Cash Money Customers

I sat in on a sales visit yesterday, and they were wowed by our demo and presentation. In fact, the results are getting so predictable with prospective customers that it’s almost boring – we show them the stuff, and they show us the money. Before coming to Hyperic, I had never seen sales calls this [...]

[ More ] September 21st, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry |

John Mark: Another Take on Open Source Benefits

John Mark has written an article investigating the reality of the benefits received when releasing software as open source, especially as it pertains to the crowded IT software market. The fundamental question: can you get the same benefits without actually releasing open source software?

[ More ] September 19th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry |

Dana Blankenhorn: Open Source No Panacea

Dana was kind enough to interview Javier Soltero, Hyperic CEO, about how the open source conversion has gone at Hyperic. A few thousand downloads later, it’s going swimmingly. Javier notes that “Open source is no panacea” – the product must be solid, and that open source, by itself, doesn’t solve underlying problems with the software.

[ More ] September 18th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry |

Cote – Hyperic and RSS

As Redmonk’s Cote has noted, Hyperic HQ has a couple of nice, simple RSS feeds built-in. These give you great flexbility when monitoring the status of your web infrastructure, allowing you to view the feeds from any RSS reader. Right now, those feeds are for trouble alerts and “favorites” – whatever systems, services or applications [...]

[ More ] September 8th, 2006 | 2 Comments | Posted in Hyperic HQ, IT Industry |

Javier Soltero: It’s All About the “E”

In yesterday’s post about the ITManagement.com interview with Javier, you may have noticed this bit: “Sure. [picks up a pen and draws what looks like a capital "E"] Every product has a unique management interface that we’ll represent by this figure. The deeper the grooves, the more manageable the software, and the more closely your [...]

[ More ] September 6th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Hyperic HQ, IT Industry |

ITManagement.com Interview with Javier Soltero – Parts 1 and 2

Theo Ludwick, from ITManagement.com, recently sat down with Javier Soltero, Hyperic CEO, and published a two-part interview. Part one of the interview introduces readers to Hyperic’s business model and how it began. Of particular importance is the fact that, as opposed to most open source management tools, Hyperic HQ began life as traditional proprietary software. [...]

[ More ] September 5th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Posted in IT Industry |

Network World Profiles Top Open Source Companies

Jennifer Mears, at Network World, has listed the “Open Source Companies to Watch” in terms of data center transformation. It’s an interesting list, and not just because Hyperic is listed :) The part on Hyperic has a pretty good take on who we are: “Why is it worth watching? Application and Web monitoring from big [...]

[ More ] August 28th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Posted in IT Industry |

Stephen Walli on Hyperic Business Model

Stephen Walli, of Optaros, has taken a liking to Hyperic lately. After meeting him at OSCON and then running into him again at LinuxWorld, it was interesting to listen to him talk about how cool Hyperic is. And now he’s blogging about us. Basically, the main thrust is thus… – Hyperic wants community-contributed plugins, and [...]

[ More ] August 22nd, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Hyperic HQ, IT Industry |

LinuxWorld SF: Upstarts Step up on Systems Management

Eric Lai has an interesting article about all of the systems management software vendors he saw at LinuxWorld.

[ More ] August 21st, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Events, IT Industry |

Hyperic HQ Surpasses 10,000 Downloads in 60 Days

HYPERIC HQ SURPASSES 10,000 DOWNLOADS IN 60 DAYS Open Source IT Management Platform Will Be Demo’ed at LinuxWorld Expo SAN FRANCISCO, CA –August 15, 2006 – Hyperic, Inc., announced today that Hyperic HQ, the first open source platform for managing all commercial and open source components of the web infrastructure and the first IT management [...]

[ More ] August 15th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Events, Hyperic HQ, IT Industry, PRs |

Cote @ RedMonk Gives Hyperic Some Love

I feel silly for not having read or blogged about this earlier, but Cote from Redmonk did a nice write-up on Hyperic. From his blog: “Their offering was impressive, so much so that my initial instinct is to warn the Big 4 people I know about them ;>” Read the entire post here.

[ More ] August 7th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry |

Hyperic Closes $3.8 Million Series A Round

Hyperic Closes $3.8 Million Series A Round; Benchmark Capital Joins Accel Partners as Investor Two Leading Open Source VCs Back Hyperic’s Open Source IT Management Platform SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 27, 2006 – Hyperic Inc., provider of the first comprehensive open source IT management platform, announced today that it has closed a $3.8 million [...]

[ More ] June 27th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry, PRs |

Hyperic Joins Open Management Consortium

Hyperic Joins Open Management Consortium Company to Integrate Market’s First Open Source Platform for Inventory Auto-Discovery, Monitoring & Alerting to Advance Open Source Systems Management SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 22, 2006 – Hyperic, the first company to offer an open source IT management platform providing auto-discovery, monitoring and control for all open source and [...]

[ More ] June 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comment | Posted in IT Industry, PRs |

Hyperic Announces Open Source Model For Hyperic HQ IT Management Platform

Hyperic Announces Open Source Model For Hyperic HQ IT Management Platform Full-Featured Open Source Version Available at No Cost; Hyperic Enterprise Subscription to Offer Support, Indemnification and Enterprise Features SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 6, 2006 – Hyperic, a pioneer in next-generation IT management platforms, announced today that it is adopting an open source business [...]

[ More ] June 6th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry, PRs |

Virtuas and Hyperic Announce Apache Geronimo Alliance

Virtuas and Hyperic Announce Apache Geronimo Alliance World-Class Organizations Partner Together to Offer Enhanced Apache Geronimo Monitoring and Management Functionality SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 15, 2006–Virtuas Open Source Solutions, the premier provider of enterprise-level support and enablement services for Apache Geronimo and other leading open source software, and Hyperic, a leading provider of open management solutions [...]

[ More ] May 15th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Events, IT Industry, PRs |

Hyperic Announces Series A Funding From Accel Partners

Hyperic Announces Series A Funding From Accel Partners Investment to be Used to Evolve Hyperic’s Products, Business Strategy; Larry Augustin, Bob Bickel to Advise On New Strategic Initiatives SAN FRANCISCO, CA – (May 10, 2006) – Hyperic, a leader in open management frameworks for IT operations, today announced it has acquired first round Series A [...]

[ More ] May 10th, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in IT Industry, PRs |

Covalent Technologies Announces Expanded Support for Apache Geronimo Application Server

COVALENT TECHNOLOGIES ™ ANNOUNCES EXPANDED SUPPORT FOR APACHE GERONIMO APPLICATION SERVER Leading Supplier of Complete Enterprise Open Source Solutions in Strategic Partnership with Chariot Solutions; Introduces Support for Industry’s First Monitoring Solution for Geronimo from Hyperic WALNUT CREEK, CA – March 23, 2006 – Covalent Technologies ™, the most trusted source for complete enterprise open [...]

[ More ] March 23rd, 2006 | No Comments | Posted in Hyperic HQ, IT Industry, PRs |

Hyperic and JBoss Sign OEM Agreement to Extend JBoss Network Offering

Hyperic and JBoss Sign OEM Agreement to Extend JBoss Network Offering Partnership Validates Growing Demand for Open Source Application Management, Expands Hyperic’s Strategic Distribution Channel SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – August 29, 2005 – Hyperic, a leader in application management platforms for IT operations, announced today that it has entered into an OEM licensing agreement with [...]

[ More ] August 28th, 2005 | 1 Comment | Posted in Hyperic HQ, IT Industry, PRs |