Linux Integration

Simplifying your integration with Linux / Open Source

What Linux looks like. The popular KDE desktop.

Linux is a fast-growing open source operating system, becoming popular as a powerful, low-cost OS solution. It has proven to be extremely stable and immune to most viruses and weaknesses known to affect other operating systems.
Linux is highly versatile, used equally as a desktop alternative to Windows, in servers, and also at the heart of large corporations such as Google. Best of all, its free.

Even if your current environment is Windows based, Linux machines can integrate seamlessly into your network with other Windows PC’s and laptops.

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With years experience of Linux installations, Prisma can help you exploit the power, rock solid stability and low cost of Linux servers and desktops to the full.

Using the highly popular Novell Suse Linux (www.novell.com/suse) Prisma can help you deploy and benefit from a healthy Linux setup.

In our “clear-cut solution” fashion, the following are a few examples of how Linux can work for you:

Internet Firewalls

Using low cost hardware such as a standard office Pentium 4 PC, a highly available and flexible firewall can be deployed. Linux firewalls boast the same world-class security levels as those of the much more expensive, black box firewall solutions, many of which run Linux anyway.

Prisma’s Linux firewalls are highly flexible and configurable to your needs, and customers also have the option of managed firewall solutions, so that you can relieve your mind off network security and focus on your core needs. Set up your firewall as a VPN server, to enable selected members of your staff to access your office files and work from home, abroad or virtually anywhere in the world.

Mail servers with webmail and spam filtering

Webmail screen

Highly available Linux mail servers in your office offer you high flexibility and seamless integration within Windows environments. A Linux mail server in your office can offer you unlimited mail accounts with unlimited storage. Exploit the flexibilty of IMAP, which enables you to access your messages from multiple workstations and lends itself to straightforward mailbox backup.

With Prisma’s Linux mail serversCustomers also have the webmail feature, enabling you to access your office mail from virtually any PC in the world.

File and Database Servers

File Server Management

From simple centralised file storage to RAID-5 setups, Prisma’s Linux file servers can help you ensure the safety of your data.
Keeping data in a central location enables the right people to be able to access the right data, stored in an organised heirarchy and permission structure. It also facilitates backup of your data from a central point.
Firewalls can also be set up to accept VPN access

Prisma’s file servers can also be set up with secure web access, in order to enable you too access your files from any internet enabled PC worldwide.

Prisma’s MySQL database servers are based on the same robust technology. Whether it’s an existing database application, or one that needs designing from the bottom up, Prisma’s software engineers can help you achieve the setup and functionality you require.