 18-19
News
Articles
- NetworkWorld: Open Source Management Applications Flourish
- Internet News: Zenoss uses Google Maps for Network Visualization
- Baltimore Sun: Software Relies on Many Chefs
From the Blogosphere
As always thank you for your support.
The Zenoss Team

















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