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SME Server: Server software for small and medium-sized enterprises.
January 26, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Ease of Administration: SME Server software uses a web-based interface to enable easy administration from any web browser on the internal network, password protected and accessible remotely via SSH or PPTP.
File and Print Sharing:The core of any network environment is easy and simple access to shared files and printers. SME Server software allows for the easy sharing of files and printers to Windows and Macintosh clients. The “Information Bay” (i-bay) feature provides easy and convenient information storage and retrieval by multiple groups via web, ftp, or file sharing.
Internet Connection:Small business customers are looking for a simple solution that works with different types of connections to the Internet. SME Server automates the process of connecting to the Internet. Just connect the server and supply your ISP account information. The server solution acts as a gateway for your entire network and requires no additional client software and minimal configuration. Users can immediately start browsing the Web, using email, and access other Internet services.
Email:With the pervasiveness of email, small businesses increasingly need to support email for all their employees. SME Server provides a secure reliable email server and allows easy creation of individual and group addresses. For greater versatility, it works with any mail client that uses the industry-standard IMAP, POP3, and SMTP protocols. Secure webmail allows users to access the server from a web browser anywhere on the Internet, to send and receive e-mail via an encrypted (128-bit SSL) link. On top of that it is equipped with ClamAV Antivirus and SpamAssassin to reduce the amount of unsolicited mail.
Firewall:Security is always a priority when a company starts using the Internet. SME Server offers a multi-layer architecture, protecting the external interface through packet-filtering and service restriction. It offers selective address or port binding, application-level access control lists, and protects the internal network from any intrusion.
Remote Access:Businesses with remote or branch sites or telecommuting employees require remote access to their email and to other resources on the local network. SME Server provides multiple tools such as webmail access to email using any browser, 128-bit PPTP (for secure client-to-server VPNs) and open secure shell (SSH) to provide encrypted access to the internal network and server resources for administrators.
Directory Services:Companies typically require a central directory of email addresses that all users can access. SME Server features a robust directory service that can be used by most email clients (including Outlook, Outlook Express, and Netscape Communicator). This feature is implemented using the industry-standard LDAP protocol.
Web Hosting:Small businesses also need a secure and reliable web presence and an intranet to communicate with employees. SME Server includes the Apache web server used by over 60% of the Internet. The content can be easily edited and updated from desktop clients (including dynamic content). It also supports the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections for e-commerce.
Raid and Backup:SME Server software supports both hardware and software disk mirroring (RAID 1), USB Disk backup & tape backup for additional data protection.
Website: http://wiki.contribs.org/Main_Page
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CentOS: the Community ENTerprise Operating System
January 26, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free.CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.) CentOS is free.
CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an active user community including system administrators, network administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world.
CentOS has numerous advantages over some of the other clone projects including: an active and growing user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QA’ed errata packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are contactable and responsive, multiple free support avenues including IRC Chat, Mailing Lists, Forums, a dynamic FAQ. Commercial support is offered via a number of vendors.
Website: http://www.centos.org
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Trixbox: PBX System
January 26, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Trixbox CE is the most flexible PBX system available today. If you need a highly customized solution and the trixbox Pro hybrid-hosted architecture is unfitting, use trixbox CE. Not only does trixbox CE allow you to build your own custom features and modules, but you can rely upon the community to help as well. The trixbox community is one of the largest and most active communities of trixbox and Asterisk users in the world. The members of this community work every day to help each other answer questions, resolve issues, fix bugs, make enhancements, and develop projects. trixbox CE has all the benefits of open source plus a commercial company standing behind it.
Website: http://www.trixbox.org/
Filed under Operating System, System Software · Tagged with PBX, Telephony
Zeroshell: Firewall and Network Services for a LAN
January 26, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser.
Load Balancing and Failover of multiple Internet connections;UMTS/HSDPA connections by using 3G modems;RADIUS server; Captive Portal; QoS (Quality of Service) management and traffic shaping; HTTP Proxy server; Wireless Access Point mode; Lan-to-lan VPN; 802.1d bridge; Firewall Packet Filter and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI); NAT; Multizone DNS server; Multi subnet DHCP server; PPPoE client; Dynamic DNS client; NTP (Network Time Protocol) client and server; Syslog server; Kerberos 5 authentication; LDAP, NIS and RADIUS authorization; X509 certification authority;Unix and Windows Active Directory interoperability using LDAP and Kerberos 5 cross realm authentication.
Website: http://www.zeroshell.org/
Filed under Operating System, System Software · Tagged with Firewall, Network, Proxy, Security
Fedora: Linux Operating System
January 26, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute.It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join.
Company website: http://www.fedoraproject.org
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Ubuntu: Linux Operating System
January 26, 2010 by christian · Leave a Comment
Ubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more.
Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office.
Ubuntu is free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates
Instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications. Categories include Education, Games, Sound and Video, Graphics, Programming and Office.
Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical
Company website: http://www.ubuntu.com
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The goal of this website is to give an end to end open source solution for a typical small company including Telephony, Document management, Customer Relation Application, Networking, Remote access, Desktop solutions and so on.
Although only the tools/applications have been listed on the website for the moment, a complete network diagram and individual how-to articles will follow.
Please note that for most of the installation instructions, we will not re-invent the wheel. A large number of very competent experts have already written how-to articles, we will just refer you to those. We will only document the missing links between the different components or if we feel that some installations could be better documented.
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- DistroWatch – Put the fun back into computing
- Engadget – Gadgets and consumer electronics.
- GizMag – Emerging technology magazine
- Gizmodo – Gadgets and technology
- Lifehacker – tips, shortcuts, and downloads
- LXer – Linux News
- NixCraft – Insight into Linux Admin work
- OSNews – not just about operating systems
- SlashDot – News for nerds, stuff that matters
- Ted – Ideas worth spreading
- Ubuntu Geek – Ubuntu Linux Tutorials,Howtos,Tips & News
- Unixmen – Linux/Unix News, Howtos, Tutorials, Tips & Tricks
- W3Schools: Free Web building tutorials for developers
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Please note that the text for each of the blog post is taken from their respective websites. The KinDev team have experimented with those tools at different occasions. Your need and requirements could be different than the ones identified by our team for a specific situation, please take the time to read and understand the tool/application features before starting to install in a production environment.
We hope that you will have as much fun as we have discovering, installing and using those tools/applications and please do not forget to donate to the respective open source volunteers that have changed the IT landscape for ever.
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