Danen Consulting Services is a consulting company formed in 1999 and located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We specialize in Linux and Mac OS X consulting, from desktop systems to servers and large networks. We provide support, installation, configuration, and can even provide contracted monthly support on Linux and OS X workstations or servers. The majority of the services we provide is in the Edmonton area. We usually do not provide long distance consultation unless the entire contract can be accomplished via remote.
We also specialize in web application development and are proficient with PHP, MySQL, and PostgreSQL application development. We also provide custom FileMaker solutions to clients in various industries.
Danen Consulting Services continues to provide domain hosting services, however we now prefer to do hosting for charitable and non-profit organizations. We currently host a number of charitable and non-profit organizations and provide reduced hosting fees for those that qualify. Please contact us if you are interested.
Sponsored Projects
Danen Consulting Services provides free services to the Linux and Open Source community with the following projects:
Annvix is an operating system derived from Mandriva Linux with the aim to be a secure, yet easy to administer, Linux server. The package size has been severely reduced from a standard Mandriva Linux installation to provide the essentials for running a variety of network services, and it has also been enhanced with a number of additional hardening technologies to make a secure operating system similar in aim to distributions such as Trustix, Immunix, and even OpenBSD. Annvix also takes a non-standard approach to running system services that increases the reliability of network services by using Gerrit Pape's runit, a means of supervising services similar to DJB's daemontools.
linsec.ca is a free online security resource manual for *NIX operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, etc. on a variety of security-related topics.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the Linux distribution we typically use and recommend for workstation and server Linux usage. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a compelling Linux operating system with excellent support. For desktop usage, we recommend the use of Fedora, the community Linux operating system suitable for desktop systems, sponsored by Red Hat.