The OpenNMS Group, Inc., the maintainers of the award winning OpenNMS open source network management application platform, are releasing a new product line named OpenNMS Meridian.It has in some cases been hard to justify the buy of our core item, OpenNMS Support.
Earlier inside the year, the community-driven OpenNMS Project renamed the mainline software release to OpenNMS Horizon. This signaled a change to a far more rapid release cycle for OpenNMS to align together with the open supply mantra of “release early, release usually.”
Nonetheless, the OpenNMS Group identified a have to have inside its buyer base for any version of OpenNMS using a longer, pretty steady release cycle, even when it sacrificed access for the newest options. OpenNMS Meridian was produced to address that require. Furthermore, the Meridian subscription will include things like access to custom configurations such as enhanced reports and correlations that the user would must develop for themselves in Horizon.
“It has from time to time been tough to justify the buy of our core solution, OpenNMS Assistance,” says Tarus Balog, the OpenNMS Group CEO, “if we do our job correct, then assistance becomes significantly less of a requirement and much more of an insurance policy. We wanted to become capable to supply value on a continuous basis and to improved productize our service offerings. Everyone acquainted with the Red Hat model will recognize its influence in our choice: Meridian is analogous to Red Hat Enterprise Linux whereas Horizon is like Fedora.”
The OpenNMS Meridian subscription is offered for any yearly, flat fee per management server. It involves access towards the OpenNMS Connect website exactly where the Meridian community can ask concerns too as interact with one another to maximize their Meridian investment. Much more formal Meridian assistance is provided by way of the OpenNMS Prime Support item, and you will discover also assistance selections obtainable for OpenNMS Horizon.
Each Horizon and Meridian are published below the open supply Affero Common Public License (AGPLv3). Meridian can also be employed below a proprietary license for those organizations who have concerns regarding the APGL.
