Bringing Professional Standards to Hosting & Support
ForLinux is delighted to announce that it has been awarded both the BS9001 Quality Standard and the ISO 27001 Information Security Standard Accreditations.
Release date: 1st February 2010.
These accreditations are testament to the high level of Server Management & Support services the company provides when Hosting and Supporting business critical applications on behalf of its clients.
The achievement of the internationally recognised accreditations provides added confidence to all ForLinux stakeholders that the correct processes are in place to deliver High Quality hosting whilst minimising security risks.
“These International Accreditations provide reassurance to our clients that our processes meet the stringent standards and demonstrates our commitment to information security.
Along with our fully certified technicians, who have all been advanced CRB checked, we are confident that we will continue to provide a High Quality, Secure, Managed hosting environment that offers maximum protection to our clients” say Steve Nice, Technical Director at ForLinux.
About ForLinux Ltd: ForLinux are leading experts in providing and supporting hosted Open Source applications, delivering first class solutions that are individually tailored for each client. Established in 2002, ForLinux has built a strong reputation on their expert knowledge and their High levels of customer service.
ForLinux specialise in providing bespoke managed hosting solutions to serve and support business critical applications.
British Computer Society evaluates Open Source Certification
The British Computer Society has recently published an article evaluating the benefits of Open Source qualifications and the different types of certifications currently available, including RedHat Engineers programme, the Linux Professional Institute and the Open Source Academy.
The article assesses the progress of certification within the Open Source Community and evaluates the impact this is having on the companies and technicians wishing to demonstrate and validate their Open Source skill sets.
The full article can be found at http://www.bcs.org
ForLinux certify more Linux experts
July 2009 saw the successful launch of ForLinux’s first LPI Level II certification course since the release of the new objectives. At the end of the 7 training days, the external delegates had successfully achieved 100% pass rate.
Release date: 24th August 2009
The LPI introduced new objectives across their certification programme in April this year, and this was the first Level II course ForLinux have run in the UK since. The course was attended by Ogonna Iwunze, Adrian Jones and John Simmonds all of whom use Linux in a professional capacity as part of their respective IT jobs in both the public and private sector.
College students taste the flavour of Linux.
Local business and Education provider work together to bring Open Source to the classroom.
Release date: 24th July 2009.
The students at Lincoln College have been breaking the mould and testing Linux Operating Systems as part of their IT courses. Local IT support company, ForLinux Ltd, has been working with the college over the last 6 months to support and aid the learning of Lincoln College students and to open their minds to the potential of alternative operating systems. ForLinux were initially approached at the start of the year by Barry Smith, a Curriculum Tutor from Lincoln College, and asked to give a presentation to students on Open Source operating systems and the relationship has grown from there.
ForLinux Launches its First Cloud Computing Service Based in the UK
ForLinux Launches its First Cloud Computing Service Based in the UK.
Release date: 2nd June 2009.
Nottingham, UK, June 1. ForLinux announced today that it will begin offering Cloud Computing services to its customers, using the Enomaly Elastic Computing Platform (ECP), Service Provider Edition. This will be one of the first ECP Cloud Computing service based in UK.
ForLinux will host the ECP cloud computing platform within its UK based datacenter, enabling ForLinux’s customer to access computing capacity on demand. ForLinux’s Cloud Computing service is expected to be available to customers on 1st August 2009. ForLinux’s Enomaly ECP-based Cloud Computing service can be used to host web sites, to power internal business applications, and to provide burst capacity to meet peak loads for existing systems. ForLinux’s ECP Cloud Computing platform enables customers to access and manage any number of virtual servers, running on any Open Source operating system. Customers access and manage their virtual servers through a web-based dashboard. Customers can also automatically scale up and down their use of cloud servers through a robust web-based API.
Enomaly Launches ECP Cloud Service Provider Edition
Enonmaly announces the launch of 10 new global cloud computing service providers.
Release date: 2nd June 2009
Enomaly, a pioneer in cloud computing, today announced the launch of 10 new global cloud computing service providers who have standardized on and are powered by Enomaly’s Elastic Computing Platform (ECP), Service Provider Edition. The service providers are leveraging Enomaly’s next generation solution, designed for carriers and hosting providers looking to build a line of business offering Infrastructure-on-Demand or Infrastructure as-a-Service (IaaS) to customers.
Enomaly ECP Service Provider Edition extends the company’s open source ECP Community Edition platform, used by more than 15,000 organizations around the world. The new offering makes it possible for service providers to rapidly monetize cloud computing. ECP Service Provider Edition can host Microsoft Windows, Linux, or any other operating system and can be used to host Web sites, power internal business applications, and provide burst capacity. The platform enables users to access and manage virtual servers in whatever quantity they need, on-demand, through a self-service dashboard and a Web-based API.
A guide to Open Source Software
A guide to Open Source Software
Release date: 12th May 2009
If you’ve never done any computer programming you may not understand what the term Open Source means. Coding is the term used when writing a computer program with the resulting program consisting of lines of ‘source code’. Source code are the underlining instructions that make the computer do what you want it to do.
Generally, source code is closely guarded because it allows your competitors to see how your program works. This is ‘Closed Source’.
Open Source is the complete opposite. The fundamental philosophy of Open Source is that the more people see the code the better, as it can be improved and released back to the users. Originally Open Source code was written by an active community of programmers who are passionate about writing efficient and secure code.
ForLinux announces opening of Open Source Training Centre.
Release date: August 2008
ForLinux announced today the opening of its purpose built training suite at the company’s Headquarters in Nottinghamshire. This training facility will be dedicated entirely to Open Source training and certification programmes.
The training centre offers modern, state of the art facilities and has been designed specifically for the comfort of its learners. The learners will benefit from:
- 1 server & desktop per learner
- Customised course material
- Small group sizes, intense learner
- After training & support
ForLinux is proud to be able to offer LPI training and certification programmes. All courses are run using a unique training curriculum and carefully selected training materials to maximise the benefits to learners.
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