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Univention directory service shines for scalability
Monday, Jul 17, 2023

Univention directory service shines for scalability

When investing in Linux based servers and identity management systems (directory services) for a business the question of scalability comes up. Would a Windows and Active Directory (AD) based solution be better? What if the business grows twice or ten times the current size, to 100, 1000, or even 10,000 system users, will the Linux based architecture scale? Or will we be forced to abandon the Linux solution at some point?

NoMachine Releases Version 8
Monday, Oct 3, 2022

NoMachine Releases Version 8

NoMachine has released version 8. This major release brings many new features including the extension of the Cloud Server family to satisfy remote access requirements for organisations ranging from small to very large, a new administration tool that makes remote desktop management easier than ever before and guest desktop sharing that enhances remote collaboration and support scenarios.

Ransomware protection with SEP sesam immutable Storage (SiS)
Friday, Aug 26, 2022

Ransomware protection with SEP sesam immutable Storage (SiS)

Special ransomware protection: SEP Immutable Storage (SiS), that is ‘unchangeable storage’, offers a file storage function that is resistant to ransomware attacks and is based on Si3 NG under Linux. Even with full admin access to the SEP sesam backup server, attackers cannot delete, modify or encrypt the data stored on SiS.

Kopano available for UCS 5
Monday, Aug 1, 2022

Kopano available for UCS 5

Kopano is now available from the Univention App Center for UCS 5. This clears the way for many existing UCS 4.4 servers to be upgraded to UCS 5.

SEP sesam fights ransomware with the Jaglion V2 release
Thursday, Jul 14, 2022

SEP sesam fights ransomware with the Jaglion V2 release

SEP sesam 5.0.0 Jaglion V2 has been released with enhancements to improve security and interoperability, particularly in cloud deployments or when on-premise data is stored to the cloud. Headlining in the fight against ransomware is support for ‘Immutable storage’ and ‘Encrypted deduplicated data stores’.

The future is UCS 5
Monday, Jun 13, 2022

The future is UCS 5

With the major release of UCS 5.0 over a year ago, Univention took an important step towards modernising Univention Corporate Server. Important milestones were the new design and improved user experience through the integration of the Management Console into the UCS Portal, the expansion of the Univention App Center and the upgrade to Debian ‘Buster’ and Python 3. This blog article takes a look at the developments of the past 12 months and the apps that have been released for UCS 5 …