Re: What NMS do you use and why?

[Andre van Zyl <andre.vanzyl () comsol co za>]

> We run Iris - home-grown (South Africa), great support, small/nimble
> team that are able to fix issue, add features and give advice.
>
> Very flexible, captures plenty of data out-the-box, supports a ton of
> vendors and data points, e.t.c.
>
> It's a commercial solution, but not out of reach. Heck, even I can
> afford it :-).
>
>     http://www.irisns.com/
>
> We moved from a Cacti/SmokePing/Observium/Zabbix combo to Iris 2 years
> ago. Much happiness.
>
> Mark.

+1 for Iris.

We've been with them for a couple of years now, and the support has been first class - quick incident response, fast 
fixes, and very approachable regarding feature requests.

They are based out of Cape Town, South Africa, but also have a US presence in the DC area.

Andre.