Open Source Apps

In 2020, both digitally native and traditional enterprises had to rapidly upgrade their internal IT services to meet the needs of an all-remote workforce. Prior to this year, many enterprises already had the trappings of the tools that would enable…

Community Document Server vs OnlyOffice NextCloud App

Open Source Apps

NextCloud, ONLYOFFICE, Open Source

The inclusion of the Community Document Server that could be installed with one-click from the NextCloud App Store was a key highlight of the launch of NextCloud Hub with NextCloud 18. It was also met with much controversy as a…

Zammad Open Source Helpdesk Software vs SaaS

Open Source Apps

Customer Service, Helpdesk, Technical Support

Companies that are able to deliver the standard of service & support that their customers expect, even with a distributed team, will pull ahead of their competitors who are slower to adjust to a distributed work environment. While a shared…

Magento Self-Hosted E-Commerce vs E-Commerce as a Service

Open Source Apps

E-commerce, Magento, Self-Hosted Apps

Magento v1 was sunsetted at the end of June 2020 making way for Magento v2 as the standard for launching new Magento stores, or migrating existing Magento v1 stores to. Previously, Magento v2 was known as the Magento Enterprise, but…

Why Move Open Source Applications to Oracle Cloud

Open Source Apps

Cloud Platforms, Cost Optimization, Oracle Cloud

Oracle and open source together in the same sentence may give the “old guard” of technologists pause, but the Oracle of today is a dramatically different behemoth compared to when the Oracle DB system stood in a class of its…

Protect Against Ransomware & Malware with Secure Cloud Storage

Open Source Apps

Cloud Backup, Cloud Benchmarks, NextCloud, Virus Scanning

Organizations have known for years that they have to be vigilant with email attachments, but when’s the last time you emailed a document, instead of simply sharing a link to your cloud storage? Dropbox, even its paid plans such as…

High Performance Mautic with Apache Event, NGINX, and PHP-FPM

Open Source Apps

Cloud Performance, Mautic, Server Administration

Most novice Mautic users deploy Mautic using Apache and mod_php but higher performance and more scalable configurations do exist. Apache is a general-purpose web server that by default, runs in mpm_prefork mode. MPM stands for Multi-Processing Module, describing the way…

Jitsi Meet, an Open Source Video Conferencing Server

Open Source Apps

Jitsi Meet, Video Conferencing

Are you thinking of replacing Google Meet, Skype, and Zoom with an open source video conferencing server? Hosting a video conferencing server by yourself provides your calls with more privacy than using a centralized service. The performance of WebRTC, the…

Jitsi Meet and RocketChat as an Alternative to Zoom

Open Source Apps

Jitsi Meet, RocketChat, Video Conferencing

Jitsi Meet is an open source video conferencing solution that can be hosted on-premises or in the cloud. Compared to hosted services like Google Meet, WebEx, or Zoom, Jitsi calls are encrypted through your own server(s), providing enhanced privacy &…

How Hosting Marketing Automation & CRM Generates Recurring Revenue

Open Source Apps

Docker, Mautic, SuiteCRM

Marketing agencies & consultants are always looking for ways to generate recurring revenue for their business. With an increasing number of clients preferring to pay on an hourly or per-project basis as opposed to a monthly retainer, attaining a consistent…

NextCloud as a File Hosting Service for Teams and Publicly Sharable Links

Open Source Apps

Cloud Storage, NextCloud

Do you need to host large files (e.g. videos, software, databases, or technical drawings) for your customers or collaborators to download from your website? NextCloud is the most user-friendly frontend for cloud-based object storage services, with admin & management features…

How to Fix Common NextCloud Performance Issues

Open Source Apps

Cloud Storage, NextCloud, Server Administration

NextCloud is a PHP web application but it requires special performance tuning compared to other applications. The default PHP configuration values are not tailored for applications that require connections to be open for minutes (or hours) to facilitate large file…