[hobbit] Who's using

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 11:47:02PM -0500, Jeffcoat, Al wrote:

> We presented Hobbit to our new director today [...]  He really was
> impressed with Hobbit, and said it's the first time he's seen a
> presentation where someone wasn't asking for any money and the
> product was already implemented.

That sounds like quite an endorsement. I'm flattered that Hobbit is so
useful that even the PHB's can see it. I know I am proud of my "baby",
but it's a nice feeling to hear it from someone else.

> During the presentation, he asked who else is using BB/Hobbit.  There
> used to be a client list on the bb4.net page, which is no longer there.
> So I figured I'd solicit the list to see who else is using Hobbit or BB
> (commercial or free), to answer the only question he asked that I
> couldn't.

If such a page can be useful, I'll be happy to collect names and
references on a webpage as part of the Hobbit project. If you would
like to be listed, send me the name of the company and a brief
description of what you are doing with Hobbit, and I'll setup such a
page.

As far as my own use is concerned, bbgen and hence Hobbit were born
from the monitoring needs I have in my work for the CSC Managed Web
Services division here in Copenhagen. We host large installations of
network-centric applications - not just web, but any kind of software
that is delivered via Internet or even Intranet. Since I started
installing BB back in late 2001, the rumour has spread throughout the
organisation, and the Hobbit/BB software is now an essential
monitoring tool for the Copenhagen datacenter of CSC (which happens to
be the largest CSC site in Northern Europe).

Among the larger installations monitored with Hobbit where I work
you'll find all of the danish Internal Revenue Service systems (lots
of web applications, e.g. for filing your official tax forms), a large
nordic insurance company Tryg-Vesta, and the UK Postoffice - Royal
Mail Group - which is currently moving into CSC.