OpenNMS Group announces IdleAire Technologies has chosen OpenNMS
Oct 23rd, 15:25 UTC
The OpenNMS Group Inc, stewards of the enterprise network management software, OpenNMS, announced IdleAire Technologies has chosen OpenNMS as its management framework over several competing commercial and open source technologies.
Press Release
OpenNMS
IdleAire Chooses OpenNMS� for Network Management Solution
PITTSBORO, North Carolina - October 14, 2007 The OpenNMS Group, Inc. announced today that IdleAire Technologies Corporation has selected OpenNMS� network management software to help monitor and maintain its national wide area network and the OpenNMS Group for software training and support.
OpenNMS is the world's first enterprise-grade network management platform developed under the open source model. IdleAire maintains a high speed, national network with links in 33 states as part of its Advanced Travel Center Electrification� (ATE) service delivery to long haul, heavy-duty trucks.
Although OpenNMS is free, open source software, it is backed by a team of experienced network management professionals that provide professional services in the form of consulting, training, support, and custom software development through The OpenNMS Group. One of the founders, David Hustace, worked directly with IdleAire to install and configure the software specifically for IdleAire's proprietary network.
IdleAire contacted us under the same circumstances that many of our customers are contacting us these days, said Hustace, The OpenNMS Group's President. More and more we're being contacted by companies that are evaluating OpenNMS as a competitive solution along side HP OpenView� and IBM Tivoli�. Because IdleAire chose OpenNMS and our GreenLightTM service product, they saw immediate benefit from the experience and best practices delivered by our consulting team and they continue to benefit from our ongoing expert support services.
Hustace continued, We believe that savvy companies, like IdleAire, are finally able to quantify the ever elusive ROI by making a commitment to mature open source projects. We define value in software as the benefit minus the cost. The value that OpenNMS brings increases everyday because the benefit continues to rise and the cost is always the same, zero.
OpenNMS was the natural choice for IdleAire, said Jon Duren, IdleAire's Chief Technical Officer. Open source means we take advantage of low cost and the real-world experience of thousands of other users, and this software has been proven in the enterprise business environment to be a solid and reliable network management platform.
IdleAire's network consists of thousands of devices in over one hundred locations, Duren noted, so we cannot possibly know the status of all of those devices all the time without tools such as OpenNMS.
The OpenNMS Group consultants are experienced with OpenNMS as well as traditional, commercial, network management products such as Hewlett-Packard's OpenView, Micromuse Netcool�, and BMC Software's PATROL�. IdleAire's Duren noted. We evaluated these packages and more before deciding on OpenNMS.
About OpenNMS Group
The OpenNMS Group maintains OpenNMS, the award-winning enterprise-grade network management tool that provides fault and performance information, service level reporting and more. It is a prime example of the power of open-source development as OpenNMS offers a viable option to expensive commercial products. The OpenNMS Group provides commercial-grade support, services, training and custom development from the same people who developed the application.
About IdleAire
IdleAire Technologies Corporation is the leading trucking industry services company offering comprehensive in-cab idle reduction, driver work environment, communication, safety and other training services to the long-haul trucking industry. IdleAire's ATE technology reduces idling costs for a truckload carrier, provides valuable driver retention and recruitment benefits, reduces driver sleep deprivation, conserves fossil fuel and energy resources, reduces air pollution and improves highway safety. IdleAire is committed to developing a nationwide network of locations, growing revenue and earnings per share. The Company provides its ATE services at travel centers and truck fleet terminals throughout the continental United States. Please visit the Company's website at www.idleaire.com.
(Submitted by OpenNMS Group of The OpenNMS Group, Inc.)
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