Monitoring an infrastructure is an often overlooked component, especially if the only products under consideration are commercial products with intimidating license costs. The cost, compared to the benefits, makes it difficult to justify with other budget demands.

Yet there are plenty of open source alternatives that are just as powerful. Leyton Consulting have direct experience implementing monitoring solutions based around the Big Brother protocol, particularly Hobbit, which does the job very much better than the original Big Brother product.

With a monitoring solution in place, your organisation is able to be pro-active rather than reactive: capacity problems, machine capabilities, services and processes, and trend analysis, all resulting in a better service for you and your customers, at a compelling open source price!

Within the Big Brother group of products, there are plenty of options, but little localised support, which you may feel you need to get up and running. If you're based in the UK or Europe, we can help, so please feel free to get in touch so we can further discuss your requirements.