Zenoss Sponsors Government Open Source Conference

Company to Demonstrate Open Source IT management products at Federal Government
Conference
AUSTIN, Texas--(Business Wire)--
Zenoss Inc., a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy IT systems
and network management products, today announced it is a silver sponsor of the
Government Open Source Conference in Washington, DC (GOSCON-DC) taking place on
Thursday, November 5 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
Center. This day-long program focuses on how federal agencies are using open
technology in support of their agency mission objectives while reducing costs
and creating a secure information technology environment.

GOSCON DC is designed to meet the needs of senior IT executives of federal
agencies and regional, state and local government. Management, Mission and
Technology tracks feature agency and industry presentations. Government agency
leaders and their key technology personnel as well as legal, procurement,
planning, public information and social media staff should attend.

"Hundreds of government agencies both here and abroad rely on Zenoss Enterprise
for its high functionality and low cost," stated Tim Galligan, vice president of
worldwide sales for Zenoss. "We are proud to sponsor this event and further the
conversation regarding open source in federal government."

Zenoss has more than doubled its business across civilian and DoD markets since
the company sponsored and exhibited at last year`s GOSCON. During this year`s
show, Zenoss will demonstrate virtualization management capabilities and preview
the upcoming edition of Zenoss Enterprise 2.5, which will be released later this
month.

Covering the complete virtual and physical infrastructure stacks, Zenoss
Enterprise delivers vital IT management functionality including asset inventory
and performance monitoring, event and fault management, and virtualization
management. To better serve government customers, Zenoss has created a dedicated
engagement team and is increasing certification efforts. Currently, Zenoss is
engaged with a Common Criteria Lab, seeking EAL Level 2.

Now in its fifth year, highlights from GOSCON 2009 program will include:

* Breakfast Keynote:David M. Wennergren, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Information Management and Technology/Deputy Chief Information Officer U.S.
Department of Defense
* Luncheon Keynote:David G. Boyd, Ph.D., Director, Command, Control and
Interoperability Division Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security

The full conference schedule and additional speakers can be found on the
conference web site at www.goscon.org.

About Zenoss Inc.

Zenoss is a leading commercial open source provider of Unlegacy IT systems and
network management products. Zenoss Enterprise is a single model-based product
that enables organizations to seamlessly manage physical, virtual and cloud
based infrastructure with unprecedented power, agility and value. Leveraging a
commercial open source model, Zenoss products monitor over one million network
and server devices daily and are used in over 25,000 organizations in 180
countries around the world. Commercial customers include leading companies such
as Rackspace, VMware, WebMD, LinkedIn, Tyco Electronics, Carlson, Motorola and
Deutsche Bank. To learn more about Zenoss` award-winning IT operations
management software, visit www.zenoss.com.

Media Contact:
for Zenoss Inc.
Cindy Akus, 919-414-6082
cakus@crossroadspr.com

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