I am hoping that my three readers will take the time to complete this short, 10 question survey on how they use OpenNMS. We are trying to get a better idea of our users so that we can tailor our work to more closely meet their needs.
Month: August 2010
OpenNMS – The Best Open Source Software 2010
For the second year in a row, we are humbled to have been recognized by InfoWorld with a Bossie Award.
OpenNMS was a winner in their “Best of Networking Software” category.
What I also thought was cool was that of the ten other projects honored in the category, OpenNMS integrates with three of them: Hyperic HQ, RANCID and OTRS, and it is a honor to be in the company of all the other projects who also won.
Last year the focus was on OpenNMS 1.6, and this year it is for OpenNMS 1.8.
They also mention the upcoming iPhone app. For those who have been waiting, version 1.0.0 has been submitted to the App Store for approval, and a big thank you to Ben Reed for working on this. We should know something about it within the next week.
If open core is dead, is SaaS a zombie? – IT Management podcast #77
The podcast that Ethan Galstad and I did with John Willis and Michael Coté is now available.
Google the Alphabet, Redux
A year ago I decided to see who “owned” each letter of the alphabet when doing a Google search. Simply go to Google, type in just one letter, and see what is suggested.
Let’s see what changes a year can make. Those with a “*” were there last year.
A – Amazon *
B – Best Buy *
C – the speed of light (Craiglist was second)
D – Durham Bulls (some still get Dictionary from last year)
E – natural logarithm (eBay is second)
F – Facebook *
G – Gmail *
H – Planck’s Constant (hotmail is second)
I – iPad (IRS drops to fifth)
J – Justin Bieber (Java is second, JCPenny from last year is fifth)
K – Kohls *
L – Lowes *
M – Mapquest (MySpace is second)
N – Netflix *
O – Orbitz *
P – Pandora (Photobucket is gone)
Q – QVC (Quotes is second)
R – REI (Redbox is second, Realtor from last year is fourth)
S – Sears (Skype is second and Southwest Airlines is gone)
T – Target *
U – USPS *
V – Verizon (Verizon Wireless, from last year, is second)
W – Walmart *
X – Xbox (xkcd is second, then XM Radio)
Y – Youtube *
Z – Zappos (Zillow is second)
So the big losers look like Photobucket and Southwest Airlines.
MySpace continues to decline, and I could never understand why Zappos wasn’t first last year (I had never heard of Zillow).
I am only vaguely aware of who Justin Bieber is, but he rules the “Js”, although Java now makes a strong showing at number two. I was also happy to see xkcd up there.
It was funny to see scientific hits, like the speed of light, coming up first, although in every case the number one from last year has simply moved down one.
The “D” was funny, since I think it is location-based. I asked a number of people on IRC and they got different things.
Anyway, until next year …