<s>
The	O
company	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
Inc	I-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2005	O
and	O
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
was	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
application	B-Application
,	O
server	B-Application
,	O
and	O
network	O
management	O
platform	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Zope	B-Language
application	B-Application
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
called	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
Inc	I-Protocol
.	I-Protocol
has	O
discontinued	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Community	O
edition	O
on	O
17	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
closing	O
its	O
community	O
forum	O
on	O
31	O
March	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
)	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
technology	O
company	O
specializing	O
in	O
IT	O
monitoring	O
and	O
Artificial	O
Intelligence	O
for	O
IT	O
Operations	O
(	O
AIOps	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
raised	O
a	O
$4.8	O
million	O
series	O
A	O
by	O
Boulder	O
Ventures	O
and	O
Intersouth	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
is	O
still	O
maintained	O
by	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Inc.	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
switched	O
its	O
focus	O
on	O
other	O
commercial	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Cloud	O
(	O
SaaS	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
IT	O
environments	O
)	O
and	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Service	O
Dynamics	O
(	O
IT	O
monitoring	O
software	O
)	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
from	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
to	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
circa	O
2018	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
6.2.1	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
both	O
supported	O
by	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
the	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
User	O
Community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
combines	O
original	O
programming	O
and	O
several	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
to	O
integrate	O
data	O
storage	O
and	O
data	O
collection	O
processes	O
with	O
a	O
web-based	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
is	O
built	O
upon	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Zope	B-Language
Application	B-Application
server	B-Application
:	O
An	O
object-oriented	O
web	O
server	B-Application
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
:	O
Extensible	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Net-SNMP	B-Protocol
:	O
Monitoring	O
protocol	O
that	O
collects	O
systems	O
status	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RRDtool	B-Language
:	O
Graph	O
and	O
log	O
time	O
series	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Application
:	O
A	O
popular	O
open	O
source	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twisted	B-Language
:	O
An	O
event-driven	O
networking	O
engine	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucene	B-Language
:	O
A	O
full	O
text	O
search	O
library	O
written	O
in	O
Java	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenTSDB	O
:	O
Time	O
series	O
database	O
(	O
from	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
5	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Docker	B-Language
(	O
software	O
)	O
:	O
Container	O
virtualization	O
(	O
from	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
5	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D3.js	B-Language
:	O
Interactive	O
graphic	O
Javascript	O
library	O
(	O
from	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
5	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
provides	O
the	O
following	O
capabilities	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Monitoring	O
of	O
host	O
resources	O
(	O
processor	B-Architecture
,	O
disk	O
usage	O
)	O
on	O
most	O
network	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Inc	O
.	O
lists	O
the	O
following	O
operating	O
systems	O
for	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
on	O
their	O
download	O
page	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
versions	O
5.1	O
support	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
version	O
4.2	O
support	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
ZenPacks	O
provide	O
a	O
plug-in	O
architecture	O
that	O
allows	O
community	O
members	O
to	O
extend	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
's	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZenPacks	O
are	O
encapsulated	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
eggs	O
and	O
provide	O
instrumentation	O
and	O
reports	O
for	O
monitored	O
infrastructure	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
there	O
are	O
over	O
400	O
ZenPacks	O
available	O
for	O
various	O
versions	O
of	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
In	O
the	O
enterprise	O
edition	O
,	O
"	O
writes	O
Sean	O
Michael	O
Kerner	O
,	O
"	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
is	O
adding	O
something	O
it	O
calls	O
end-user	O
experience	O
monitoring	O
which	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
more	O
accurately	O
simulate	O
end-user	O
application	B-Application
activity.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Kerner	O
continues	O
,	O
"	O
Enterprise	O
users	O
also	O
get	O
certified	O
application	B-Application
monitors	O
specifically	O
geared	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
and	O
Exchange.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Zenoss	B-Protocol
competes	O
with	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
proprietary	O
enterprise	O
systems	O
management	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Jack	O
Loftus	O
of	O
SearchEnterpriseLinux.com,	O
Bill	O
Karpovich	O
explains	O
what	O
makes	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
different	O
:	O
"	O
Companies	O
like	O
GroundWork	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Red	O
Hat	O
approach	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
company	O
gathers	O
up	O
the	O
pieces	O
and	O
puts	O
support	O
behind	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Network	O
Computing	O
review	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Ballard	O
singles	O
out	O
the	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
2.0	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
event	O
management	O
system	O
as	O
highlights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
event	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
Ballard	O
says	O
,	O
"	O
By	O
aggregating	O
all	O
events	O
through	O
a	O
single	O
rules-processing	O
engine	O
,	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
eliminates	O
duplication	O
,	O
making	O
for	O
a	O
manageable	O
user	O
interface.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Unfortunately	O
,	O
getting	O
started	O
was	O
challenging	O
as	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
provided	O
no	O
context-sensitive	O
help	O
to	O
guide	O
us	O
through	O
a	O
truly	O
staggering	O
number	O
of	O
configuration	O
options.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
"	O
Clear	O
Choice	O
Tests	O
"	O
Network	O
World	O
reviewer	O
Barry	O
Nance	O
offers	O
the	O
following	O
praise	O
for	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
2	O
,	O
"	O
Even	O
more	O
impressive	O
than	O
its	O
discovery	O
of	O
our	O
network	O
is	O
its	O
remediation	O
features	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
automatically	O
execute	O
start	O
or	O
stop	O
operations	O
for	O
a	O
Windows	O
service	O
,	O
for	O
example.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nance	O
's	O
review	O
finds	O
that	O
"	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
does	O
n’t	O
support	O
as	O
many	O
diverse	O
devices	O
as	O
HP	O
OpenView	O
or	O
Argent	O
Extended	O
Technologies	O
,	O
nor	O
does	O
it	O
monitor	O
Microsoft	O
Exchange	O
or	O
SQL	O
Server	B-Application
as	O
closely	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
tool	O
does.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
SYS-CON	O
Media	O
awards	O
Zenoss	B-Protocol
Core	I-Protocol
the	O
2007	O
Enterprise	O
Open	O
Source	O
Reader	O
's	O
choice	O
award	O
for	O
best	O
Linux	O
systems	O
management	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
