Hyperic HQ Surpasses 10,000 Downloads in 60 Days

August 16, 2006; 04:57 AM
Hyperic, Inc., announced that Hyperic HQ, the first open source platform for managing all commercial and open source components of the web infrastructure and the first IT management platform of any kind to enable deployment in 60 minutes or less, has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since it first became available through an open source license 60 days ago. The brisk download activity has been accompanied by a steady rise in the number of inquiries about the enterprise version, which includes advanced features as well as technical support.

Hyperic moved to an open source license model after two years of selling its previously commercial IT management solution to over 100 companies including several Fortune 100 corporations.

"The number of downloads of Hyperic HQ as well as the number of potential customers who have asked to see the enterprise edition clearly demonstrate need for a powerful, easy-to-deploy solution architected to manage large scale web infrastructure," said Hyperic CEO Javier Soltero. "This is an exceptionally strong start for our commercial open source initiative and a signal that companies are actively looking for an easier, more cost-effective way of managing their IT assets."

Hyperic will demo Hyperic HQ at the LinuxWorld Expo that opens today in San Francisco. The company will be exhibiting as a member of the Novell Partner Pavilion in Booth #604.

The Hyperic HQ open source management platform provides a suite of free inventory auto-discovery, monitoring, alerting and portal tools that can be deployed out of the box in less than an hour, using plug-ins for the specific commercial and/or open source IT assets used in the customer's environment. Support for products without plug-ins can be rapidly added to Hyperic HQ through its free open source development kit. The platform manages all components of the web infrastructure, including operating systems as well as web, application and database servers. The platform is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Downloads are available at www.hyperic.org and www.sourceforge.net/projects/hyperic-hq.

Hyperic HQ Enterprise Subscription, available for a yearly fee per managed computer, adds enterprise support as well as advanced features including remote resource control, role-based security, log/security event tracking, policy-based management and problem identification.

About Hyperic Inc.

Hyperic offers the first open source IT management solution that discovers, monitors, analyzes and controls all open source and commercial enterprise IT assets from a single unified interface. The Hyperic HQ Management Platform has been adopted by enterprises of all sizes, including several Fortune 100 companies, since the San Francisco-based company was founded in March 2004. For more information, visit www.hyperic.com.