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Fentons Ltd. has established partnerships since February 2018 with Enterprise DB, SUSE, and ZIMBRA, thereby securing regional recognition as a leading solutions and technical services provider on Open Source Platforms.
The presence of globally acclaimed open source solutions with FENTONS credibility in the region has created huge benefits for end customers, Government and ICT vendors, and providing future technologies with the commercial benefits that come with the adoption of Open Source.
Generally, open source refers to a computer program in which the source code is available to the general public for use or modification from its original design. Open-source code is meant to be a collaborative effort, where programmers improve upon the source code and share the changes within the community.
SUSE, founded in 1992, is the world’s first provider of an Enterprise Linux distribution. Today, thousands of businesses worldwide rely on SUSE for their mission-critical computing and IT management needs. SUSE product line includes Enterprise Linux, Server Consolidation, Clustering, Software Defined Storage, Business-Critical Computing, Cloud, and as a Service Solution.
Zimbra, a Synacor product, is an email collaboration platform that includes contacts, calendar, tasks, file sharing, instant messaging, and video conferencing, plus best-of-breed add-ons for extensibility. It powers approximately 500 million mailboxes in 160+ countries, and works with more than 1,900 channel partners. Enterprises, governments, and service providers trust Zimbra. Zimbra can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or as a hybrid service. The Zimbra Business Solution Provider Network offers it as a Hosted Service. Synacor operates a turnkey, fully hosted/managed, and monetised solution for Service Providers.
The EDB Postgres Platform provides an enterprise-class data management platform based on PostgreSQL, including toolkits for management, integration, and migration; flexible deployment options; and services and supports to deploy Postgres responsibly at scale. Fentons has a very strong open source practice based on technically certified engineering resources, providing premium services to its regional customers.
Fentons Premium services include Linux System Health Check, Customised Training Sessions on Linux and Open Source Technologies, Vulnerability Assessments, Fixing and Prepare Systems for IT Security Audit and Standards, System patching and updating, Mission Critical Infrastructure and System Designing, Premium Support Engineer for Mission-Critical Environments. The operating systems and database platforms for Mission critical applications, such as, SAP (ERP) & Finnacle (Core Banking / Finance sectors) are SUSE Linux and EnterpriseDB. Fentons provides very specialised technical services to these platforms.
