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July 12, 2006

Freedom Partners leaves Microsoft for Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations

"Freedom Partners is a network of car dealerships in Vermont. Freedom IT director Chip Kaupp doesn't know one Linux distribution from another, but he doesn't need to. Freedom Partners' Web sites and its company intranet run on the Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations server appliance. Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations is a custom variation of Linux that includes Web, email, printing, security, and backup utilities, which is administered through a browser-based GUI. It comes in an easy-to-install package, or preinstalled on its own server hardware."

''"We wanted to have VPNs available for our owners and managers," Kaupp says. "I talked to the VAR from whom I was buying equipment, and he recommended Linux," in the form of a Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations server. It seemed to provide the answers Kaupp was looking for. With Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations, Kaupp found he was able to block employees' access to inappropriate Web sites by allowing access only to sites on the "approved" list. Also, by implementing a point-to-point VPN, Kaupp was able to replace the T-1 service and save Freedom several hundred dollars a month.''

May 3, 2006

Sage, Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Bring In Sage Accpac ERP

"Its fast, easy Linux-based server deployment capabilities free users from time-consuming Microsoft back-end deployment by eliminating Windows Server Software and MS SQL Server Database, while still maintaining common Windows desktop user interface."

"The ease of use of deploying Sage Accpac ERP on Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations is historic and unparalleled. It's truly a worry-free, lower-cost alternative to Microsoft server infrastructure, requiring little or no technical expertise for Sage Accpac users. Our business partners and clients will enjoy much faster implementations, plus immediate ROI with lower licencing fees."

March 27, 2006

Vendors say all companies can have systems that manage themselves

"Autonomic computing allows IT departments to extend their budgets further," Craig says. "Instead of applying resources to solve basic problems, they'll have more resources to roll out new systems, or improve business processes."

Net Integration Technologies is targeting SMBs with its autonomic computing solutions built on top of the Linux operating system, says Ozzy Papic, founder and CEO. In December 2005, Net Integration announced an alliance with ERP vendor Sage Software under which Sage's Accpac ERP system is offered on Net Integration's Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations platform.

February 16, 2006

The Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations system philosophy: Computer, heal thyself

Self-healing computing could be just what the doctor ordered for small businesses.

Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations, described as an "autonomic server operating system," comes with a made-in-Canada label. Developed by Net Integration Technologies Inc. of Markham, Ont., the autonomic part of Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations has computing functions such as self-management, self-configuration, self-optimization and the aforementioned self-healing capabilities -- all part of a Linux-based system specifically designed for small businesses.

"When things do fail or have a hiccup, the autonomic engine [in Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations] is designed to go and deal with these problems," says Ozzy Papic, chief executive officer of Net Integration Technologies. "It's best described as a large number of self-regulating subsystems that can do logical and smart things in correcting conditions, even those that haven't been encountered before."

February 8, 2006

PCQUEST Magazine reviews Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations in February Issue

January 20, 2006

Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations automates Linux OS

"Irrespective of their size, businesses are always looking for robust systems that do not crash, have reliable backup facilities, and utilize technology that is not complicated for the end-user. Net Integration Technologies (NITI) says it has a solution for this.

The company’s product, Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations, a Linux-based OS, offers users an operating system with self-healing and self-maintaining capabilities. Due to its automatic capabilities, it can eliminate the added cost of having a Linux expert oversee its operation. The company recently obtained the ‘Ready for IBM DB2 software for Linux’ designation for Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Application Edition (AE)."

December 22, 2005

Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Server Suits 'One-Person IT Department'

"Recently, Standard Air and Lite, an HVAC wholesaler in Pennsylvania, moved its Web presence and email software from a Sun Cobalt Qube 3 server appliance to a Linux-based Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations server. The company is so satisfied with the new system's reliability that it is considering adding an intranet and hosting it on another Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations machine."

