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Michael Proper & Dave Loper To Appear On TWIT’s Floss Weekly Show

abylund@clearcenter.com — Tue, 31 May 2011 05:00:00 +0100

Michael Proper, ClearCenter CEO and Dave Loper, ClearFoundation President, will appear tomorrow on This Week in Tech's (TWIT) FLOSS Weekly Show to discuss some of the upcoming features in ClearOS and ClearCenter offerings. You can watch or listen to the show’s taping live tomorrow Wednesday, June 1 at 9:30 a.m. PST at http://live.twit.tv or you can download the show at http://twit.tv/FLOSS a day or two later. TWIT has an IRC chat room that can be reached directly at http://irc.twit.tv chann [...]

ClearCenter's Finance Manager Tears Up The Race Track

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:00:00 +0100

ClearCenter has staked its claim on the IndyCar USF2000 Series. Our Finance Manager Edwin Gualotuna is suiting up and setting out to qualify for the Indy 500.

Look for updates here as the USF2000 series moves forward. We'll post his rank and progress. Congratulations Edwin, and good luck on your way to Indy!

E [...]

ClearCenter & MSP University To Bring Hybrid Service Provider Education, Training & ...

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100

It’s always refreshing to find someone with the same vision of the hybrid cloud market! MSP University is the premier provider of education, training and support for the MSP market. ClearCenter will be launching a new Hybrid Service Provider track at upcoming events. This will be a great opportunity for MSPs to advance their business model with the latest HybridIT services!

Click here for the joint press release with ClearCenter and MSP University.

Come see us! Here is [...]

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Service Pack 1 Released!

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0100

October is here and so is Service Pack 1 for ClearOS Enterprise 5.2! We have added a couple of new features in this release:

The ability to enable services (for example, Content Filter Updates) on the fly.
The ability to install software modules from the ClearOS community and third party vendors.

The third party software modules integration in the service pack is just a start. We are working away on the next generation in ClearOS 6.0.

Service Pack 1 also includes all [...]

ClearCenter Signs CommGate As Exclusive Hybrid Service Provider For The Singapore Region

abylund@clearcenter.com — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0100

ClearCenter Signs CommGate As Exclusive Hybrid Service Provider For The Singapore Region

Salt Lake City, UT - October 19, 2010 - ClearCenter, a leading provider of open source Linux Server, Network and Gateway solutions, welcomed CommGate (S) Pte Ltd as an Exclusive Hybrid Service Provider for the Singapore Region.

“CommGate has been an extremely successful OEM partner for many years after replacing their own Linux server with our offering,” said Michael Proper, CEO of ClearCen [...]

ClearCenter's Michael Proper Is Hopping Across The US!

abylund@clearcenter.com — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Michael will be on a plane for a few weeks, spreading the ClearCenter message from Gartner to CompTIA. The Hybrid Cloud vision is taking hold! Watch for Michael at an event near you!

MSP University - Los Angles, CA:

http://www.mspu.us/signup/boot-camps/default.aspx/

Gartner Event (Live Feeds) - Orlando, FL:

http://blogs.gartner.com/symposium-live/

Nerds Onsite - Cincinnati, OH:

http://nerdtechweekend.info/

SMB Nation - La [...]

MSP University Boot Camp Was Great, Next Up: Gartner Symposium!

abylund@clearcenter.com — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0100

This week Michael Proper participated in the MSP University Cloud Expert Panel and unveiled the purpose and scope of the ClearCenter Hybrid Cloud Provider service model. It was a great event and ClearCenter is excited to continue working with MSP University!

If you're headed to Disneyworld next week you might run into us at the Gartner Symposium. Hope to see you there!

Special thanks to MSP University for 3 days of excellent training sessions for Managed Service Provider [...]

ClearCenter Attending Utah Open Source Conference

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Hey Utah! Michael Proper will be attending the Utah Open Source Conference this week! Get out and support the Open Source movement in Utah. Event runs October 7-9, 2010.

Link for more info: http://utosc.com/pages/home/

ClearCenter Unveils Ground Breaking New Partner Program

abylund@clearcenter.com — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0100

ClearCenter Unveils Ground Breaking New Partner Program

Program tailored to new Hybrid Cloud Service Provider and Exclusive Partner Regions

Salt Lake City, UT - October 1, 2010 - ClearCenter, a leading provider of open source Linux Server, Network and Gateway solutions, today unveiled a ground breaking Partner Program tailored to the new Hybrid Cloud Service Provider and an opportunity for Partners to have an exclusive region to market ClearCenter solutions.

“The mar [...]

ClearFoundation Appoints President Loper

abylund@clearcenter.com — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100

ClearFoundation's Community Oversight Committee is pleased to announced today that Dave Loper has been named President of ClearFoundation. Mr. Loper will manage the development and maintenance of the ClearFoundation community. His technology background and expertise will be valuable in defining the future plans and continued flourishment of ClearFoundation and ClearOS.

