Koozali SME Server v9 Released

I'm proud to announce that after 18 months of intense work, we have managed to release v9 of Koozali SME Server.

This has been a massive task and a huge amount of work for the small but dedicated team behind it.

You can download it from here :

www.contribs.org

Release announcement is here :

http://lists.contribs.org/pipermail/updatesannounce/2014-June/000366.html

Remember, it is free to download install and use, but it is NOT free to build.

We have numerous costs associated with producing Koozali SME, the largest being the hosting costs. If you want to see it continue, please consider a donation.

If you use it in your business, especially if you are an integrator and profiting from its use, please pass a little of that profit back to Koozali so we can continue to update and build new versions.


The easy to setup and simple to use small business server is now based on RHEL/CentOS 6.

In migrating to CentOS 6 the main plan was to move everything 'as is' (as much as we could) to the new, more 'up to date' base. Please see the release notes for other items fixed or updated.

Now we are on the new base we can start to look at other areas of the system that we can update - the server manager panel iteself will be a major focus for us as we head to towards RHEL / CentOS 7

A huge thank you to all those involved in the project.

One note of extreme sadness is that Chris Burnat, one of our senior developers, and without whose support and huge efforts we would be nowhere near finished, died shortly before we released.

We dedicate this release to the memory of him.

Thank you Chris. May your star shine forever brightly.

Koozali SME Server v8.1

I'm proud to announce that the team have finally release v8.1

For full release details please read this :

http://lists.contribs.org/pipermail/updatesannounce/2014-February/000352.html

There has been a HUGE amount of work by a small and dedicated group to get this out. It signals the fact that Koozali SME Server is alive and kicking.

We have started to see some old faces that haven't been around for years, along with new faces, and there is a definite feeling things are on the 'up'.

Next is v9. Don't ask for too much, too soon. This will effectively be v8.1 on CentOS 6.x to give you a more up to date platform to work on.

If you want to see new things in Koozali SME we will be looking at them for 'v9.x'

If you want to see all this happen we need YOU to be involved, be that writing code, debugging it, verifying it, writing documents, wiki management, or contributing to discussions on the future. Don't say that there is nothign you can do - we can find a job for every one !!!!

Or help us by simply making a donation.

You can do that directly here : http://wiki.contribs.org/Donate

or via the forums. If you use the forums you can get your badge of honour too :-)

Whatever you do, do SOMETHING. The people who worked on this need your suppport, especially if you want to see more in the future.

Remember that Koozali SME Server may be free to download and use, but it is NOT free to produce. We need help with the costs, so if it has been of benefit to you, please give generously.

B. Rgds
John Crisp

President - Koozali SME Server