Small and medium enterprises can now tap the benefits of advanced network communications and collaboration technologies easily, affordably, reliably and securely following the launch of SYNAQ Business Suite (SBS).
Managed Linux services and open source solutions company, SYNAQ, designed and developed SBS specifically for businesses with up to 50 workstations or users, giving them access to enterprise-class technology and capabilities at a fraction of the cost of conventional systems.
Adi Meyers, director of Managed Services at SYNAQ, says SBS gives a small business all the essential network-related services they need, including e-mail collaboration, firewall for network security, Web proxy, file server and directory server in a single, easy-to-use offering.
In addition, its powerful collaboration applications allow businesses to share information quickly and easily between employees, customers and suppliers regardless of their location, providing organisations with a keen competitive edge.
“The problem for SMEs is that these applications are not only relatively expensive, implementing, managing and securing them is often beyond the technical capability of a company with limited technical resources.
“SYNAQ Business Suite is designed to give SMEs all the advantages of this advanced technology - and a whole lot more - without any of the headaches. We designed SBS with simplicity in mind, providing our customers with even basic technical knowledge with the tools that they need to be able to gain visibility into their network and perform some of the required daily administration. When something more complex is needed, we will do it for them,” she says.
SBS's full featured messaging and collaboration; file and print sharing; firewall and remote access capabilities also incorporates SYNAQ's powerful Pinpoint SecureMail e-mail security solution. This gives SMEs advanced e-mail security functionality with protection from unwanted and malicious e-mail-borne threats, ensuring greater robustness and reliability of the organisation's e-mail infrastructure.
An open source solution, SBS can be used with Windows, Apple and Unix/Linux clients, and can work within or replace traditional Windows network servers. This means that licensing fees are further reduced.
In addition, because it's delivered as a SYNAQ Managed Service, which includes proactive monitoring, routine preventative maintenance and 24x7 support, maximised uptime and peace of mind are always part of the deal.
“With SBS, users can work and stay connected with the office from anywhere in the world as a VPN server application provides secure access from outside the office. They can also access their mail from any cellphone or smart device with a Web browser, without having to download additional software; and mobile push technology allows for personal information to be pushed to users' BlackBerry or ActiveSync phones,” Meyers explains.
“The rich collaboration functionality of SBS delivers everything one would want from a full-featured messaging solution, including e-mail, group calendars, contacts, instant messaging, documents and tasks.”
All this is delivered securely and easily. Regardless of whether users are accessing the system via a PC, laptop, cellphone or BlackBerry, they use the same sign-on to access the business's network, file and Internet resources.
SBS also helps SMEs to prevent data loss as company information is stored in a central location that is backed up daily to an external location.
Full-caching proxy saves bandwidth, as does the ability to control users' access to the Web based on URLs, file types and content matching. In addition, businesses receive detailed Web usage reports that provide insight into network utilisation and activity.
Finally, failover support allows the server to switch to a secondary Internet connection in case of a line outage, maximising uptime.
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