GroundWork and Actuate to Deliver Industry's First Open Source IT Management Reporting Framework.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (www.groundworkopensource.com), the leader in open source systems and network management software, today announced that it has purchased support from Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACTU ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ACTU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri) ACTU Association of Catholic Trade Unionists ACTU Australian Capital Territory Union ), the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, to create the first Open Source reporting framework for IT infrastructure monitoring and management. By integrating Eclipse BIRT Report Engine into GroundWork Monitor Professional, GroundWork is able to provide organizations a flexible framework for managing and reporting on IT Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Under the terms of the agreement, Actuate will support GroundWork developers using Actuate BIRT Report Designer Pro to develop detailed SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. reports that will be deployed with the open source Eclipse BIRT Report Engine within GroundWork Monitor Professional. "GroundWork is excited to team with Actuate to offer detailed SLA reports and a framework specifically tailored to the needs of IT personnel," said Ranga Rangachari, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GroundWork Open Source. "As open source systems management software solves the key needs of mid-market organizations, customers continue to move away from the monolithic and proprietary IT management vendors towards these flexible open source alternatives like GroundWork Monitor Professional." GroundWork Monitor Professional enables centralized monitoring of the entire IT infrastructure, including Linux, Unix, and Windows servers See Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. , applications, databases, and network equipment. Through integration of more than 100 best of breed open source technologies, GroundWork Monitor Professional offers an enterprise-class solution through features that include performance graphs, executive-level dashboards, and SLA business reports, all at a fraction of the cost of traditional IT system and network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. software. "BIRT is a logical extension to GroundWork Monitor Professional, because GroundWork's customers need clear accurate reports to give them added confidence in their business-critical applications," said Nobby nob·by adj. nob·bi·er, nob·bi·est Fashionable; stylish. [From nob2.] Akiha, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Actuate. "We're excited to support GroundWork to ensure the design and development of compelling BIRT-based SLA reports for the GroundWork platform." About Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation, the leader in Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Reporting Applications, enables organizations to develop solutions that optimize corporate performance. Applications built on Actuate's open source-based platform provide all stakeholders inside and outside the firewall, including employees, customers, partners and citizens with information that they can easily access and understand to maximize revenue, cut costs, improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, create competitive advantage and make better decisions. Actuate has over 4,000 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate has headquarters in South San Francisco, California South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 60,552 at the 2000 census. , with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol ACTU. For more information on Actuate, visit the company's web site at www.actuate.com. About GroundWork San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source, Inc. (http://www.groundworkopensource.com) is the leader in the fast-growth market for open source systems and network management software. The company unifies proven open source projects into a complete software solution for monitoring and managing the performance and availability of the entire IT infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of traditional software. A member of the Open Solutions Alliance, GroundWork is dedicated to driving the adoption of comprehensive open source business solutions. Thousands of systems administrators across hundreds of organizations worldwide have downloaded and deployed our products to monitor and manage the performance and availability of over one million systems and network devices. GroundWork customers represent a variety of industries, including education, financial services, government, manufacturing, and high technology. The company is privately held, with investments from Canaan Partners, Mayfield Fund Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, home to many of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. , JAFCO Ventures and SAP Ventures. |
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