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Stories · 2

  1. Searching for a Directory Service Solution?

    Ask · Business · · posted by Cliff · from the active-directory-or.... dept. · 367 comments
    kumulan wonders: "I've got the responsibility to set up directory services as well as a messaging/groupware system for my organization of app. 100 employees spread out over three locations. We are a startup that is merging three existing smaller companies and, given the state of existing IS infrastructure at each of these locations, the decision has already been made that we are better off starting from scratch. It would be great to hear from Slashdot readers concerning which option is 'better' and why." "For me, the choices are stark and clear:
    1. MS Exchange/Active Directory
    2. A cobbled-together solution based as much as possible on OSS (as no direct equivalent exists).
    For (2) we have evaluated, and are strongly considering, the following: Of course, Samba 4 will address some of this 'cobbling', but we can't wait for that."

  2. InsightConnector - A Viable Exchange Alternative?

    Ask · Linuxbusiness · · posted by Cliff · from the detouring-around-redmond dept. · 42 comments
    Fading Captain asks: "I'm sys-admin for a mid-size organization and have returned yet again to that fateful question: is Exchange the only viable groupware server in its class? Unfortunately, browser-based solutions won't cut it in my case; management wants all the bells and whistles offered by Exchange. However, I haven't seen any mention of the InsightConnector product made by a company called Bynari (with whom I have no affiliation). Bynari claims the product will fool MS Outlook clients (full, not Express) into thinking any ACL-enabled IMAP server is an exchange server. In other words, my users can potentially utilize the groupware features of Outlook (which said users are beating down my door to do) while I run an inexpensive Linux mail server behind the scenes. Sounds too good to be true. Anyone subjected this configuration to real life testing?"