We would like to thank John Terpstra for his service and involvement with ClearFoundation. We appreciate his continue [...]

Quickbooks Enterprise 10 On ClearOS

dloper@clearcenter.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0100

A salesman comes to you and says, 'I have a client that is really excited about using ClearOS and getting rid of their over-complex environment.' Well maybe not this excited, but you get the point.

You start to ask the technical questions and you find out that they are running Quickbooks Enterprise 10 (QBE10) in their environment. As the engineer you start to think of all the creative ways you can get this done, virtualization, running the DB engine from a workstation that stays on, ke [...]

The Bug Is Dead

dloper@clearcenter.com — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Many thanks go out to a number of people who have helped to close a bug which caused an error message to display when joining a Samba domain. What is significant and noteworthy about this bug and the resolution is that it required a team of people to solve it from multiple companies. The bug is described here at this link.

I'd like to thank the partners of ClearCenter who originally reported the bug, the Samba team members who confirmed and tested the bug, and special thanks to th [...]

ClearCenter Details Hybrid Service Provider Strategy At CompTIA Breakaway 2010

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0100

ClearCenter’s ClearBOX and ClearOS on-premise solutions integrate seamlessly with cloud-based applications and services such as Google Apps.

San Antonio, TX - August 9, 2010 - ClearCenter, a leading provider of open source Linux Server, Network and Gateway solutions, today detailed its Hybrid Service Provider strategy during the “Selling the Green IT Promise” panel discussion at CompTIA Breakaway 2010. ClearCenter’s ClearBOX 300 is a power efficient Linux server that consolid [...]

ClearBOX Now Running ClearOS 5.2

dloper@clearcenter.com — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0100

ClearBOX running ClearOS 5.2 is released! This release includes new features and utilities. Some of these features are contributions from community members and innovations at ClearCenter labs.

In addition to the great features provided by ClearOS 5.2, ClearBOX 300 now features:

Ability to reinstall the system without a network connection using on-board data.
Ability to reinstall the system and preserve user data on the user partition. This includes preserving home directorie [...]

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Has Been Released!

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Thank you to our great development team at ClearFoundation and the many contributions and suggestions from the ClearFoundation community. With each release we improve the over-all feature base and performance of ClearOS, the leading open source linux server, network and gateway solution for small business and distributed environments. The primary ClearOS 5.2 changes include:

Password policy engine to improve security Detailed disk usage reporting to improve storage utilizatio [...]

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 1 Available!

abylund@clearcenter.com — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Beta 1 release is here! Apart from squashing the important bugs, the big news with this release is the available upgrade path from ClearOS 5.1. Please keep in mind that this is still a beta, so proceed with the usual caution. Other changes since 5.2 Alpha 1 include:

Completed password policy engineFixed disk usage reportUpdated SpamAssassinMany bug fixes

Please read the release notes for more information.

ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Alpha 1 Available

abylund@clearcenter.com — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The ClearOS Enterprise 5.2 Alpha 1 release is here! Along with updating the base system to CentOS 5.5, this release adds several administrator tools:

Password policy engine Detailed disk usage reporting Network traffic analyzer tool Custom firewall tool

In addition, the release provides improved integration with third party mail services; notably Google Apps and Zarafa. Other features for 5.2 are also in the pipeline. Please read the release notes for more information.

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Yee Haw! ClearOS Scores A 9 Out Of 10 In The Linux Format Firewall Roundup!

abylund@clearcenter.com — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

It's nice to get high marks for our ease of use and integrated services! Lunix Format Magazine, the top Linux magazine in the UK, just published (June issue, page 30) their roundup of firewall distros.

From the review: "ClearOS is by far the sleekest looking firewall distribution...But this distribution is about a lot more than sleek looks."

They found ClearOS to be easy to use and full of extra services to run your network. Clearly the ClearOS set [...]

Shad Lords Joins The ClearFoundation Team

abylund@clearcenter.com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Shad Lords has joined the ClearFoundation Team as a core ClearOS developer. With Shad's background with SME Server, Shad brings a wealth of experience in Linux development. Key members of the SME Server Foundation - Charlie Brady, Shad Lords and Greg Zartman - have been on the ClearFoundation Committee for some time. There is obvious synergy between SME and ClearOS since both are Red Hat derivations.

"ClearOS is really exciting. The ClearFoundation Team is a solid group with a [...]

ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 User Guide...Now Available In All Its Glory

abylund@clearcenter.com — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0100

We know you've been asking for more documentation and we've delivered. ClearOS Enterprise 5.1 now has a much more robust user guide. It's available on the ClearCenter website.

http://www.clearcenter.com/support/documentation/clearos_enterprise_5.1/user_guide/start

The user guide includes:

System Preparation
Install/Post Install
Directory Modules
Network Modules
Gateway Modules
Server Modules
System Modules
Reports
Appendi [...]