BJP using FOSS
BJP : The Bhartiya Janta Party, largest political party of India, is now the most high-tech political party in the country. The Party is using Free and Open Source Softwares (FOSS) to computerised its offices across the country.
According to an article by Marco Fioretti on Linux.com, BJP says it plans to implement Wi-Fi connectivity in all its headquarters plus nationwide IP video telephony and unified messaging networks.
Prodyut Bora, national convenor of BJP information technology cell, says, “We have found that it is possible to create an entire enterprise IT ecosystem using only FOSS.”
Here the list of softwares used by BJP :
| Function | Chosen software |
|---|---|
| Server Virtualization | OpenVZ and Vtonf |
| Router + Firewall + VPN | Vyatta |
| Unified Threat Management | Untangle |
| HTTP Accelerator | Varnish |
| Proxy Server | Squid |
| Digital Repository | ePrints |
| Qmail, Courier Imap and Squirrelmail | |
| Instant Messaging | OpenFire plus Spark |
| Video and Voice Telephony | Asterisk, Hylafax |
| Mailing List | Ezmlm |
| Security Camera Management | ZoneMinder |
| Identity Management | Fedora Directory Server |
| Web Content Management | Joomla! |
| Remote WAN-based Backup | VZDump and rSync |
| Storage Area Network | OpenFiler |
| Network Management | Zenoss |
The article has more information about the plan of BJP to implement the FOSS for party purpose. A Must Read! Thanks Marco Fioretti and Benjamin!
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Rishi Said,
Nice move by BJP. Their IT cell is working really hard to make changes obvious. “Netas” should try to learn about things to relieve them. Idea of promoting FOSS in India is good. Hope they don’t see vote bank in this also.BR/BR/Nice article. Thanks for share, buddy.
Rishi Said,
Nice move by BJP. Their IT cell is working really hard to make changes obvious. “Netas” should try to learn about things to relieve them. Idea of promoting FOSS in India is good. Hope they don’t see vote bank in this also.BR/BR/Nice article. Thanks for share, buddy.
Rohit Said,
Nice to hear that Indian Netaas will also be hi-tech now.BR/What more can i say buddy, nice share.
Rohit Said,
Nice to hear that Indian Netaas will also be hi-tech now.BR/What more can i say buddy, nice share.
Anonymous Said,
what are “indian Netaas”? Please let me know (M. Fioretti, author of the BJP article at Linux.com: you can contact me by email through digifreedom.net). Thanks
Anonymous Said,
what are “indian Netaas”? Please let me know (M. Fioretti, author of the BJP article at Linux.com: you can contact me by email through digifreedom.net). Thanks
ArpitNext Said,
“Netaas” (Hindi) means Leaders.BR/BR/@Fioretti : Thanks for your visit.
ArpitNext Said,
“Netaas” (Hindi) means Leaders.BR/BR/@Fioretti : Thanks for your visit.