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Windows™ TO Linux migration consulting
If you are planning to migrate to Linux but is being held back by your dependence on Windows™ applications like MS Office, consider Wine (Windows Emulator). Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of different Unix flavors including Linux.
Wine provides a Windows compatibility layer on top of Linux that allows you to run native Windows apps without requiring a copy of Windows itself, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code.
AT&T recently expressed interest in shifting their 70,000 PC’s to Linux to save on licenses and cut down maintenance costs due to viruses common with Windows. The city government of Munich moved all of its 14,000 PC’s to Linux just this year, and the City of Paris is contemplating a similar move.
According to Symantec, the largest maker of anti-virus software, Windows-based viruses and worms have more than quadrupled in the first 6 months of 2004 compared with the same period last year.
Technologies like Wine give end-users a choice for their desktop OS because now, they can use the same apps that they are already accustomed to, like Office, even on Linux. Coupled with other Open Source technologies like LTSP, companies can implement diskless workstations running on Linux, with Windows apps on top.
Mozcom offers turn-key migration and consulting services for companies considering the move.
Training
Mozcom offers a range of customized training courses based on your company’s requirements. Our training expertise covers Linux Systems Administration, Advanced TCP/IP Routing, Webpage Development, Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) Development, and XML Web Services Programming.
Clients who have taken training courses with us include SPI Technologies, the National Computer Center, Southridge School, Lee Jeans, and many others.
We are the training partner of the Ateneo IT Institute for WAP Development courses. Our instructors are Microsoft, Cisco and Red Hat certified professionals.
Diliman Prep Adopts Web-based School System
The Diliman Preparatory School has deployed Mozcom’s web-based school automation system. The system uses barcoded student ID’s to provide a wide-range of services.
When a student enters the school gate, their ID’s will get scanned and their picture displayed on a monitor screen. This allows the school to increase their security. The time-in and time-out of faculty and admin staff is also tracked by the system for payroll purposes.
The ID doubles as a library card. Mozcom provided the school with a complete library automation system that facilitates borrowing and return of books, as well as, keeping track of book inventories supporting the industry-standard MARC format.
The library is now equipped with several Linux-based diskless workstations which students can use for their research, or for searching the online card catalog. An automated clinic system keeps track of the medical history of the students, along with their visits to the clinic.
Diliman Preparatory School has over 4,000 students, and is connected to the Internet via two (2) x 512kbps SDSL links with Mozcom.
Mozcom offers the School ID Automation System as a turnkey solution. It can work with other technologies such as smart cards and biometrics.
PARI Computerizes Awit Awards Judging
The Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI), official organizer of Awit Awards signs up with Mozcom for the computerization of the 17th Awit Awards. Mozcom customized the software for the judging system, making it seamless and allowing the judges to listen simultaneously and privately to the entries. This new partnership will revolutionize the peer judging system and develop the way of music arbitration.
"Mozcom is a great partner in the IT industry being the pioneer and the most experienced in the business. In fact, the judges were quite impressed with the comfort and convenience of their computerization besides delivering unbiased results," said Ronald Aniceto, Executive Director of PARI.
The Awit Awards is the country’s first award-giving body in the recording industry. It gives due recognition to Filipino musicians--both the artists and people behind the making of the music. It also aims to promote the Philippine music industry, artistry and legacy, to showcase talents in an event dedicated to music and to reinforce the fight against piracy.
