Hyperic Gives ISVs Enterprise-Class IT Management Capability with New OEM Partner Program

JBoss, MySQL first to integrate Hyperic technology into their offerings

SAN FRANCISCO - October 30, 2006 - Hyperic Inc., the leader in multi-platform, open-source IT management, today announced a partner program that enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to add enterprise-class, multi-platform IT management capabilities to their products. MySQL and JBoss are among the first companies to join the Hyperic Embedded Management program and distribute the Hyperic HQ management platform as part of their open-source offerings.

Add comment October 30th, 2006 John Mark

MySQL AB Licenses Hyperic IT Management Technology

Hyperic’s SIGAR Cross-Platform API to be Integrated into MySQL’s new Monitoring & Advisory Service

SAN FRANCISCO - October 30, 2006 - Hyperic Inc., the leader in multi-platform, open-source IT management, today announced a technology license agreement with MySQL AB, the developer of the world’s most popular open source database. Under terms of the agreement, Hyperic’s SIGAR (System Information Gathering and Reporter) API is being incorporated into the new monitoring and advisory component of the recently-announced MySQL Enterprise subscription offering.

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UNFLAKEABLE - Red Hat 6.2 is #1

My all time favorite distribution of Linux is Red Hat 6.2, yes, Red Hat 6.2.
Hyperic’s HQ product includes binary versions of SIGAR for each supported platform.
In general, that means one binary for each supported OS and architecture combination. Each binary supports a number of release for each OS, with the exception of FreeBSD where the structures used by SIGAR are not binary compatible between major releases. With Linux however, there is a catch:

“Glibc is usually backwards compatible, but not forwards compatible.
That is, a program linked against glibc 2.2 will probably not run under glibc 2.1, but a program linked against glibc 2.1 will probably on glibc 2.2.” – Ted T’so

Add comment October 26th, 2006 Doug MacEachern

The Monolithic Stack is Dead - Long Live the Mix-and-match Stack

As Oracle OpenWorld is now underway, our thoughts at Hyperic have recently turned to the idea of software “stacks”.

An unfortunate development has taken place in the world of open source software: stack-mania. Some software vendors are trying to push on customers a monolithic, one-size-fits-all “stack,” usually consisting of a single operating system and a single middleware platform, along with a couple of choice applications from the same vendor. Afraid of being left behind, more software vendors are making rumblings of their own stacks. Who decided that these monolithic stacks were actually a solution to IT’s problems? Where will the stack madness end?

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Announcing Hyperic HQ 2.7.5

Hyperic is happy to announce the latest version of the open source IT management platform, Hyperic HQ 2.7.5 (release notes). Note that existing customers should consult with support before contemplating an upgrade. For almost all customers, we recommend sticking with HQ 2.6.x, as bug fixes are maintained in both the 2.6 and 2.7 series.

Download Hyperic HQ from SourceForge.net

This release fixes a bug introduced in 2.7.4 that would cause duplicate services to be discovered. It’s recommended that all users upgrade the HQ server component to pick up this fix.

Add comment October 18th, 2006 John Mark

Hyperic Enhances Enterprise-Class Software Security

Hyperic HQ Undergoes Code Audit From Fortify

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Neil McAllister at InfoWorld: BEA, Open Source, and Enterprise Management

Neil McAllister, editor extraordinaire at InfoWorld, gives BEA a tongue-lashing (keyboard-lashing?) for recent statements by Rob Levy, BEA CTO. Although I have to admit, I don’t see what the story is here. Here is another traditional proprietary company suddenly realizing that it’s market is collapsing beneath them, and then they lash out at open source with the hope of undercutting it, but all they’re really doing is expressing a visceral fear of the open source quicksand. He seems to have missed all the other CxO’s that tried and failed to do this. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Add comment October 10th, 2006 John Mark

Hyperic Releases Industry's Most Windows-friendly Open Source Systems Management Platform

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hyperic Inc., the leader in multi-platform, open source IT management, today announced the availability of the latest version of Hyperic HQ. The new version adds Windows support to the eight operating systems and platforms already supported by Hyperic HQ—creating the industry’s most Windows-friendly open source IT management platform. Now, system administrators can monitor, set alerts and analyze any Windows-based application including Exchange, IIS, .NET, and SQL Server using a single interface.

Add comment October 10th, 2006 John Mark

Glyn Moody on Open Source System Management - LWN.net

Glyn Moody (of Rebel Code fame) posted a nice article on LWN.net (subscribers only) with a rundown of the companies that founded and now comprise the Open Management Consortium (OMC). And Glyn was kind enough to include this quote from yours truly:

“The problem that existing management software strives to address - integrating with every existing and future technology in order to manage it - is only solvable through open source communities. It is impossible for a single company to keep up with all of the newly emerging software and other technologies in the data center. The problem requires the interactive, two-way communication inherent in the open source process.”

Add comment October 2nd, 2006 John Mark