"So far, Palmer is happy with the switch. "It's much less expensive to keep it supported. With the previous system, I had to pay a lot of support charges to DataMatrix." She's also found the Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations system is much easier for someone with limited command line interface experience. "I don't need to get the Linux command book out," Palmer says. "I'm a one-person IT department, and as much as I love to learn, there's just not enough time in the day. I had to do a little bit more of that on the Cobalt."

December 2, 2005

Fortune Small Business: Smooth Sailing

"The server runs net integration's Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations, a Linux-based operating system that uses self-regulating or "autonomic" technology to fix software problems before they crash the network. Pioneered by IBM researchers and inspired by the human nervous system, which regulates basic bodily functions such as breathing and blood pressure without conscious intervention, autonomic software "aims to improve a company's IT environment by focusing on four key areas: self-configuring, self-healing, self-managing, and self-protecting," says Dave Bartlett, vice president for autonomic computing at IBM."

"Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations takes less than ten minutes to find previous versions of lost or corrupted files. "Any server can back up your data, but it's all for naught if it can't restore it," says Hoss, who estimates that he's saving about $5,000 a year in backup costs. Best of all, Freeport Launch's revenues have doubled in the past five years, to about $5.5 million. Hoss attributes that gain partly to more efficient IT."

October 18, 2005

Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Linux Operating System - Debate Between Open Source and Microsoft

"There is a new facet in the debate between open source and Microsoft, pitting the flexibility of open source against the tight integration of Microsoft technologies. One camp claims that integration is the key for ease-of-use and consequent cost-savings from reduced administration while the open source advocates are preaching the virtues of flexibility.

Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations OS, a Linux distribution made by Net Integration Technologies, may actually be able to assuage both camps. Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations OS facilitates tight integration of network services made possible by the flexibility of Linux open source architecture to provide a comprehensive SMB solution. Net Integration Technologies (www.nitix.com) is a developer of software and networking hardware solutions that are based on their Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Linux operating system, which is geared toward helping small businesses manage IT infrastructure."

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August 29, 2005

Self-Aware Servers

Wouldn't it be great if your complex server systems worked like your own autonomic nervous system? Hiep Vuong thinks so.

"The main idea behind autonomous computing is based on the autonomic nervous system of the human body. It looks after itself, heals itself and is self-aware. We want to expand those concepts into the computing world," says Vuong, who is chief technology officer for Net Integration Technologies Inc. (www.nitix.com), a Markham, Ontario, Canada-based developer of autonomic network systems.

August 25, 2005

Net Integration Gets Into Autonomics

Toronto-based networking vendor Net Integration Technologies is venturing into the autonomic computing market, but with a twist.

The technology will be solely positioned in the small business space and branch automation market. According to Malcolm Etchells, vice president of overseas sales and customer service for Net Integration, the company works closely with IBM and its autonomic research lab. “They want to do autonomic computing on large enterprise systems and that is a big challenge. There are more servers and high complexity. And, I can tell you that autonomic computing is not there for the enterprise, but in SMB we can apply it in a sensible way,” he said.

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August 2, 2005

Toronto-based networking vendor Net Integration Technologies is venturing into the autonomic computing market, but with a twist: the technology will be solely positioned in the small business space and branch automation markets.

IT Self-Service Gets a Boost . . .

His [Hiep Vuong, Chief Technology Office at Net Integration Technologies Inc] vision of true autonomous computing means, for example, that when IT adds a server to a network, the machine automatically detects where its resources will be best used, provisions itself, maintains continuous awareness of its condition and network, and adjusts itself accordingly. Vuong says Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations, as his company is called, is proposing its UniConf open-source tool (www.open.nit.ca/wiki) as a step toward true autonomous computing.

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July 8, 2005

Targeting Small Business with Linux in a Black Box

Linux adoption in Canada is growing, in both volume and acceptance. According to a recent survey by IDC Canada, the server market for Linux grew more than 36 per cent here in 2003-2004, beating the Windows server market's growth of about 27 per cent for the same year.

