Incorporating Open Source components like MySQL in an appliance framework lets us drive down our costs and pass the savings on to our customers.įrankly most of the open source stuff we use is more stable than their commercial counterparts. ScienceLogic was founded on the belief that there was a real need in our marketplace for a comprehensive, framework-like solution that didn’t have all the downsides of the traditional frameworks – the biggest downside being cost. Q: What are the primary reasons you use Open Source Software? Earlier this year, we worked with the chief developer of Net-SNMP to make it available for development in Python and then gave that back to the open source community. One way in which we’ve resolved this issue is by sponsoring development of critical (to us) features within open source products like Net-SNMP, for example. This is one of the reasons we chose MySQL over PostgreSQ MySQL is dedicated to supporting the commercial markets.Īnother concern that we had centered around future feature development and whether an open-source product could support our own future plans.
Q: Did you have any concerns about using Open Source Software? I began using Open Source back in 1994 with Slackware Linux.
Q: When did you start to use Open Source Software?
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We license over a dozen individual components – some open source, some proprietary – all working within the LAMP stack, but overall we develop the bulk of our product’s software in-house. Q: What kind of proprietary software products have you used? The appliance includes an embedded MySQL database which serves as the cornerstone for all of the data processing and storage. Q: Describe the technology architecture of your products?ĮM7 appliances are built on the LAMP stack using Python on the backend. Many customers also use EM7 appliances for redundant monitoring with automated failover functionality. Q: How are your products deployed by your customers?ĮM7 solutions are deployed as an all-in-one management appliance or as a distributed system of multiple appliances for customer-specific capacity, network or security requirements. Some customers: Legg Mason, BET, XM Radio, Hughes Network Systems, Sourcefire Q: Who are some of the customers that use your products? The results are improved troubleshooting/reduced MTTR, reliable and highly available IT service delivery, and overall proactive instead of reactive IT operations management. EM7 appliances provide IT departments with visibility and control across the entire spectrum of IT infrastructure. We develop a line of EM7 appliances for comprehensive IT operations management – from performance and fault management for systems, networks and applications to service desk tools and asset and configuration management. Q: What products do you develop and what problems do they solve? That was the genesis of the EM7 appliances. We understood the problem, and we knew what the solution needed to be. ScienceLogic was founded in 2003 by technology professionals who were frustrated by the expensive and inefficient IT operations management products. Passionate about improving IT operations and application efficiency, Cordray has architected and developed various commercial and custom solutions for companies including Verizon Global Networks, Interliant, Inc and Edison International.ĮM7 Meta-Appliances for Network Monitoring and Systems Monitoring An Interview with Christopher Cordray, Co-Founder and CTO, ScienceLogicĬhristopher Cordray, a ScienceLogic founder and the principal software architect behind the EM7 appliances, has more than fifteen years experience with networking, management systems and technology-related operations.