Open Source Channel Alliance

Zmanda is now on the SYNNEX GSA schedule! 

• Cost-Effectiveness: Across the board, from the President on down, the call has been made to improve government efficiency at a lower cost. Zmanda backup products cost up to 80% less than competitive products, making open source the clear choice to achieve that goal.

• Based on Open Standards: Government institutions tend to have long retention periods, sometimes decades. Storing backup archives in proprietary formats creates huge cost and trouble in these environments, and in many cases, it is simply impractical. Zmanda products store data in open, well-defined formats, making data restoration dramatically easier, even after years of storage.

• High Level of Security: The new DoD guidelines state that the use of open source will help them anticipate new threats and respond to continuously-changing requirements. Amanda is the only backup project certified as having zero security defects by a project funded by the Department of Homeland Security.

• Track Record: Amanda has a long history of successful government use. Hundreds of government and defense organizations use Amanda every day. In fact, several enhancements to Amanda were contributed by engineers working at distinguished national labs. Zmanda products add new dimensions of ease-of-use, expanded features, and support to this mature open source project.

• Easy to Acquire: Zmanda products are now available through SYNNEX's GSA Schedule GS-35F-0143R

Open-Source Roadblocks removed from Defense Department

Open Source continues to make the headlines and influence the IT industry. The Open Source Channel Alliance involves the most innovative players in the open source market today. The Department of Defense recently removed the roadblocks that prevent agencies from migrating to open source solutions.Open source software is not just about lower cost; it’s about better security. The following article demonstrates yet another reason why you should be adopting open source.

Announcing the Open Source Channel Alliance POC Jump-Start Appliance

The Open Source Channel Alliance and SYNNEX are proud to announce the Open Source Jump-Start Appliance, an HP server that can be shipped to YOUR customers to use for up to 60 days to determine if the solution works for their business.

The Appliance includes an HP DL 165 G5 server, RHEL 5.0 Enterprise, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, an Open Source database (such as Ingres or EnterpriseDB), and one or more of our other Open Source applications (from Zimbra, Zenoss, Zmanda, Pentaho, JasperSoft, Alfresco, or Likewise).

This solution is bundled with competitively-priced services from one of our on-site consulting partners, and is designed to be a “sandbox” for  development. It includes the operational tools to utilize actual company data, and will provide a valuable comparison of performance and ease-of-use vs. costly commercial solutions.

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