Protonet

Private cloud servers - Slack meets Dropbox in a box

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Private cloud servers - Slack meets Dropbox in a box

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Opengeni

Love the throwback to the italian retro radio maker Brion Vega. Orange + hex shape. What software will it run? My short attention span mind could find any easily avialble info about this on the site.

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10yr ago

ZOE by Protonet

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@eonpilot Hi. Thanks! The software has been created by ourselves. It comes with a range of features such as task management, file syncing, calendars and many more - Feel free to try it out. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. If you're more of a technical guy: The underlying operating system is open source. Check https://experimental-platform.gi...

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10yr ago

Opengeni

@christopherblum Any plans to open it up for other software makers? My utopian dream is a box like this but with an Atom.io like philosophy/community behind it. I guess if you were financially backed by github that dream could come true.

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10yr ago

ZOE by Protonet

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@eonpilot Agree! Starting in March the operating system behind our box is OpenSource and comes with a heroku-like deployment for custom apps for web and iot development. Check this: https://experimental-platform.gi... - based on CoreOS and Docker.

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10yr ago

Opengeni

@christopherblum I Checked out the website. There are refs to voice recognition, smart lights co2 sensors etc. Having recently renovated my house and added smarthouse "features" to it, what i figured out during the build was that there is no working solution out there yet. Sure you can get some things to work but not in a truly meaning-full way. And thus I just layed the pipes and empty boxes etc for future support for a smart home rather than investing in lots of redundant sensors + lights + smart home hubs etc that isnt going to work with future standards. KNX seems to be the future but its pricey and until Apple backs it through their home automation kit its not a true winner. Then there is http://www.loxone.com But they have been criticized for favoring their own standards over open standards such as KNX. Aka eco-system lock-in. It would be nice See a road-map of were you want to place your product in the marked. Or a comparison chart of your self and similar products.

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10yr ago

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Maker

@eonpilot the product we posted here targets small businesses. The heroku-like system will help those companies to easily extend functionality. However the operating system can be used universally - in fact it could even be used as a hub where the data of all your smart home devices is aggregated. We decided to focus on such use cases on the website as it attracts developers more than "boring" business apps. I can't really provide you with an roadmap for now :) but I can provide you with a teaser of what's next: https://choice.protonet.info/en/

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10yr ago

IP Lookup by Wafris

Really confused by the use of "Cloud" in the tagline and product. If it's a device that's in your office and it burns down you lose all your data right? You have to worry about backups, offsite backups, etc? If remote employees are in the mix they have to VPN to your private network first?

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10yr ago

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Maker

@mbuckbee If you're a developer you'll get root access to your box (linux) and can build your own backup. However we do offer remote backups as a service and the standard feature set includes backup on external hard drives.

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10yr ago

ZOE by Protonet

Maker

@mbuckbee Almost everything is http based (except Samba file server and Timemachine) - people can easily access it from the remote via http (WebDav is also supported).

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10yr ago

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@christopherblum @mbuckbee and: we got quite a few customers who just have two at different locations and sync them for failover.

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10yr ago

Enterprise Should Suck Less - #23 - Drew DeWalt

@christopherblum @mbuckbee if you can access it remotely doesn't that mean you are now responsible for your own security? If yes, why would me and my team be better at security then a properly cloud based company?

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10yr ago

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@mbesto @christopherblum @mbuckbee We designed this to be secure in terms of what you can access - from the outside it's only accessible via https and we regular updates and third party pen tests. Obviously there is no 100% security but just by the decentralised aspect of our product it would need someone to want to actually target your company specifically. In terms of usability / security we see more of a parallel with what Apple does with iPhones - it's possible to build things that are secure and private by default.

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10yr ago

Hey guys, looks like something I've been looking for a while, specially SOUL. We are a small university team in Germany and we currently use ownCloud (open-source) to manage or files and productivity. It seems that you really are business-oriented, which is fine, but are you planning on perhaps allowing small teams to use it until they mature and are able to pay?

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10yr ago

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@avilesdiego Absolutely - you could just go to our website and start a trial - all trial instances are actually stand alone virtual machines which you could move to a physical unit at any time. If you like the trial drop me a line and we'll figure something out for you guys.

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10yr ago

@jelveh Sounds good, I'll talk to the team and I'll write you afterwards. Thank you.

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10yr ago

@avilesdiego 3 years have passed but are you still looking for something like this?

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7yr ago

I dig the retro design of the servers, it's dope. Congrats on YC btw. From looking at your website and 3 Protonet unit specs + pricing, it seems that the value is greatly based in the software your team has developed. It's like a handful of amazing products rolled in together on a file server. You mention running other applications on the server - what have you seen customers deploy, or are they largely satisfied with the SOUL sw? Are there performance trade-offs when hosting other applications? Super, super neat for the SOHO & SMB spaces. Particularly with the 50 person limit and lack of configuration and all that fun stuff that comes with setting up a new server or storage box. Obviously working in storage I am biased against public cloud usage for work files so I am all about the FUD on your site :P

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10yr ago

ZOE by Protonet

Maker

@stttories Hi, thanks for your feedback! Glad you see the potential. Yes, the value is mostly based on the self-crafted software :) Most customers are satisfied with the software as it is. The biggest app potentials we identified are CRM, ERP and Time Tracking. We are already working with partners in order to provide our customers with this functionality. The smallest unit still has capacity to run at least one medium cpu- or ram-consuming app. Of course it depends on the number of concurrent users. :)

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10yr ago

Rollout

Looks great, but don't you loose all the benefits of the cloud, ie: endless storage, no worries about backup, no worries about power failure, etc ?

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10yr ago

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@erezroso depends, so our units come with up to 16TB of storage (50TB with our next updates) that's more storage than most small businesses need. Most of our customers are from that space - though we sometimes have teams in larger businesses (e.g. BMW) that use it to be independent in running their teams communication and collaboration work. Backups are super easy to do and are available in three flavors: - local USB - remote encrypted - synced to another Protonet box somewhere since you don't need any maintenance on our devices and you can access them just like a cloud on someone elses datacenter you don't really feel a difference. We're still working on power failures and redundant connectivity and they'll be seamlessly integrated as soon as they're ready. Finally when you do the ROI on our solution it really is a competitive alternative.

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10yr ago

ZOE by Protonet

Maker

Hello Product Hunters! I’m Ali, co-founder of Protonet. When we started hacking on this idea cloud was a novelty word. We loved the simplicity of it but hated the centralizing effect it had. So we started building an alternative. Our private cloud servers (yes we know the wording might not be perfect) give small business a chance of running their own infrastructure without the mess that comes with it. Plug it in, push the one button that it has and you've got a whole suite of cloud based productivity apps running for your business. We'd love you guys to give it a try and since we're all hunters: if you need more than the 14 days trial just send us a message we're happy to help you out! See you guys on the other side, Ali + cheers from the whole team ps. if you want to know what originally drove the idea (warning: it's a little crazy): http://www.slideshare.net/jelveh...

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10yr ago

Woooohoooo finally it's on here! I've been using protonet for about a year now and couldn't be happier. It combines all your communications with partners, customers and coworkers beautifully with a complete file management system and task management. And the most important part is it keeps all of your data on your own desk! The hardware is also amazing, a whole server the size of a shoebox! I'm sure protonet will go a long way and I wish the team all the best.

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10yr ago

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