RiverMuse PRO includes a Reusable Business Logic (RBL) engine to streamline the creation of all configuration components in a single reusable package. The configuration is loaded through a text file; it is then parsed and converted by a back-end engine that updates the configuration of multiple components within the RiverMuse product. This is a vast change from traditional Manager of Managers (MoM) solutions as configurations from... read more

RiverMuse PRO provides the facility to consolidate your Data Center Operations in a single pane of glass, and achieve Operational Excellence by automating tasks and streamlining processes. RiverMuse Core, the first enterprise-class open source Real-time Consolidated Operations Console system ideally collects information via SNMP traps and Syslog messages out-of-the-box. Additionally it supports 8 standards-based APIs to obtain data from virtually any source (gSOAP, Perl, Java, C++,... read more

(This is a Guest contribution on the RiverMuse Blog). We loved your post and thanks for reading the Telesperience blog Microsperience! We believe that even though we’re now officially post-crunch in telecoms, many CSPs have taken a good, long and hard look at how they buy and consume software. Interest in open source software by CSPs of all sizes is definitely on the increase. As you... read more

Over the last few years, the heightened pace of innovation in service delivery technologies has increased the complexity of IT Operations Management for organizations of all sizes. This problem is particularly acute for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) including regional managed service providers – which have traditionally operated with a lean staff and simpler but silo-based management systems. As long as the technologies they managed... read more

Over the past five years we have witnessed an acceleration of open source software (OSS) adoption by both service provider and enterprises alike. As Gartner stated in a November 2008 report, the primary advantages for customers adopting OSS tools were lower cost of ownership, ease of implementation, investment protection against a single vendor and faster time to market. These key advantages have held true for the... read more

This is our January RiverMuse poll. The poll results archive will be stored within the RiverMuse Community pages. View Poll ... read more

The concept of Manager of Managers (MoM) has existed for many years but does it mean the same today as it always has? MoMs were introduced to overcome the problem where lower order management systems e.g. Element Management Systems (EMS) gave a very fragmented view of the network, leaving it up to operations staff to piece together the puzzle to form a picture of the complete... read more

A recent ComputerWorld article entitled “Big IT is Back, Say HP, IBM, Oracle, EMC, Cisco” discusses the recent formation of the Acadia joint venture between Cisco Systems, EMC and VMware to provide a complete virtual computing environment for enterprises. This alliance pits itself against similar initiatives from HP, IBM and Oracle aiming to... read more

Twice last week I sat in a meeting where there was a casual remark that seemed trivial in nature.  The remark went something like this – “I have to look at my spam folder, I registered for the community but didn’t get the confirmation email”.    Two people saying this within days of each other caught my attention.  After a little investigating (helped by the fact... read more

17 years ago I got my big break, and I was lucky enough to cut my teeth in network management working with some of the best colleagues and customers I could have asked for. Back then we had a dream to make a network management tool that customers could really use and get value for. Mostly the products available were just a massive consultancy exercise in... read more