Collaborative work
Collaborative work in open source :
The contribution of the open source to the collaborative working tools does not limit to the labelled software "groupware" even if OpenGroupware is the reference on the matter. It is in fact all the data processing sequence of the information that can benefit from the contribution of the free software: file server, print server, mobile, office automation access.
File server and share of printer : Samba is a free software allowing to make communicate for example Linux servers and customer machines Windows (Samba emulates in fact the protocol "smb" used by Windows).
Samba allows then the protected sharing of files and printers, it can centralize the validation of the accounts users or allow the organization of the safeguards.
Webmail and tools of communication : Open groupware offers a free alternative to the server owner Exchange and Lotus.
Compatible with the most current customers like Microsoft Outlook, Evolution under Linux, or Ical on Mac, it also functions in HTML version; moreover "OGo" offers an access to all the information stored via the API XML. It allows like the commercial versions to manage webmail, address book, diary, go...
Office automation with OpenOffice : The OpenOffice Suite proposes a text processing and a powerful spreadsheet functioning on the Windows, Linux, and Mac (with X11) platforms. Its compatibility with the commercial tools makes it possible to preserve the existing circuits of exchanges and to ensure the access to the files ; moreover OpenOffice has export functions with the pdf format, standard of exchange in fact.
[Translate to English:] Careful migration and management of the change :
The attraction of the free software in terms of reliability is undeniable but in this field the impact on the costs of licence, and especially the ownership cost (or TCO), is also a major concern of the decision makers.
- Analyze existing
- Collection of needs : Optimization, Improvement of the treatments
- Impact study
- Migration
- User formation
Do not hesitate to contact us, if you have questions on the collaborative work and the freeware, or a project to submit to us, we are at your disposal on contact@oblady.com
