Bill Karpovich is CEO & Co-Founder of Zenoss, Inc., an open source systems management software company. He is a seasoned early stage technology executive with a strong history and interest in utility computing and market disruption. Since co-founding Zenoss in 2005, he has established the company as a leader in commercial open source software. He conceived the company's disruptively innovative strategy, raised over $18 million in capital to-date to fund its growth and has successfully guided the company from start-up to a category leader. As an IT management visionary, Karpovich has been featured on the cover of InformationWeek Magazine and is frequently consulted by the media and industry analysts for his insights on IT management and the broader open source software market.
The rise of Open Source and the well-known problems of the proprietary
management suites are driving companies to the public domain for simpler,
more cost-effective IT management solutions. Zenoss offers a new Open Source
alternative for enterprise monitoring that does much more than lower costs.
With an integrated architecture, automated-modeling, template-based
configuration and cross-platform coverage, Zenoss provides a powerful,
easy-to-use application for enterprise-wide infrastructure monitoring.
Project Background
Erik Dahl started Zenoss development in 2002. A 15-year systems management
veteran, Erik began programming Zenoss soon after an experience at a leading
ASP where he led a project to develop a custom management application to
replace a failed, multimillion dollar IBM Tivoli deployment. From this and
other experiences building IT management software, i... (more)
Bill Karpovich is CEO & Co-Founder of Zenoss, Inc., an open source systems management software company. He is a seasoned early stage technology executive with a strong history and interest in utility computing and market disruption. Since co-founding Zenoss in 2005, he has established the company as a leader in commercial open source software. He conceived the company's disruptively innovative strategy, raised over $18 million in capital to-date to fund its growth and has successfully guided the company from start-up to a category leader. As an IT management visionary, Karpovich has been featured on the cover of InformationWeek Magazine and is frequently consulted by the media and industry analysts for his insights on IT management and the broader open source software market.
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