Below is the press release announcing the sponsorship of Webmin by OpenCountry. More details will follow on this page soon ..
Open Country Sponsors Popular Webmin Graphical Systems Administration Tool
Commits to Improving Webmin as an Open Project and Increasing Appeal with Professional Services and Support
LINUXWORLD, BOOTH #956, San Francisco, Aug. 9, 2005 — Open Country, a leading provider of Linux systems management tools, today announced that it is sponsoring Webmin, a major Open Source web-based systems administration console with over 1.4 million downloads in the last year.
Open Country plans to improve Webmin as an open project and in addition, will offer professional services and support, further broadening Webmin's appeal and use throughout the Linux community. Webmin project founder and architect Jamie Cameron will join Open Country’s development team as Architect and Project Leader.
"Open Country recognizes the importance of the Open Source movement and continues
to be actively engaged in Open Source funding,” said Michael Grove, CEO of Open Country. "By sponsoring Webmin, Open Country can help insure that this valuable administration tool continues to thrive and remain Open Source. Through offering services and support, and providing links to advanced open and commercial products, enterprise customers win too.”
Webmin, designed for managing individual systems without the need for a command line interface complements Open Country’s OC-Manager scalable enterprise systems management software which is ideal for managing hundreds of systems from a single interface. Currently, OC-Manager incorporates a portion of Webmin to perform single system management functions with plans to integrate Webmin’s strengths and select future enhancements to advance OC-Manager.
“With sponsorship by Open Country, Webmin gains secure funding which provides a greater opportunity to focus on continued development,” said Cameron. “Open Country understands the challenges faced by the Linux community and is committed to
delivering easy-to-use systems management tools required to drive global adoption.”
In addition to sponsoring Webmin, Open Country supports Open Source by participating in several standards organizations including the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and Linux Standards Base (LSB).
Open Country's flagship product, OC-Manager can be implemented in less than a day to efficiently manage current Linux implementations whether there are 10 or 10,000 units deployed while providing a very adaptable management foundation to expand Open Source and other implementations of Linux. OC-Manager’s web-based user interface empowers system administrators, even those not specifically trained in Linux, to easily perform critical tasks including provisioning, monitoring, backup and restore, software and patch management, and disaster recovery.
About Webmin
Webmin, like many great projects, grew out of a need. Barraged with requests at work for performing relatively simple administration tasks, Jamie Cameron created a Web-based interface that evolved into Webmin, a platform for adding systems administration tools. Webmin has over 100 standard modules and 200 more contributed by the Open Source community. Today, Webmin is the number four download on sourceforge.net in the systems administration category with over 1.4 million downloads in the last year. For more information visit http://www.webmin.com.
About Open Country
Open Country’s System Management Software creates “Open Choice” by providing a universal management solution for major Linux distributions. Open Country makes Linux distributions and software stacks independent of how solutions are adopted, managed and supported, allowing organizations to work with the best available and most cost effective solutions. With OC-Manager ™, all basic system management functions such as provisioning, software deployment, asset management, backup and restore and remote help desk support are provided in a single dashboard so that even a novice administrator can use them. With support for 15 leading Linux distributions, Open Country is helping expand the worldwide adoption of Linux in the enterprise. For more information, visit http://www.opencountry.com
Contacts:
Wendy Grubow
River Meadow Communications
831-626-7503
wgrubow@sbcglobal.net
Michael Takamoto
Open Country
650-279-1147
mtakamoto@opencountry.com
