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| Industry | Network Management Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Dave Lilly, Robert Fanini |
| Products | GroundWork Monitor, Cloud Connector |
| Website | http://www.gwos.com |
GroundWork, Inc. is an open-source platform for enterprise-level network, application, and cloud management.(GW) GroundWork competes with the four largest proprietary systems-management products in the world, Tivoli, Openview, Patrol, and Unicenter, and is known for being the first company to develop enterprise-class open source products for systems and network administrators.(TN)(IW) GroundWork products are used by organizations in more than 50 countries, and the company’s customers include AOL, Boeing, Crocs, National Australia Bank, Siemens, and Stanford University.(GW)
GroundWork was founded by Dave Lilly and Robert Fanini in 2003, and the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.(CNET1)(SFB1)(PE)
History
Prior to founding GroundWork, Robert Fanini and Dave Lilly founded SiteROCK, an e-Commerce management service that was sold to Avasta in 2002.(BBW1)(SFB1) The pair launched GroundWork in 2003, and Robert Fanini served as the first CEO.( BBW1) Later CEOs included Ranga Rangachari and Pete Jackson.(CNET1)(IN) Dave Lilly is the current CEO.(MS1)
GroundWork was the first company to market enterprise-class open source products for systems and network administrators.(TN) The company was also an early supporter of the open source community, and co-sponsored the creation of BayLISA, a discussion forum for open source related topics.(TN)
Since its founding in 2003, GroundWork has raised more than $28.5 million in venture funding. (SFB1)(TNW )(PE)(VB1)
Products and Services
GroundWork’s primary products are a combination of open source and proprietary systems and network management software.(TN)(NW) The company's software is built on several open source products and standards including Apache, and the Nagios open source systems management project.(IW)(IT)(GT)
GroundWork’s flagship product is called GroundWork Monitor.(IW, ENP) The product bundles and enhances several successful open source IT management tools to streamline deployment as a single solution.(CAIT)( VM) In June 2010, GroundWork Open Source introduced a product called Cloud Connector that integrates Eucalyptus with Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.(ENP)(CRN2) GroundWork also offers a suite of services to assist organizations with the planning, implementation, and operation of enterprise-level network management.(GW)(CAIT)
In February 2013, the company began offering a version of its cloud monitoring tool that runs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. (TIC)
Awards
GroundWork Open Source was named to the CRN Emerging Vendors List in 2008, 2009, and 2010. (CRN1)(CRN4)