<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Do you mean certain functions, or certain
hosts. Either way, we do both and the authentication is done to the AD
domain so you use your normal passwords and userid's.</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">01/07/2009 12:37 AM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [hobbit] Wanna show off.</font></table>
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<br><font size=3>I totally agree and have an example : the company where
i work.<br>
We monitor 4 datacenters with it and it work great.<br>
Sadly, hobbit hasn't the possibility to create profiles and granty access
to only some parts of the web console.<br>
So we are thinking to move on another product, preferably in a model between
entreprise and community product.<br>
i'm sad we can't wait the new releases of xymon coming... but we need to
admit that hobbit, however good it is, has not thoses functionalities yet<br>
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Reagds,<br>
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Denis<br>
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Everett, Vernon wrote: </font>
<br><tt><font size=3>Unfortunately, I agree with Buchan on this.<br>
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You need to remember, the purpose of IT is to provide solutions, not run
preferred software. <br>
And this cuts both ways.<br>
You can't run Hobbit just because you like it.<br>
But by the same token, your PHB can't run his commercial stuff, just because
he likes it.<br>
It needs to provide a solution to a business need.<br>
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One of the things you might find yourself up against, is that Hobbit doesn't
have "Golf days" with free booze, and fancy cocktail parties
and product launches with open bar tabs, goodie-bags and other junkets
that the big vendors can provide.<br>
And, for the morally elastic PHB, this is the clincher, not the quality
of the solution.<br>
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Good luck.<br>
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Regards<br>
V<br>
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From: Buchan Milne [</font></tt><a href=mailto:bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net><tt><font size=3 color=blue><u>mailto:bgmilne@staff.telkomsa.net</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size=3>]
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Sent: Monday, 29 June 2009 5:12 PM<br>
To: </font></tt><a href=mailto:hobbit@hswn.dk><tt><font size=3 color=blue><u>hobbit@hswn.dk</u></font></tt></a><tt><font size=3><br>
Cc: Neil Franken<br>
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Wanna show off.<br>
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On Monday 29 June 2009 08:32:00 Neil Franken wrote:<br>
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<br><tt><font size=3>Where can I find the Hobbit User list? Our company
is being monitored <br>
by Xymon but we have a new manager here that suffers from MS mania. <br>
He now wants to spend a couple of thousand dollars on a new monitoring
system.<br>
I am not going to back down without a fight so if I can show him this <br>
list maybe he will realize the error of his ways.<br>
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>From a business perspective, there may not be an error in his ways.<br>
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Frankly, a business needs to ensure that their requirements are met in
a cost effective manner.<br>
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So, I would start out from the standpoint that your monitoring tools may
not necessarily satisfy the business requirements, and that you are happy
to work with him to document the monitoring requirements. Once they are
documented, show that you can satisfy all the monitoring requirements with
a lower cost, and no businessman will decide against you.<br>
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Don't fight, cooperate to show that you take the business needs into account,
and have actually satisfied them.<br>
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If there are any monitoring requirements you don't meet yet ... identify
them and let's see if we can provide options, before you have to report.<br>
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I can however note that at least two ISPs in South Africa run Hobbit/Xymon
(and Devmon). A recent sporting event in South Africa used Hobbit for monitoring
components of the network ...<br>
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I can give you some more examples off-list.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Buchan<br>
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