Networking
SSL VPN How-To: SSL-Explorer On FreeBSD
Sunday, August 6th, 2006
As with most small companies, there are two and a half factors that have great importance when evaluating a product for your own use. The first is the funcitionality of the product. Will it do what it’s supposed to do and do it well. The second factor is sometimes the first question…How much does it cost? And that “half” factor that I put out there is the frustration factor. All of these are related.How much does something cost? For this price, I get this functionality–OK. But also, for this price, I am getting a certain level of frustration in implementing the solution. A lot of times, when the frustration level increases, our willingness to increase what we’re willing to pay is affected. Any way, you see where this is going, and you haven’t come here to hear my less-than collegiate babbling about micro/macro economics of a small company. (more…)
Novell - The Network Operating System
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
The power of networking, having total control over the way computers speak to one another, share information, make resources available and handle the complexities of user administration - These are just some of the strong suits of Novell.
Novell offers a wide array of applications that allow for a tremendous amount of user productivity. A perfect example is GroupWise, the popular collaboration software that provides users with e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging, task management, and contact and document management functions. As an alternative to Microsoft Exchange, GroupWise has a huge fan base of users that recognize the overall value, functionality, security and reliability. (more…)
