[CentOS-devel] Small Business SIG suggestion

[Jason Pyeron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Omar Eljumaily
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 18:15
> 
> I'm trying to see if there's interest in a small business 
> oriented SIG.
> 
> There are already small business distros based on Centos, and perhaps 
> those groups may also want to participate in a SIG.  There 
> are certain 
> issues related to small office servers that I believe deserve to be 
> addressed in a community setting.  For instance:
> 
> 1. Easy backup, archive, & offsite mirroring. - Something 
> that is always 
> problematic for every small business I know regardless of 
> server technology.
> 
> 2. Security issues specifically related to small business.

2.5: Single Sign On e.g. (Samba domain controller or AD integration)

> 
> 3.  Smooth updating.  Trying to make the transition from one major 
> release to the next as easy as possible.
> 
> 4. Plugable/scalable vertical market application architecture.  For 
> instance making the platform hospitable to vertical applications like 
> accounting systems in which the end user doesn't have to spend weeks 
> setting up hosting stacks.
> 
> 5.  Easy user account management, perms setup, etc.
> 
> 6.  Interoperability, easy scalability with cloud systems.  
> For instance 
> explore ideas like having cloud based file server backup that 
> can also 
> be used as live system in case of local failure.
> 
> Just some ideas, but anyway if anybody's interested, please 
> let me know.

Consider this an interest.

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