Come and get it – sourceforge.net/projects/hyperic-hq
This release fixes some alert escalation bugs.

This morning we’ve released the first beta of the next generation of the HQ platform. This release includes a number of significant changes in both the internals of the platform, as well as the feature set offered as part of the open source product. The internal changes to the platform are significant, but I’d like [...]

The first binary releases of HQ 3.0 beta have now appeared on SourceForge.net. Grab them, see the release notes, discuss in the HQ beta forum, and remember to submit bugs in our tracker.
Hyperic HQ 3.0 marks a significant upgrade over HQ 2.7.x, with the following functionality added to open source HQ:

Operations Dashboard ­ – central [...]

We are busily preparing for the beta of Hyperic HQ 3.0. This will be a major advance for HQ. For open source users, some features that were previously only available for enterprise users will now be available for all – including application control. If you want to try out the code that will be tagged [...]

I woke up this morning to discover even more coverage of our HQ for VMware piece from earlier this week. LinuxToday posted a blurb on the NetworkWorld article by Denise Dubie. Even better, Cate at ITManagement.com posted a nice writeup on our VMware management saying “Hyperic is ahead of its time.“

Doug MacEachern, our CTO and the founder of mod_perl, has posted an insightful article on TheServerSide.com about how we use virtualization in our dev environment. Doug also mentions how the internal use of VMware led to a transformed Hyperic HQ, our systems monitoring and management software, that is able to give admins visibility into their [...]

Hot on the heels of the coverage of our newly-announced HQ for VMware release as well as our appearance at USENIX LISA, we sent out our latest newsletter yesterday. In addition to the above, read about how we wowed ‘em at LISA, gave away a Nintendo Wii, and a news follow-up of our MySQL announcement [...]

You may recall that we engaged with Fortify Software to do a full code audit of Hyperic HQ. Now, Fortify and the FindBugs project have teamed up on a new initiative, the Java Open Review Project. We’re proud to have Hyperic HQ as one of the charter open source projects. This is all about making [...]

Hyperic HQ 2.7.6 is an exciting frontier for Hyperic. With this release, we’ve added open source support of VMware Server, ESX, and GSX. dougm will be around later today to spell out what this release means in terms of VMware management, but suffice it to say that HQ now has more comprehensive monitoring of VMware [...]

The USENIX LISA Conference convenes once again this week, this time in Washington, DC. I always enjoy this conference – those in attendance are top notch sysadmins and IT gurus. This will mark my 3rd time at LISA, and my first in a non-west coast setting (it rotates between eastern and western US venues).
Hyperic will [...]