> -----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. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.