Open Source Resources

Posted by Renato Cruz Sogueco | Nov 28, 2014 | Infrastructure and Cloud, Open Source, Resources, Security, Technology, Websites and SEO | 0 |

Open Source Resources

Open Source Tools

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I love open source tools not because they’re mostly free — although this is a great benefit — but because they are secure, provide a wide variety of choice and allow us to deploy solutions very quickly. Following are lists we’ve compiled of the open source tools we use:

Infrastructure Backend

Virtualization: Proxmox – http://proxmox.com Yes, our PRODUCTION virtualization platform, not VMWare or Microsoft.

Mail: Postfix & Dovecot IMAP http://www.postfix.org / http://www.dovecot.org

Webmail: Roundcube http://roundcube.net

Network monitoring: Nagios / Zenoss http://www.nagios.org / http://www.zenoss.com

Clonezilla http://clonezilla.org

Firewall: PFsense http://www.pfsense.org

Replace FTP: ownCloud http://owncloud.org

Web Content Filtering: OpenDNS http://www.opendns.com

Websites

LAMP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)

Linux http://www.linux.org

Apache http://httpd.apache.org

MySQL http://www.mysql.com

PHP http://php.net

Manage LAMP: PHPmyadmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

Web Server Security

Advanced Policy Firewall https://www.rfxn.com/projects/advanced-policy-firewall/

Fail2ban http://www.fail2ban.org

ClamAV http://www.clamav.net/lang/en/

MalDetect http://www.rfxn.com/projects/linux-malware-detect/

OSSEC (host intrusion detection software) http://www.ossec.net

CMS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system

Drupal https://drupal.org

Joomla http://www.joomla.org

WordPress http://wordpress.org

Squarespace http://wordpress.org

Manage Linux Webserver” Webmin http://www.webmin.com

Managing a Web Server using Virtualmin CPANEL http://www.virtualmin.com

Desktop Tools

Team Viewer http://www.teamviewer.com

TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/

Linux Mint (Debian) http://www.linuxmint.com

Productivity Tools

Libre Office http://www.libreoffice.org

Apache OpenOffice http://www.openoffice.org

Prezi http://prezi.com

GIMP (Photoshop alternative) http://www.gimp.org

https://www.canva.com/ (graphic design)

Trello (project management) https://trello.com

7zip http://www.7-zip.org

Multimedia

VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html

Handbrake http://handbrake.fr

Social Media

Hootsuite (social media management) https://hootsuite.com

Topsy (social search) http://topsy.com

Symplur (for healthcare-related associations–healthcare hashtag project, analytics, tweet archives) http://www.symplur.com

Pinterest analytics–Tailwind http://www.tailwindapp.com/pinreach?utm_expid=66973155-3.42yBR-ReRSmww-yGkZgPAg.0 (good example of free tool that’s changed hands multiple times!)

Twitter analytics–Twitonomy http://www.twitonomy.com

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Renato Cruz Sogueco

husband, father, writer, technologist, organic farmer, golfer, artist, skier, scout leader, fisherman, patron of the arts, foodie, traveler, great friend, pianist, aquaponics grower, beekeeper, lumberjack, sailor, gadget hound, ballroom dancer, handyman

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Introduction

Hello! I’m Renato and serve as Vice President of Digital Strategy and Education at BloomNet, a premier florist services company. My primary role is to serve BloomNet’s member florists by developing customized services and solutions focusing on search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), social media, content marketing and mobile strategy to help them build web sales and engage customers. I also serve as lead educator for new technology, digital marketing strategy and business, consumer and demographic trends at the Floriology Institute in Jacksonville, FL.

Prior, I served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Society of American Florists (SAF), the floral industry’s trade organization providing marketing, technology and government relations for flower growers, suppliers, wholesalers and retailers.

I regularly evangelize technology and marketing benefits and best practices through a weekly blog at floriologyinstitute.com, a monthly column in Floriology magazine, articles in state and regional floral association publications, presentations at floral industry events, monthly webinars, on social media and chat (yes, on the phone) with BloomNet members to help solve their challenges.

I served as an active volunteer for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) where I chaired the ASAE Technology Council, was a founding member of the Young Professionals Committee and continue to be active as a Diversity Executive Leadership Scholar (DELP).

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