A Standard Business Server
A typical business needs some basic infrastructure, providing file and print services, email, an Intranet, diary and calendar facilities and so on.
These services can be provided on a Free Software platform using the following software:
- File sharing – Samba for Windows clients, NFS for Linux and Mac clients
- Printer sharing – CUPS printing, if necessary with Samba – no client drivers required
- Email – postfix for incoming mail, dovecot for IMAP clients, various layers of email security for anti-spam and anti-virus
- Intranet – various options depending on the business. Examples are pmwiki, wordpress, drupal, plone etc.
- Groupware – eGroupware providing remote email access, diaries, remote file access, and…
- PDA sync – eGroupware supports SyncML for diary and contacts syncing
- Remote Access – OpenVPN provides secure, automatic connections for remote workers
All these services attract no client licences or additional cost and can scale from one user to several thousand. Imagine that – as your business grows, you don’t have to worry about additional software costs for basic IT infrastructure. Conversely, if unfortunately your business contracts, you’ve not lost money on excess licenses.
For details of these services, please contact us.