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Open Source and IT Management

2008/06/23 - eWEEK

Bill Karpovich knows the score. He knows that when you talk about IT monitoring and management software, the discussion starts and ends with the "Big Four": Hewlett-Packard with its OpenView suite, IBM's Tivoli, CA and its Unicenter software, and BMC's Control offering. But Karpovich, the co-founder and CEO of Zenoss, also knows his IT history, and knows that what open-source technology did in the operating system space and other sectors it can do in IT management. And, he says, it will happen, sooner than later. Zenoss is one of several up-and-coming software companies -- with others such as Hyperic and GroundWork Open Source -- that are looking to get traction in the space that's currently dominated by well-established giants.

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