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Google Maps mash up to visualize distributed IT infrastructure

09/21/2007 < 1 Minute Read

Annapolis, USA, September 19, 2007: Zenoss, Inc., commercial open source IT Management Company, announced that it has added a direct integration with Google Maps and struck a business agreement with Google, Inc. that makes real-time, geographical visualization of the health of distributed IT infrastructure available through Zenoss Core, its free, open source software product.

Zenoss Core 2.1 Beta enables users to integrate Google Maps into their Zenoss Dashboard for advanced plotting of disparate centres providing real time, visual availability and performance monitoring. Google Maps integration also enables monitoring of network connectivity among multiple centres and colour-coded alerting.

Other advanced features of Zenoss Core 2.1 Beta include:

Visual Network Map enabling ITIL implementation and adoption.

Ability to set Complex Thresholds that can use arbitrary expressions and multiple data points.

JMX Performance Collector using native java collector for performance monitoring.

Ajax based, drag and drop Dashboard providing complete customization to users.

Advanced reporting capabilities including the ability to group and plot multiple device data on a single graph.

“First and second generation open source IT monitoring and management solutions offered basic functionality with less than ideal user interface,” said Bill Karpovich, CEO and Co-founder of Zenoss, Inc. “Zenoss Core 2.1 Beta is a next generation open source product that provides rich functionality and advanced features that are combined with high tech visualization.”