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NetworkWorld?s Barry Nance just posted his bakeoff of open source management tools. This test focused on the open source products available from 3 vendors, Hyperic, Zenoss and Groundwork. The test was based on functionality alone, and did not consider other specialized topics such as scalability, setup or any special management of specific technologies. In Barry?s words:

We tested each product’s ability to discover, manage, administer, monitor, report on, diagnose, troubleshoot, reset, reconfigure and secure our network devices, applications, servers and clients.

Barry?s test scored Hyperic?s Open Source software a 3.6 on a scale of 5, and in the middle of the other two vendors. (Lowest a 3.1, highest a 4). We didn?t win the clear choice award, but we?re actually very proud of this review! Why? Well, Barry spent some time with us yesterday and talked about the two things he thought we needed to succeed - group alerting and automatic control actions. When we discussed that these were in the enterprise version, he suggested we take our Enterprise software to compete in the commercial arena. (Which we will, providing the editor gives us the chance!)

Knowing this, and knowing we have even more packed into the Enterprise Extensions we?re very happy with this review. But it does beg the question ? if those features make the functionality more complete, then why are they not open source? Don?t we want to win every bake-off contest?

We?re not interested in trading off between bake-off contests and a solid business plan that has enabled us to win in the market, and the market to win with us. See, we designed HQ to be the easiest to install, fastest time-to-value, and functionally complete software on the market today. Both our open source and our enterprise subscription offerings clearly illustrate that. Our users, customers, and partners agree. In fact, a lot of commercial open source projects out there make money on manageability of their systems, like JBoss, MySQL and MuleSource who all use Hyperic to provide value to their users.

So we are not bummed we didn?t win. It?s our plan to be an innovative, focused open source software provider for systems management that provides the absolute best-in-class software for the demanding scale and complexity of online services businesses. Our open source users can get a complete systems and application management solution up and running quickly ? and when they get to an appropriate level of scale (usually in excess of 100 machines), it actually becomes more cost effective to engage us for our subscription offering which is tailored specifically for their needs and provides the fastest time to value in the business. And even with the paid-for software, it?s still the most cost effective, comprehensive, and downright sexy software they can own in this space. Period. And being cost-effective for our customers means that we get paid, and ensures our open source?s projects longevity and ensuring the advancement and sophistication of the software for our customers. It?s a fundamental principle of our business plan which ensures that everyone in the Hyperic ecosystem is a winner. Go ask our ever-growing community of users and customers if you’re curious.