News & Events - 1A First Alternative

Unifi Video discontinued

We have been using the Unifi WiFi module from Ubiquity for years, to our great satisfaction. In this module it is now also possible to manage switches and routers. Although Ubiquity is increasingly directing the user towards using the cloud version of Unifi, the WiFi version that you can install on your own server is still fully supported and kept up-to-date.
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SoGo becomes Webmail

At the moment we have two groupware systems (mail, calendar, contacts) available on the 1A-server: SoGo and Kopano. We see more and more customers switching to Exchange Online (office365). As a result, the relevance of our local groupware solutions decreases.
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1A-telephony: favorites and temporary forced actions

Last month we added a number of great functions to 1A-telephony, such as favorites and temporary forced actions. Continue reading “1A-telephony: favorites and temporary forced actions” →

Better security with Two-Factor Authentication on Remote Desktop and OpenVPN

Decent security is extremely important. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is increasingly used to improve this. It is now possible to use 2FA with DUO Security on Remote Desktop and OpenVPN.
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1A-telephony: improvements 1A-manager, 1A-phonetool, FiMo and more

Now that almost all servers have been updated to Debian Buster (about 700!), we can focus our attention to expanding the functionality. First up is 1A-telephony. After all, this is one of the most popular features. We’ve made improvements to the 1A-manager, 1A-phonetool, FiMo, and more.

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Debian: bye Jessie, hello Buster

At the end of last year we migrated the last 1A-server from Slackware to Debian 8 “Jessie”. Support for this version will stop on June 30, 2020. That is why we started preparations for upgrading to the newest version, Debian 10 “Buster” earlier this year.

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1A-telephony is growing explosively (infographic)

1A-telephony has grown considerably since we started measuring in 2015. We have gathered the facts for you in an infographic (in Dutch).

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New Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions are the default rules that apply concluding agreements. As a result, we do not have to negotiate the (standard) agreements with every new agreement. In fact, this is exactly how we view IT and make and offer our services: scalable and affordable through standardization.

By applying Terms and Conditions, we not only save time and money. We also ensure that all parties know where they stand, including various issues which are not regulated by law. This way we prevent a lot of unnecessary risks.

Because we are IT specialists and not lawyers, we have not written our Terms and Conditions ourselves, but use those from a branch organization.

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1A-telephony: LED indication further extended

The stability and flexibility of 1A-telephony make it a very popular service. This service is further enhanced by the complimentary Phonetool. This is a very powerful tool which shows availability, among other things. But there is another powerful tool, one that people almost always use: the phone itself! That is why we have extended the lamp indication even further. This makes business telephone calls even easier.

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ISO 27001 certificate acquired

Information security is one of the important key values for 1A First Alternative. For years we have been careful with data and developing services in which security is implicitly guaranteed. To raise this to a higher level, we have requested certification according to the ISO 27001 standard. The management establishes the policy, assesses the risks, determines the measures and periodically assesses the operation of the policy and the compliance with these measures internally and externally.
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