Technology
RB Technologies technology 'fluency' listing
Here you will find a partial listing of the technologies that we are familiar with, and have installed over the years. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but should give you a sense of the breadth of technologies and systems that we deploy regularly. If you are interested in a particular package or technology that you don't see listed here, please give us a call; chances are that we've either worked with it in the past, or have at least evaluated it.
- Server Technologies
- Failover/ Highly Avaliable systems http://linux-ha.org
- Load balancing http://linuxvirtualserver.org
- Battery Backup - keeps your systems running in the event of a power failure.
- Remote Management - All of the servers we deploy are remotely administerable!
- KVM over IP - For total control of your systems from anywhere, including the bootup process.
- Rack and Cabinet systems
- Groupware/ E-mail
- Scalix: Simply the best E-mail/ Groupware system available, incomparable Webmail and Full Native Outlook support!
- Zimbra: Another excellent choice of Linux based Groupware, great for Webmail, less so for Outlook.
- Bynari Insight Server: Another Linux based Outlook compatible Groupware system
- Courier IMAP: Simple IMAP email server, no Groupware, no headaches.
- Squirrelmail: Simple, functional Webmail. http://squirrelmail.org
- Sendmail: the absolute standard in Email Transport software. http://sendmail.org
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- We support and install a wide variety of Windows server software: Windows NT/ 2000/ 2003 and SQL*Server, Exchange Server, IIS, ISA, etc. etc.. Most of our Windows installations are for sites with "Vertical Market" applications (Real Estate, Insurance, etc.)that are tied to a particular database (i.e. SQL*Server) that is not available or won't run on Linux servers. We are not enthusiastic installers of Windows on servers, for a variety of technical reasons, but when the situation presents no viable or practical alternative, we do install and support Windows servers.
- Websites/ Content Management Systems
- SilverStripe (http://silverstripe.com), a WYSIWYG, PHP/ MySQL CMS.
- ezPublish (http://ez.no), a WYSIWYG, PHP,MySQL CMS and web publishing system.
- PostNuke (http://postnuke.org), a premier PHP/ MySQL Content Management system
- PHPNuke (http://postnuke.org), another PHP/ MySQL Content Management system
- phpBB (http://phpBB.com), a widely deployed Bulletin board/ forum system, based on PHP and MySQL
- OpenRealty (http://openrealty.net), a Real Estate Listing system for Webservers
- PHP (http://php.net): An extremely fast, dynamic server side scripting language for Websites
- LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) design and installation
- Web based applications
- Website design and hosting
- Networking Technologies
- Linux: Mostly CentOS (http://centos.org), Ubuntu (http://ubuntu.com), Mandriva (http://mandriva.com), with some Fedora (http://fedoraproject.org) mixed in. Check out our information on Linux here: Linux Overview
- Windows/ Samba/ Mixed networks
- Web Applications
- Network Security
- Firewalls
- LAN Management
- WAN design and installation (Frame Relay/ T1 etc.)
- Internet connections
- Cisco IOS
- CMTS (Cable Modem Termination Systems) from Cisco Systems
- Samba: Windows file and print services and Active directory services for Unix/ Linux. http://samba.org
- BIND Internet Name Service (DNS) software from ISC http://isc.org/bind
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server software from ISC http://isc.org/dhcp
- IP Tables: Packet filtering/ Firewalling for Linux. http://netfilter.org
- TCP/IP
- Vertical Market applications:
- AMS Services AFW Agency Management Software (Insurance industry)
- AMS Prime (Insurance Industry)
- Ambiance® MLS Software for Real Estate offices (Ambiance Website)