New open-source management software community

Commercial vendors and open-source supporters are launching a new community devoted to free software monitoring tools and applications. MonitoringForge.org launched its site on Tuesday in beta. It invited developers and users to the open source network to share systems management and monitoring applications.

"This is the first attempt to really create a neighborhood for all these projects to be represented in that is truly neutral. There is no one tool that fits every environment, and IT administrators can share success stories and experiences with the various projects to find which works best for their needs," Tara Spalding, vice president of marketing at GroundWork, told Network World.

Jay Lyman, an analyst who covers open source for the 451 Group, told Network World that it's time to consolidate the open source arena, but it won't be easy. "It may be possible to create a community of developers...but to include membership and participation from IT administrators and end users is more challenging," Lyman said.

For more on open-source tools:
- check out this ComputerWorld.com article

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