[H-GEN] Linux IT Support Services

[Neil Scott]

On 05/05/10 20:22, QuarkAV.com - Hilton Travis wrote:
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> On 5/05/2010 09:17, Russell Stuart wrote:
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>> On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 23:31 +1000, Neil Scott wrote:
>>> Hi, The company I work for is currently looking into changing their 
>>> mail
>>> servers and mail clients. I have suggested taking a Linux server route.
>>> One concern raised this far is that of the lack of technical support. I
>>> am in the process of doing up a proposal to the directors and I was
>>> wandering if anyone on this list could provide company names that
>>> support Linux in the Brisbane area. The head office is in South 
>>> Brisbane
>>> if that makes any difference. Let me know if you require any further
>>> details.
>> A "drop in and forget" solution is http://www.netboxblue.com.au/
>>
>> Never used them myself so I can't personally vouch for them, but:
>>
>> - They are based in Brisbane (in the valley),
>> - It is Linux based,
>> - A remarkable (well remarkable to me) and growing number of local
>> companies have their name at the bottom of their emails, implying they
>> use netboxblue,
>> - They provide the hosting for www.humbug.org.au,
>> - They host the Brisbane Python Users Group's monthly meetings.
>> http://groups.google.com/group/brispy
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>> If you use some inhouse Microsoft based server solution such as SBS to
>> provide an internet interface (email, virus scanning, web proxy, ...),
>> and want to replace it with a no-maintenance hands off thingy that is
>> better than what MS provides, Netbox Blue isn't a bad choice.  One word
>> of caution: if you actually want to have an excuse to get your hands
>> dirty and fiddle with the server yourself, Netbox blue isn't what you
>> are after.  It is an appliance, remotely maintained by Netbox.  They
>> frown on people wanting to fiddle with it.
> I've seen these and aren't all that impressed with their performance 
> nor feature set.  The box I was dealing with is no longer in service.  
> I know someone else who has them on a couple of client sites and is 
> rather ho-hum about them.
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Thanks for the responses so far. I will include these into my proposal 
to the directors. If anyone has any more to add that would be great.

Has anyone had experience in Kolab, Horde, good or bad and possible 
other solutions.


Cheers

Neil