Hyperic HQ is the first software that enables the modern enterprise to monitor its Amazon Web Services securely alongside internal infrastructure. It is also the first enterprise-class monitoring and management software offered for deployment and payment directly though Amazon Web Services. Hyperic HQ 4.0 will be available as a fully configured system on Amazon’s Web Services. An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) preconfigured for Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage (EBS) will available later this month. The new distribution will be available directly on Amazon’s DevPay service for a low initiation fee and a monthly charge based on the amount of management data being collected to the HQ Server. A familiar arrangement to businesses looking to embrace the cloud, there will be no contract term and users will simply pay for how much value they are deriving from the Hyperic HQ Enterprise application.

HQ 4.0 is now available. Packed with new features to help you manage scalable web applications that cross the datacenter and use virtualization or cloud computing, this release is something you need to check out. The aim was to help folks manage more servers, whether virtual or physical, with less effort - automation, intelligence, and security features help the release catch a wider net of servers powering web applications. For more info see the release page at http://www.hyperic.com/launch/hqe-40-launch.html