{"id":94234,"date":"2020-10-21T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:00:53","slug":"heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here\u2019s What You Need to Know \u2013 CloudSavvy IT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a284cac969e4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a284cac969e4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/#Why_Switch_Off_Slack\" >Why Switch Off Slack?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/#Is_Hosting_An_Open_Source_Solution_a_Good_Idea\" >Is Hosting An Open Source Solution a Good Idea?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/#Rocket_Chat\" >Rocket Chat<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/#Mattermost\" >Mattermost<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/#Matrix_Protocol\" >Matrix Protocol<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-cloudsavvy-it\/#IRC\" >IRC<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#Here\u2019s What You Need to Know \u2013 CloudSavvy IT&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/7004c46da8321418387d55449c679bd0\/p\/uploads\/2019\/06\/4bcdfcf4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Slack is a great tool for communicating with your team members, but it\u2019s closed source, and may not be suitable for internal use in your business without paying for enterprise plans. Fortunately, there are open source options to replace it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Switch_Off_Slack\"><\/span>Why Switch Off Slack?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A major issue is security concerns, especially when it comes to discussing IP. Since Slack hosts your workspace on their own servers, you can\u2019t be\u00a0<em>entirely<\/em> certain that it\u2019s locked down. Slack is very secure, and the Enterprise Grid tier includes tools for working with IP, but some companies would prefer to host an internal solution.<\/p>\n<p>Intranets are very common among corporations that want to protect their IP. If your business has a private network, you may want the chat to be entirely internal, and not accessible when your employees are at home. You can\u2019t do that with a cloud-based <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> like Slack.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting apps internally doesn\u2019t automatically make them more secure\u2014your business\u2019s network needs to be secure too\u2014but it puts the responsibility on you (rather than on Slack, in this case). If you\u2019re hosting your workspace on a cloud provider like AWS, it\u2019s not owned entirely by you, but you still have more control over it than you would. For example, you can still lock access down to specific IP addresses, or put the whole thing behind a VPN.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Hosting_An_Open_Source_Solution_a_Good_Idea\"><\/span>Is Hosting An Open Source Solution a Good Idea?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Price is a huge factor, and this depends entirely on how big your company is. Slack has a free tier, but you\u2019re limited to 10k messages stored across the workspace, so it\u2019s not ideal for larger teams. Their standard plan costs $6-8 per user, depending on whether or not you pay the year upfront, which can easily scale into hundreds of dollars as you add more people.<\/p>\n<p>While open source may seem free, there\u2019s a hidden cost in the hosting. You\u2019ll have to maintain a server, which costs money, and will scale up as you add more users. If you want to store a lot of messages and file uploads, you\u2019ll need the space for that. You\u2019ll also need someone to fix it if something goes wrong, and someone to set it all up for you.<\/p>\n<p>But, you\u2019ll be paying much less\u00a0<em>per user<\/em> than a hosted service like Slack charges, especially for their enterprise plans. So there\u2019s a break-even point somewhere, after which the cost of hosting and maintenance starts to justify itself, but whether or not it\u2019s a good option for your business depends on how much your hosting costs and how easily you can manage a chat server.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rocket_Chat\"><\/span>Rocket Chat<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_801\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-801 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/ddde2d1a2d7373b34efbae99ec70207a\/p\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2b61319c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Rocket Chat<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019re used to Slack,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rocket.chat\/\"> Rocket Chat<\/a> should be easy to use. It supports message threading, but prefers you use a feature called \u201cDiscussions,\u201d which work like temporary channels split off from the parent. Everyone in the channel will be notified when a discussion starts and can join in.<\/p>\n<p>The app itself also bears a resemblance to Slack, with the dark sidebar listing out channels and direct messages. It\u00a0also includes video conference calling, with screen sharing and guest access.<\/p>\n<p>You can have Rocket Chat hosted for you (just like Slack), but since it\u2019s open source, you can take the latest release and install it on your own server. If you need to make changes, you have access to the source code, and can modify it to suit your needs.<\/p>\n<p>The Rocket Chat mobile app is\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/RocketChat\/Rocket.Chat.iOS\">also open source<\/a>. You can install the official builds from your mobile store, but if your company wants to make any changes, you can roll out sideloaded builds to your employees, signed with your company\u2019s developer certificate.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mattermost\"><\/span>Mattermost<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/c9d5e8ba43d0a5a5968e54a6202fe6c0\/p\/uploads\/2019\/06\/199a77b7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mattermost is an app built with business in mind. It\u2019s focused on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mattermost.com\/compliance\/\">corporate compliance<\/a>, and it should meet the security requirements of your company. After all, it\u2019s used by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mattermost.com\/customers\/\">US Federal Reserve System and NASA<\/a>.\u00a0You can have it hosted in the cloud, or deployed on-premises.<\/p>\n<p>Mattermost also integrates well with DevOps tools. They\u2019re partnered with Atlassian to bring <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mattermost.com\/atlassian\/\">Jira and BitBucket<\/a> integrations to the platform, and also supports other tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and Github.<\/p>\n<p>Functionally, Mattermost is a lot like Slack, sporting a similar sidebar design with channels and direct messages, and supporting threading on individual messages. They don\u2019t support any kind of conference calling, but there are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.mattermost.com\/deployment\/video-and-audio-calling.html\">integrations available<\/a> for services like Skype. They also have a mobile client, which is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.mattermost.com\/mobile\/mobile-compile-yourself.html\">open source as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Matrix_Protocol\"><\/span>Matrix Protocol<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/23e2a7f136803e1b9c313c78ffdf2d69\/p\/uploads\/2019\/06\/f15b948d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/matrix.org\/\">The Matrix protocol<\/a> is an open source standard for real-time messaging, upon which apps can be built to send messages with. It\u2019s very similar to IRC in that regard; users can use any client they prefer, even going so far as to connect different services over \u201cbridge integrations.\u201d It\u2019s also decentralized, allowing for multiple servers to host your workspace.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.riot.im\/\">Riot<\/a> is built on top of the Matrix protocol, and functions similarly to other hosted options. They have desktop and mobile apps, but you can also use their hosted web app, similar to Electron based apps (like Slack). You\u2019re still responsible for hosting the workspace on your own server.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IRC\"><\/span>IRC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_899\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-899 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/250b769ae0dd6c367b725ef6687394a3\/p\/uploads\/2019\/06\/876a6225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/weechat.org\/\">Weechat IRC Client<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s low tech, but if you just need simple instant messaging, hosting an regular IRC chat using a server like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inspircd.org\/\">InspIRCd<\/a>\u00a0may work for you. But IRC isn\u2019t a great protocol for getting work done (no searchable message history, no offline messages, etc.), and isn\u2019t particularly secure.\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudsavvyit.com\/782\/there-are-open-source-alternatives-to-slack-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Here\u2019s What You Need to Know \u2013 CloudSavvy IT&#8221; Slack is a great tool for communicating with your team members, but it\u2019s closed source, and may not be suitable for internal use in your business without paying for enterprise plans. 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