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July 7, 2005
 

Linux, Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Application Edition Server Software

Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Application Edition server software, Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations AE, extends the autonomic self-healing, self-maintaining and self-tuning capabilities of Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations with the Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Virtual Server, an environment dedicated to running third-party Linux applications. Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations AE gives small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) a secure, reliable and cost effective server solution for IT infrastructure services and Linux applications.

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May 16, 2005

Selling Linux; Climbing Open Source Obstacles

Linux adoption in Canada is growing, in both volume and acceptance. According to a recent survey by IDC Canada, the server market for Linux grew more than 36 per cent here in 2003-2004, beating the Windows server market's growth of about 27 per cent for the same year.

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December 13, 2004

2004's Best New Crop of Products

In December of 2004, VARBusiness magazine named "Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations Autonomic Linux-based Server OS" one of 2004's best new products.

"Self-fixing software is making the move from the research laboratory into mainstream server environments with help from Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations's Linux-based operating system offering."

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November 29, 2004

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. Forays Into Server Market

LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd (LGEIL), announced the launch of LG Pro Server-PA105 & PA110, for the SMB segment in the Indian market. LG Pro Server will provide a complete business server solution with messaging and collaboration, security-enhanced Internet access, protected data storage, and reliable printing for the SMB segment. With this offering LG would be providing end-to-end solutions to different vertical within the SMB segment. On the OS front the Pro Server supports Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows SBS 2003 Standard & Premium, Red Hat Linux 9.x, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux AS 3.0, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Turbo Linux Server Ver. 10, Novell® Netware, NITIX (automatic Linux)

November 23, 2004

Beak Performance

Linux vendors down the years have been very innovative in mirroring and building on Windows' successes and attempting to eradicate its failures. Worldwide, as a function of the open source mindset to innovate beyond boundaries, the process is, too often, visibly Windows-conscious. For example, a Linux appliance from Net Integration Technologies (www.nitix.com) packs an amazing amount of services into a small box. Running the Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations OS, it includes built-in Web, e-mail, VPN and remote access servers, a firewall and file and print services for Windows, Mac and Linux networks.

July 28, 2004

Autonomic Linux: Patrick Patterson on Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations

On July 28, 2004, Orange Crate's Chuck Talk interviews Patrick Patterson from Net Integration Technologies' R&D division on Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations.

" They see Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations as the perfect replacement for Microsoft in the small to mid-size business (SMB) and Enterprise edge worlds... "

July 15, 2004

See Nitx Run

On July 15, 2004 the "Sorry Bill" campaign caught the attention of David Rubinstein from SD Times. He also thought that the technology underlying the campaign was cool.

"You can deploy any network on Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations now, and it's more transparent than Microsoft," Papic added. "And, Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations-powered servers can be plugged into a Windows environment. That saves a lot of money on the cost of the solution. The costs to run, install and maintain the system are orders of magnitude less."

July 12, 2004

Ingram Picked For Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations: Distributor gets exclusive on Linux-based servers for SMB market

On July 12, 2004, CRN announced that Ingram Micro has signed an exclusive deal to distribute Net Integration's Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations solutions in North America.

"They make it very easy for resellers to come on board. The training is all Web-based, and there's less competition because they don't go through retailers and e-tailers,"

July 12, 2004

CRN Interview: Ozzy Papic, Net Integration Technologies

On July 12, 2004, CEO Ozzy Papic was interviewed by CRN's Editor-In-Chief, Micheal Vizard on how NITI plans to challenge Microsoft Small Business Server for dominance over the SMB market.

"We have managed to let Linux retain all its capabilities and features in terms of security and other qualities. But we have also simplified it to the point where it's easier to deploy and maintain. We're taking Linux to the next step. We're evolving it into an operating system that is now accessible by everyone."

May 19, 2004

CMP: Net Integration Technologies Earns CMP XChange XCellence Award for Most Innovative Product/Tech

After three days of presentations and exposure to over 100 vendor companies, channel executives nominated Net Integration Technologies for two of the five CMP XChange XCellence award categories, and voted Nitix / IBM Lotus Foundations as the winner of the "Most Innovative Product/Technology" award.