Password management 2017-09 there is some movement in this space
2014-08-21 update: current plan is to use KeePass because of great desktop & device integration and we'll later add better team management via Tiki
Backup-FileSyncThe selected solution: users will access and edit files via VPN, taking advantage of ClearOS's Flexshare feature. In the future, we will add a method to have offline copies of the files. We'll integrated Syncthing along with adding ClearOS Flexshares as a storage option for the Tiki File Gallery. The info below is kept for historical reasons.
Use casesJohn has several devicesJohn has a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, a smart phone. He wants:
Hamed, Qiao and Susana work for 3 different companies.The three companies are teaming up for a project so they need to collaborate on some files and since they work for different companies, they can't just use the office's shared folder/drive. Every time someone updates a file, it should synchronize the copies of the others. All versions of the file should be for sure available on the server backup. And ideally, the last X versions would also be available on each user's computer. (Or maybe just keep local revisions and the last version from the server, so as to avoid retrieving a revision which has already been replaced by a newer version.) Hamed, Qiao and Susana could very well work for the same company but not be happy with the shared folder/drive because it doesn't provide easy access to previous versions of the files. And thus, this solution would replace the shared folder/drive. Potential setup
Syncthing
FreeFileSync
BackupPC
OwnCloud
Other related software
File managersCubicExplorer
GNU Midnight Commander
Double Commander
muCommander
Far Manager
Vifm
CMIS
LibreOfficeLibreOffice has a lot of features, and most overlap with Tiki functionality
In any case, the transversal features such as unified search, fined-grained permissions, tags, categories, category transitions (for workflows) will work be it a Tiki spreadsheet or a Libre Office spreadsheet. Newer organizations which are very collaborative and web-based may tend to create a lot of the new documents in Tiki. On the other hand, organizations with a lot of history will have a large number of files and they'll want to simply copy over to the new shared disk. Thus, users can edit their .ODF files in LibreOffice via WebDAV. A Tiki plugin for LibreOffice could be made to do certain operations to a given document from within LibreOffice (just to avoid that the person edits a document and also needs to go via the web interface to add tags / change categories / etc.) At the very simplest, it could be "open the URL with the metadata about this file". The other integration is to add WebODF support. When in the File Gallery, if it's a file format supported by WebODF, a drop down menu item "edit via browser" would appear. This is exactly what we do in Tiki7 when a .svg file is in the file gallery as it is editable in the browser via SVG-edit. So the idea is to leverage the best cross-platform ODF editor now (LibreOffice), which covers PDF needs and is a familiar paradigm, while also having a fully Web way of doing things with WebODF. Users could choose to do most of the work with LibreOffice via WebDAV and use WebODF for reading and minor edits from a mobile device. Over time, there will likely be some semi-automated ways to convert from one format to the other. For example, you may want to have ongoing collaboration with the Wiki and Structures, but every so often, export the document to LibreOffice to take advantage of page layout, pagination and PDF export. That is what the Tiki community does to generate a printable version of the documentation WebDAV-CyberduckEven if files are on the Tiki Suite server, we still want the double-click, edit and save experience of a desktop file. Via the File Server or via the File Gallery, binary files will be accessible via WebDAV. Thus, a WebDAV client is needed and Cyberduck is a nice app for Windows and Mac. Please see: Cyberduck. License: GPL (There is also the built in client in Mac OS's Finder, though it's not exactly as practical as Cyberduck, it is a no download alternative) It's also nice for WebDAV access to Wiki Pages Virtualization / Desktop as a Service / Provisioning
This will be more & more important as Tiki Suite SaaS gets underway. Jitsi can do Desktop streaming and Provisioning. We also want a solution like GLPI and OCS Inventory NG
KVM
VirtualBox
Realtime Communication (RTC)Prosody (later replaced by Openfire Meetings) & Jitsi have been selected. Please see Jitsi. The info below is kept for historical reasons. Real-time Communication (RTC) Webinar/Web Conferencing/Instant messaging and presence via XMPP/Jingle (Jabber)/SIP/VOIP/PBX/Desktop sharing
XMPP and SIP
XMPP/JabberEjabberd seems the defacto choice at the moment, it features complete LDAP integration, web ui and many other modules. All this with a massive online community and some heavy backing. It tromps Prosody, which lacks LDAP and web ui, for integration and OpenFire for scalability. It also handles XMPP Jingle protocol for voice-chat support. Prosody has a very active community and developement and might someday sooner rather than later fix the lack of LDAP support. Related: http://lanmsngr.sourceforge.net/features.php SIP/PBX
http://truvoipbuzz.com/2010/08/on-premise-pbx-vs-hosted-pbx-selecting-right-phone-system-tutorial/ Freeswitch GUIs (ex.: to install on top of BigBlueButton)
cdrwhite uses Asterisk + FreePBX + tftp-Server for phones Bringing BigBlueButton and sipX VoIP Server together
https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/event/free_open_secure_communications/ Other
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