Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Looking for FREE / Open Source IT Monitoring Software

Most  IT monitoring software is costly, and requires a subscription, well here are two FREE options.


Nagios  






Going beyond basic IT monitoring capabilities, Nagios XI is an enterprise-class monitoring and alerting solution that provides organizations with extended insight of their IT infrastructure before problems affect critical business processes. Nagios XI provides organizations with many benefits, including:








  • Comprehensive IT Infrastructure Monitoring: Provides monitoring of all mission-critical infrastructure components – including applications, services, operating systems, network protocols, systems metrics, and network infrastructure. Hundreds of third-party addons provide for monitoring of virtually all in-house applications, services, and systems.

  • Visibility: Provides a central view of your entire IT operations network and business processes. Powerful dashboards provide at-a-glance access to powerful monitoring information and third-party data. Views provide users with quick access to the information they find most useful.

  • Awareness: Alerts are sent to IT staff, business stakeholders, and end users via email or mobile text messages, providing them with outage details so they can start resolving issues immediately.


Spiceworks 


So why Spiceworks? Well, in January 2006 the IT management market was pretty boring. When we asked IT pros to name their favorite IT utility they gave us a blank stare. Then they began to complain that IT products were pricey and painful to use… and that the companies building them were a bit "blah." It was clear we needed to spice IT up! So we took that inspiration, combined it with our mission to deliver an app that "just works," and threw in the notion of people working together on software… and voilĂ  – the name “Spiceworks” was born!


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