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Group Dynamics  

Kopano Groupware seeks to be more than a slot-in replacement for Microsoft Exchange. We reveal how you can commission the platform and the highlights it offers.

Many Cooks  

People say many cooks spoil the broth, but collaborative editing of documents does not necessarily have to end up in chaos. The collaborative functions in these free online office solutions can help users with teamwork.

Interlocked  

VMware positions its vRealize management suite to make hybrid cloud/on-premises setups palatable to customers.

Private Chat  

With clients for all popular distributions, the decentralized messaging app Jami promises maximum anonymity for chats, voice calls, and videoconferencing.

A Curse and a Blessing  

With the need for home offices during the pandemic lockdown, provisional solutions instituted on the fly during the transition from office to home require more permanent solutions, especially for securing TLS connections on the Internet.

Critical Tool  

The crictl troubleshooting tool and runc container runtime pair up to help identify and diagnose issues with Kubernetes Pods and clusters.

Mail Manager  

Exchange Web Services (EWS) is an important interface that lets applications access Exchange content. You can access the EWS mailbox via PowerShell or create your own tools.

Synchronicity  

If you use your Google account to synchronize appointments between your smartphone and your desktop computer, you can do this just as easily with an open source solution.

Self-Regulating  

Chef InSpec is a practical tool for automated compliance monitoring with an intuitive, declarative scripting language.

Key to Success  

If you want to build scalable clouds, you need the right hardware, but which servers are the right choice as controllers, storage, and compute nodes?