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FOSS Alternative to Stoneware and Zoho

A Texas colleague pointed out the following free, open source alternative to Stoneware is available:

While not Google-App like, the mention of Stoneware made me want to share Ulteo OVD for those that aren’t familiar with it. When Dell showed a group of us Stoneware, a couple of us pointed out that it was just like Ulteo, minus the price tag. http://www.ulteo.com/.

Some of the Google-App type options currently available are interesting and I think we’ll be seeing more come about.

From their web site:

  • User authentication may be facilitated with Windows Active Directory and also with any LDAP server.
  • CAS support has been added for authentication against CAS servers.
  • Ulteo’s Open Virtual Desktop delivers applications that are hosted on Linux servers or via Windows Terminal Services to any Java-enabled web browser, to any desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux, thin client), anywhere (WAN-enable).
    Windows applications are served from Windows Server 2003 or 2008 servers.
    The provided “base” set of Linux applications include the OpenOffice productivity suite, Firefox web browser, Thunderbird email client, Pidgin instant messaging client, and more. Thousands of additional Linux applications may be installed and deployed by the system administrator.

Anyone using Ulteo out there? How does it compare?


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2 comments

  1. Played with Ulteo sometime back as part of my search for the nearest thing to an "in-house" Google Apps equivalent and still have it in a virtual machine somewhere. Sharing features, if any, were put in the shade by the powerful real-time collaboration and publishing features that I consider among the greatest strengths of Google Apps for K-12 use. Has Ulteo closed any of that gap yet?

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  2. Played with Ulteo sometime back as part of my search for the nearest thing to an “in-house” Google Apps equivalent and still have it in a virtual machine somewhere. Sharing features, if any, were put in the shade by the powerful real-time collaboration and publishing features that I consider among the greatest strengths of Google Apps for K-12 use. Has Ulteo closed any of that gap yet?

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