CeBIT 2010 CFP

The Zenoss Core free monitoring suite is available in a new version 2.5.

Today Zenoss announced the release of Zenoss Core version 2.5 under the GPL. This latest release includes new features and community-developed extensions.

The Open Source Monitoring Conference (OSMC) 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany, on October 28-29 will be the fourth time the meeting, formerly the "Nagios Konferenz," will take place in that city.

Mathias Kettner has released his check_mk Nagios plugin in version 1.0.38. New features include a Web-based admin tool, a backup function and a simulation mode.

The free software monitoring software Monitorix is available in version 1.4.0. New among the features is a plaintext version.

The GroundWork Open Source firm has upgraded its network monitoring suite to version 6.0. Next to an Enterprise subscription edition it also provides, as before, its free Community edition.

Virtualization provider VMware has purchased open source firm SpringSource for $420 million.

The new NConf release, despite being a minor one, provides many clear improvements.