[hobbit] Wanna show off.

[david.peters at dpi.nsw.gov.au]

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.

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From:
Denis <denis at crewhub.net>
To:
hobbit at hswn.dk
Date:
01/07/2009 12:37 AM
Subject:
Re: [hobbit] Wanna show off.



I totally agree and have an example : the company where i work.
We monitor 4 datacenters with it and it work great.
Sadly, hobbit hasn't the possibility to create profiles and granty access 
to only some parts of the web console.
So we are thinking to move on another product, preferably in a model 
between entreprise and community product.
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

Reagds,

Denis

Everett, Vernon wrote: 
Unfortunately, I agree with Buchan on this.

You need to remember, the purpose of IT is to provide solutions, not run 
preferred software. 
And this cuts both ways.
You can't run Hobbit just because you like it.
But by the same token, your PHB can't run his commercial stuff, just 
because he likes it.
It needs to provide a solution to a business need.

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.
And, for the morally elastic PHB, this is the clincher, not the quality of 
the solution.

Good luck.

Regards
    V



-----Original Message-----
From: Buchan Milne [mailto:bgmilne at staff.telkomsa.net] 
Sent: Monday, 29 June 2009 5:12 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Cc: Neil Franken
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Wanna show off.

On Monday 29 June 2009 08:32:00 Neil Franken wrote:

 
Where can I find the Hobbit User list? Our company is being monitored 
by Xymon but we have a new manager here that suffers from MS mania. 
He now wants to spend a couple of thousand dollars on a new monitoring 
system.
I am not going to back down without a fight so if I can show him this 
list maybe he will realize the error of his ways.
 

>From a business perspective, there may not be an error in his ways.

Frankly, a business needs to ensure that their requirements are met in a 
cost effective manner.

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.

Don't fight, cooperate to show that you take the business needs into 
account, and have actually satisfied them.

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.

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 ...

I can give you some more examples off-list.

Regards,
Buchan

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