Opengear (News - Alert), a provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, has announced a series of industry partnerships that create new levels of remote monitoring and network device management.

"Major console server vendors are increasingly finding it difficult to compete with Opengear," said Bob Waldie, founder and CEO of Opengear.

"As we continue to leverage our open source platform and create innovative technology partnerships, we are improving the way IT professionals remotely access and manage all of their IT equipment," said Waldie.

Officials with Opengear said that the company has announced several partnerships with open source server and network monitoring solutions from Zenoss and SolarWinds (News - Alert), providers of network management and network monitoring software.

According to company officials, both partnerships extend monitoring capability to previously undetected devices and integrate a vital layer of Out-Of-Band access methods to remote sites.

The partnerships expand monitoring to new markets including grid, utility, pipeline, medical, military, industrial and more.

Company officials said that the Zenoss and SolarWinds partnerships enable customers to- actively monitor all the network devices, power equipment, and environmental conditions at their remote sites; monitor previously undetected devices: RS232, RS422, RS485, USB, digital I/O and have point-and-click access to the remote site from within Zenoss and SolarWinds screens.

Earlier in September Opengear had announced the launch of the Virtual CMS Central Management Appliance (VCMS) and also significant upgrades to the CMS6100 Central Management Appliance.

Opengear CMS provides centralized management of thousands of racks or remote sites through one secure appliance.

Opengear’s CMS6100 and VCMS has NAGIOS at its core and it gives service providers, enterprises and SMEs flexible, centralized control of data center servers, network devices and power; and branch offices and remote sites where trained operators are unavailable.