Direct Contributions:

Microsoft for Startups is a program for apps to bring them from concept to creation. Microsoft has generously donated the following resources:

• $125,000 Microsoft Azure Credits - Has allowed us to launch a multi-datacenter presence across 3 datacenters, build this application from the ground up, and even create features that were otherwise out of reach - including GuardianGPT - Our very own GPT AI to assist parents in monitoring their children's online activities, and ExtractGPT, a GPT-based AI that automatically detects new app patterns, in traffic, certificate pinning, and protecting our cyber security platform.
• Free Microsoft Office 365 for a year - Allowing you to write documents, create presentations, and ultimately build your idea from concept to creation.
• Free GitHub Enterprise for 12 months (A $499/month value).
• Free Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Enterprise licensing: Enabling us to build large volumes of applications on multiple platforms.
• Many other benefits, from LinkedIn Premium access for a year to thousands of dollars worth of ChatGPT credits.

Find out more about their program here, read their FAQs page, or use this link to apply for their program online. Please read the FAQs to determine eligibility. At the time of writing, only software-based product or service startups are eligable, in addition to other criteria.

NVIDIA Inception is a startup accelerator which offers discounts on NVIDIA hardware and services, in addition to resources & technical support.

They also offer:

• Special deals with NVIDIA Partner datacenters.
• Access to events and investors through Inception Capital Connect.
• Event speaking oppertunities.
• Directly connect with NVIDIA engineers.

Find out more about their program here, read their FAQs page, or use this link to apply for their program online. Please read the FAQs to determine eligibility. There are two tiers of the Inception Program, with the higher tier attained after you successfully complete your first Series A funding round.

Icons8 Provided almost all of, except for our own Icon of the UI Elements of Ammonitrix, and has saved us invaluable time during development! They area owed a MASSIVE contribution for their beautiful contribution to the world. While credit is only owed for free usage, we plan to leave this mention right here to show our appreciation and guide other software developers to them. While you can use it without creting an account, we highly suggest creating a free account!

Open Source at Work:

Ubuntu

From their website:

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It is often described as reminding us that ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. We bring the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers and software. The Ubuntu distribution represents the best of what the world’s software community has shared with the world.

The Ubuntu Project is a Linux Operating System distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. All of the editions can run on a computer alone, or in a virtual machine. Ubuntu is a popular operating system for cloud computing, with support for OpenStack. Ubuntu's default desktop changed back from the in-house Unity to GNOME after nearly 6.5 years in 2017 upon the release of version.

Ammonitrix uses Ubuntu Server to:

• Host all of our apps and services.
• Develop custom images of our own for server deployment.
• Install on our beta appliance.

strongSwan

strongSwan is a open source VPN server designed is a comprehensive implementation of the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocols that allows securing IP traffic in policy- and route-based IPsec scenarios from simple to very complex.

The focus of strongSwan is on:

• simplicity of configuration
• strong encryption and authentication methods
• powerful IPsec policies supporting large and complex VPN networks
• modular design with great extensibility and portability

Ammonitrix uses strongSwan for:

• Securing end-user devices and configuring their traffic so that it's monitored.
• Connecting server groups between sites.
• Monitoring traffic against filters.

Squid Cache

Squid is an open source caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.

Ammonitrix uses Squid to:

• Generate OTF SSL certificates to monitor secure SSL traffic
• Direct traffic directly through Ammonitrix to look for patterns
• Ascertain new usage patterns for our users

Apache HTTP Server Project

The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation. This project is part of the Apache Software Foundation. In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and documentation to the project. This file is intended to briefly describe the history of the Apache HTTP Server and recognize the many contributors.

Ammonitrix uses Apache HTTP Server to:

• Host all of our platforms and services, including those rendered by the browser and apps.
• Load balance different applications between different groups across three different sites.
• Constantly monitor user web traffic for anomolies.

PHP (Hyper-text Preprocessor)

PHP (Hyper-text Preprocesser) is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

Ammonitrix uses PHP to:

• Generate dynamic content on our platform, including landing pages, user interfaces, pinned websites, our app store, and much of our backend.
• Manage sessions for both our website and mobile apps.
• Write new programs for users.

MariaDB Server

MariaDB Server is one of the most popular database servers in the world. It’s made by the original developers of MySQL and guaranteed to stay open source. Notable users include Wikipedia, WordPress.com and Google.

MariaDB Server turns data into structured information in a wide array of applications, ranging from banking to websites. Originally designed as enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL, MariaDB Server is used because it is fast, scalable and robust, with a rich ecosystem of storage engines, plugins and many other tools make it very versatile for a wide variety of use cases.

MariaDB Server is developed as open source software and as a relational database it provides an SQL interface for accessing data. The latest versions of MariaDB Server also include GIS and JSON features.

Ammonitrix uses MariaDB to:

• Store user data, accessible securely through our internal API.
• Log data from other programs, both open source and in-house.
• Replicate data between three sites for premium fault-tolerance, redundancy, and security.

Apache Hadoop

The Apache™ Hadoop® project develops open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing.

The Apache Hadoop software library is a framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers using simple programming models. It is designed to scale up from single servers to thousands of machines, each offering local computation and storage. Rather than rely on hardware to deliver high-availability, the library itself is designed to detect and handle failures at the application layer, so delivering a highly-available service on top of a cluster of computers, each of which may be prone to failures.

Ammonitrix uses Apache Hadoop to:

• Store large volumes of customer data securely.
• Securely replicate that data across three different sites, for availability and redundancy.
• Access that data through OTF, key-driver file decryption.

OpenSSL Project

The OpenSSL Project develops and maintains the OpenSSL software - a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured toolkit for general-purpose cryptography and secure communication. The project’s technical decision making is managed by the OpenSSL Technical Committee (OTC) and the project governance is managed by the OpenSSL Management Committee (OMC). The project operates under formal Bylaws.

For more information about the team and community around the project, or to start making your own contributions, start with the community page. To get the latest news, download the source, and so on, please see the sidebar or the buttons at the top of every page.

OpenSSL is licensed under an Apache-style license, which basically means that you are free to get and use it for commercial and non-commercial purposes subject to some simple license conditions.

Ammonitrix uses OpenSSL software to:

• Securely generate it's Certificate Authorities.
• Generate both identity certificates and OTF certificates for our proxy and VPN servers.
• Encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.
• Securely transfer data between applications.