Open Business Environment

From IT Ninja's

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Software to include 2.1 Network Infrastructure 2.2 Computer Maintenance / Testing 2.3 Communication 2.4 Remote Management 2.5 VPN 2.6 Productivity 2.7 Management 2.7.1 Time Management 2.8 Graphics 2.9 Software Installation 2.10 Anti-virus 2.11 Mail Archiving 2.12 Search

Introduction

IT Ninjas are developing an open source business model called the Open Business Enviroment (OBE). The OBE utilises open source software to create a low-cost office network.

Office Networks:

  1. Small business network setup
  2. Office Network - The Open Source Alternative

Setup of a highly functional office network at a low cost based on the implementation of open source and/or free to use software.

Software to include

Network Infrastructure

• Linux OS Server / Workstation [workstations for secretaries especially a target here. openoffice and linux]
• Possible use Ubuntu Customization Kit
• Smoothwall Express
• Untangle Server
• GroundWork Monitor Community Edition
• Nagios
• HealthMonitor - http://sourceforge.net/projects/healthmonitor/
• Spiceworks / helpdesk software
• Email Server (Zimbra, OpenExchange etc), [also check Afterlogic] - removed hMailServer, useless
• XAMPP webserver
• LAMP (Linux Apache MySql Perl/PHP/Python)
• NAS: FreeNAS http://www.freenas.org/
• Backup Solutions: Bacula, Amanda, SyncBackSE, backuppc
• Sun xVM VirtualBox
• Quagga Routing Suite (http://www.quagga.net/)
• Zenoss Core - Network Monitoring

Computer Maintenance / Testing

• Memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com/ [test your RAM extensively]
• DBAN - http://www.dban.org/ [Darik's Boot and Nuke, erase harddrives to Military standards]
• Computer Maintenance Manual (todo: fill in url to pdf...)

Communication

• trixbox CE (PBX/VoIP - sourceforge.net/projects/asteriskathome/)
• Asterisk - asterisk.org
• CafeSIP (sourceforge.net/projects/cafesip/)
• VMukti - VoIP Web Conferencing (/sourceforge.net/projects/vmukti/)

Remote Management

• UltraVNC & a VPN solution
• Purgos (http://softulz.net/products.shtml)
• mRemote (http://www.mremote.org/wiki/)
• GenControl (http://www.gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html)
• LogMeIn
• SSH server / Putty SSH Client - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/download.html
• SCP for secure ftp

VPN

• OpenVPN
• Smoothwall built-in L2TP VPN

Productivity

• OpenOffice
• 7-Zip
• Mozilla Firefox
• Mozilla Thunberbird / Zimbra Client
• OOspaces Workplaces
• Alfresco (http://www.alfresco.com)
• OpenGoo (www.opengoo.org)
• PDFTK Builder
• PDFCreator
• GanttProject
• Potential (Web-based) Email Clients: Zimbra, RoundCube, Claros, Horde, SquirrelMail
• Email clients: Evolution (linux), Thunderbird
• InfraRecoder (CD/DVD writing software)

Management

• OrangeHRM (Human Resource Management, includes Timesheets)
• SugarCRM (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sugarcrm/)

Time Management

• netOffice DWINS (https://sourceforge.net/projects/netofficedwins/)

Graphics

• Gimp
• Blender
• InkScape
• Uniconvertor (also refer to sk1project.org/index.php)
• LuxRender (luxrender.net)

Software Installation

• PING - http://ping.windowsdream.com/ [opensource Ghost/Acronis TruServer replacement]
• WPKG - http://wpkg.org/ [automated software deployment]
• Clonezilla
• FOG

Anti-virus

• ClamWin / ClamAV - http://www.clamwin.com/ / http://www.clamav.net/

Mail Archiving

• http://mailarchiva.com - Open Source Edition of MailArchiva

Search

• Search appliances for indexed material
• http://regain.sourceforge.net/
• http://sharehound.org/
• http://scan.sourceforge.net/
• ^--- all based on the Apache Lucene engine