At last week's LinuxWorld expo in Sydney, Opengear pre-released two open source solutions -- the SDTConnector software tool and the new CM4001 console server. This week the products get presented to the world.

The CM4000 product line targets system administrators and network managers who are controlling Linux, Windows and Sun servers and routers/firewalls in small or large data centers, said Bob Waldie, chairman at Opengear.

The newly released CM4001 runs an embedded Linux (uClinux) kernel. It remotely manages one serial and 10 LAN connected systems and is priced at $445 plus GST. The CM4148, with 48 serial and 50 LAN system connections, is priced at $2195 plus GST.

SDTConnector is 100 percent open source, Waldie said. It is a Windows and Java wizard that helps configuring SSH connections to tunnel other services securely across the Internet. These include Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol, open source VNC (UltraVNC, TightVNC, RealVNC), HTTP and Telnet.

At the same time as releasing the SDTConnector, Opengear also kicked off a new Sourceforge project.