GroupLoop is a new site for small organizations to collaborate easily online - without having to download any software. GroupLoop’s main features include shared calendars, messaging and discussions, and file sharing/archiving.
GroupLoop provides a simple place for you to share and archive files, a central area for discussion, and a calendar to manage […]
If you do a lot of research to keep up with events and technology important for your business, or if you do a lot of writing. you know how critical it is to have good notes that are organized. It also helps to have images and supporting files, as well as citations of reference. Well, […]
Here are 10 open source security related applicaitons for small business:
Firewall Tester
Shoreline Firewall
SmoothWall
FreeSwan - IPsec suite
OpenVPN - SSL-based VPN
OpenSSL - SSL suite
Prelude IDS Intrusion Detection Framework
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VerusNova Extra Links Roundup:
Small Business Computing has an article on using Hamachi VPN - a free personal VPN solution which is now owned by LogMeIn.
Mashable has an article “19 Ways to Make Social Sites Pay” which presents a list of social sites that pay you for participating; examples include Revver, Chacha, Simpa, Citizenbay, etc.
Drupal […]
Subversion is an open source file version control software that has been around since 2000. It is essentially the defacto standard for version control now by many programmers. If your company creates or modifies code of any sort, including websites, then you should be using Subversion. Also, if you create ebooks, documents, or other written […]
If you own a laptop, you understand the amount of intellectual capital and proprietary information that is stored on it — yet, admit it, you don’t put a lot of effort into protecting that data from being stolen. You may have backups that will give you your data back - but how do you (a) […]
This is my first installation of listing some categorized open source solutions for small business.
Hopefully you will find something here useful for your business. Check back for another installment soon.
Accounting & Inventory
GnuCash
Aria
TurboCash
Databases
MySQL
PostgresSQL
Email
Postfix
Exim MTA
Maia Mailguard
MailDrop
Mailman
SpamAssassin
SpamCop
OpenLDAP
Desktop Apps
GIMP Image Editor
Jabber Chat
OpenOffice
Scribus Desktop Publishing
DimDim Web Conferencing
Resource Management & Documentation
KnowledgeTree Document Management
WANdoc Cisco Network Documentation Tools
Backup & […]
Here is the Friday roundup of interesting links for VerusNova Extra:
Teqlo is committed to the vision that users should be able to assemble functional web applications without having to know how to program. The applications, called “Teqlos”, are assembled out of readily available web services. [coming soon!]
Lee’s Online Marketing Blog has an awesome list […]
VoIP-Info.org has a great list of open source VoIP software in categories including:
SIP Proxies
SIP Clients
SIP tools
H.323 Clients
IAX clients
RTP Protocol Stacks & Proxies
PBX platforms
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If you don’t think the Open Source movement is going to change things, here is both an opportunity and benefit for small business:
XORP (aka the eXtensible Open Router Platform).
XORP is a free and open source software router platform that is stable and fully featured enough for production use, and flexible and extensible enough to […]
If you have the type of business where customers tend to “hang around” for a while, then creating an Internet Wi-Fi Hotspot can really boost your business. Getting customers to stick around longer will get them to buy more product (such as in the case of the coffee shop), or will get them to choose […]
Affiliate programs are a great way to really boost your product sales. You know of the Amazon Associates affiliate program, but many other merchants offer affiliates cash for selling their product.
Affiliate Marketing (via Wikipedia):
is a method of promoting web businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber, customer, and/or sale […]
If you have been looking into server and platform virtualization and wanted to know more about it - IBM has a great artcile on the basics of Linux Virtualization.
What benefits can a small business derive from creating virtual servers? The obvious one is the cost savings from having to purchase extra hardware. Here are […]
As almost everyone knows by now, Skype began charging for outbound calls to US phone numbers as of Jan 1, 2007. The cost is an “all you talk” plan. A full year of unlimited calls to anyone on any phone within the US and Canada is just US$14.95. A great deal - however, it goes […]
Want to add audio or flash video to your blog easily? Here are 2 online Web 2.0 tools to help you do it without any technical hassle.
Toufee allows you to create flash movies with your photos, audio & videos — after you stop laughing at the name, that is…and yes, it’s free.
You can […]
VerusNova Extra - Here are 6 interesting sites to help with your small business.
Want to add some dynamic content and multimedia to your website? Here are a couple of Free tools to add pizzazz without adding technical pain.
Jumpcut
Allows you to mix and edit video clips (your […]
Still looking for a gift for that small business owner in your family? Here are three cool products/ideas that might be helpful:
(1) Yoggie GateKeeper
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Packed with a robust hardened operating system and best-of-breed security software, Yoggie Gatekeeper’s sole purpose is to protect your laptop. Now you can connect to any hotspot […]
Chandler - Could it be more productive? (sorry, a bad Friends reference.)
Chandler is a “personal information manager that adapts to your changing needs.” It is developed by the Open Source Application Foundation (OSAF). The Chandler vision is to have a next-generation Personal Information Manager (PIM), integrating calendar, email, contact management, task management, notes, and […]