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GroundBreaker News, August, 2008

In This GroundBreaker Issue:

  • Network Management Suite
    1. August 22 - ToolBox Advanced NMS
    2. August 26 - Live Webcast: Grid and Cluster Monitoring with Ganglia and GroundWork
    3. September 23-24- NMS in-class training for the Administrator
  • Cost Study: HPOV vs. GroundWork Monitor Enterprise
  • GroundWork Monitor Introduction - Walk-thru
  • Recent Articles

Can Your Network Shut Down Your Business?

Companies can either succeed or fail by properly monitoring and managing their network. For the months of August and September – GroundWork is raising your awareness of the intricacies and importance for proper network management.

Available with GroundWork Monitor Enterprise is Network Management Suite (NMS) – ideal for high availability and distributed environments.

Learn more about the network discovery module (NeDi), the traffic graphing module (Cacti), the protocol analysis module(Ntop) and the network map module (Network Weathermap).

NMS Technical Overview

August 22: NMS Packages—Toolbox Webcast
Live Webcast
GroundWork’s Network Management Suite combines the elements of network discovery and configuration along with network protocol and traffic analysis. Learn and watch a demo on advanced functionality that the Network Management Suite can deliver for you.
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August 26: Grid and Cluster Monitoring with Ganglia and GroundWork
Live Webcast
Join GroundWork and the Ganglia team on a joint webcast and hear about grid and cluster management best practices in large-scale production environments. Hear about the history of Ganglia and the problems Ganglia solves in clustered environments from a few of Ganglia's lead project contributors.
Register Now
September 23-24: NMS Training for Admins
Classroom Course, San Francisco
This course is a thorough exploration of Network Management Suite's functionality with ample lab exercises so participants can install GroundWork and set up intricate monitors on a variety of devices.

If you are interested in attending our next class, please email us at sales@groundworkopensource.com or call +1 866 899 4342
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Cost Study: HPOV vs. GroundWork Monitor Enterprise

How serious is your organization about saving money?

What would your organization do with an extra $2.3M in IT budget over the next three years?

If your company relies on HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli, BMC Patrol or CA Unicenter, your company can save millions right now by switching your IT monitoring to GroundWork Monitor Enterprise.

Read this 12 page cost comparison for a 3,000 node organization—that is an apples to apples example on how the Big 4 is extorting millions of dollars from your tight IT budget.

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Introduction to GroundWork Monitor

Are you new to the newsletter, and curious to know more about what GroundWork Monitor is and can do? Are you looking for better visibility in your IT Operations dashboard to improve efficiencies, save money and increase customer satisfaction?

Join us in a 30 minute live demonstration today!

GroundWork in the News

Business Combats Network Management Woes with Open Source GroundWork
August 11, Linux.com Article
Eight Ways VARs Can Profit From Linux And Open Source`
July 30, VAR Guy Blog
Free and Enterprise Network Monitoring Software
July 22, Bauer-Power Blog
The Finance Sector: Open Source Rising
July 17, Ostatic.com Article
Groundwork Monitor: Serious Network Management
July 17, TechWorld Article

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