Univention Allows Schools to Manage Apple Devices Centrally via ZuluDesk

Bremen, October 26, 2017 – Univention, a specialist in IT and identity management, is now offering its customers yet another option for the central administration of Apple devices. With ZuluDesk, developed by ZuluDesk BV, the Dutch developer of software solutions for use in education, education facilities can now use the user accounts created for teachers and pupils in Univention’s UCS@school solution in ZuluDesk with the greatest of ease – plus, it also allows centralized administration of iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks.

It’s FOSS: Using Univention Corporate Server (UCS) as a Home Server

The Linux blog It’s FOSS published an article about the possibilitiy to use Univention Corporate Server as a home server. This article provides a step by step process to set this up. It also informs on how to extend UCS by the groupware Kopano and the filesharing solution Nextcloud to have a complete , safe to use package as an alternative to the standard, proprietary solutions.

CeBIT 2017: Univention securely connects cloud and enterprise IT

Mockup Portal UCS 4.2

Hanover, March 21, 2017 – Univention is presenting the brand-new edition of Univention Corporate Server (UCS) right in time for the CeBIT 2017. With version 4.2 of the established open source software, mixed IT infrastructures can be managed via a single web interface and more than 80 other enterprise applications can be deployed. The highlight of the release is the new, freely configurable online portal, which can be flexibly adapted to the needs of organizations and individual users. A lot has also happened under the hood: With UCS 4.2 the distribution base of UCS has been updated to Debian 8 (Jessie) and a large part of the Debian packages has been made available natively. Important security and product updates can be deployed faster than ever before. UCS 4.2 will be released in early April 2017 and will be shown for the first time a live demonstration at the CeBIT in Hall 3, booth D36-620.

Univention Summit: Open systems necessary for companies, schools and society

Detailbild Univention Summit Agenda

300 experts at the Univention Summit 2017 in Bremen

About 300 participants met last week at the Univention Summit in Bremen. A central theme of the event was the importance of open systems for companies, schools, society and Germany as a business place. In the lecture and workshop program and the accompanying exhibition, software and hardware solutions as well as various aspects concerning the possibilities of open source were presented. Univention provided information about Univention Corporate Server (UCS), UCS@school and the business models of the Univention App Center. After the panel discussion with representatives of Lufthansa Systems, DB Systel and Univention, the best Bachelor and Master theses submitted to the Univention Graduate Prize were awarded.

Practical New Tool: Univention App Center Provider Portal

Übersicht - App Center Provider Portal

Integrating Software Solutions in the Univention App Center Has Never Been Easier

Univention, a developer of Open Source solutions for the operation and management of enterprise software, has now launched a Univention App Center Provider Portal. The online tool makes it simpler and easier for software providers to integrate their solutions in the Univention App Center more quickly and largely independently. All the necessary software packages and information can be independently administrated, expanded, and updated. Additionally, extensive testing possibilities and automation mechanisms render maintenance even simpler.