Selecting the best Open Source Components

 

How should an IT administrator without Linux training determine which file, mail or web server is the best? What selection criteria should s/he use? Anyone who is not at home in the open source space would find it difficult to navigate the vast range of available projects in order to make the right choice. Thanks to its employees, many of whom have deep roots in the open-source community, Collax has its ear to the open-source ground. The Collax development team decides which code - for example for a mail server - offers the most in terms of reliability and future promise. Only open-source projects with high quality standards and those suitable for SMEs are integrated into Collax products. This method ensures that only the required services are part of the final server solution.

 

Easy administration via the Collax GUI

 

A server system should be easy to set up and administer. Given the large range of Linux distributions, this could remain wishful thinking for some time. Even established enterprise distributions such as Novell/SUSE or RedHat do not offer a uniform tool for installing, configuring and operating a solution which not only allows service settings to be fine-tuned, but also enables users to be cleared for services. Collax, on the other hand, offers an administration tool in the form of a user interface based on a web browser. This AJAX-based management user interface – the Collax GUI, or Graphical User Interface – is the nexus of all Collax products. It allows information to be presented in a structured and compact list format, while settings can be carried out using context menus and icons, thus enabling the server to be configured in the shortest possible time.

 

Remote Maintenance

 

Collax solutions are managed via Browser-based user interfaces therefore can be maintained from any location. The standard network and VPN functions of the Collax Solution Platform make it easy to set-up remote maintenance, and make failure searches by phone redundant - allowing the support employee to offer immediate and on site help.

 

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