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One of the basic questions you need to answer when working on a startup is where the project will live – what infrastructure will you use to serve your application and store your project data?
Until 2007, the most common solution was to buy a server (or a server cluster, depending on the size of the project) with enough capacity to handle the anticipated web traffic and data. This got the job done, but the solution created several new challenges of its own:
- Budgeting for high-priced equipment and backup systems
- Diverting funds and manpower for server maintenance and upgrades
- Resolving conflicts between applications and the server hardware and operating system
Fortunately, there’s now an alternative which can eliminate the problems associated with owned servers, reduce implementation time, and dramatically cut startup costs: cloud computing. If you’re not familiar with the concept, here’s an analogy I like to use to explain the difference between owning your own hardware and cloud computing:
- Owning hardware = Owning a car – When you own a car, you have to make your monthly payment no matter how many (or few) miles you drive. On top of that, you have to pay for gas, oil changes, wiper blades, car washes, parts and service, and everything else you need to keep the car running. The same goes for owning a server—you’re on the hook for absolutely everything, from hardware and upgrades to electricity.
- Cloud computing = Taking a taxi – On the other hand, when you take advantage of cloud computing, it’s like taking a taxi – all you pay for is the mileage, which in this case is the amount of storage space used,vdata processed and transmitted.
When you’re running a website, especially when you’re in the startup phase, you don’t have time or money to waste on expensive equipment and maintenance. You just want to get where you’re going as quickly as possible, which means you want a taxi – the cloud computing solution.
Cloud computing has many applications, including mail management , sales management, and customer relationship management. If you’d like to learn more about cloud computing in general, please check out the information here. I’m going to talk a little more about one specific application: cloud hosting.
Pushing your hosting environment to the “clouds” eliminates the need to spend money on hardware and hardware support. It can also speed up your implementation, because you won’t have to spend time configuring your servers or adjusting your applications. The benefits don’t stop at implementation, though – once your project is up and running, cloud hosting offers another set of advantages:
- Scalability: Cloud hosting lets you avoid the delays and expense involved in migrating applications which have outgrown their servers’ capacity. The resources available in the cloud – processing power, storage capacity, or memory – can be expanded at any time.
- Resource distribution: With cloud hosting, you don’t need to worry about hardware failures – the cloud will still serve your project even if one (or more than one) of your nodes goes down for maintenance.
- Accessibility: As long as you have Internet access, the web interface allows you to manage your site from anywhere on the planet.
That’s a quick overview of cloud hosting, but keep in mind that cloud computing can be used for almost everything, from the smallest projects to the biggest. No matter what you need, the taxi is always waiting, and you’ll never have to pay for anything but the mileage.
(The Hosting News) – Parallels recently announced the launch of Parallels Server for Mac 4, increasing the speed and reliability of virtual environments for small businesses.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 is the only virtualization solution optimized for Mac OS X server bringing consistent reliability and scale to Apple environments.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 consolidates multiple operating systems resulting in the ability to retire redundant hardware and extend existing capabilities. The result of consolidation means less physical space, less power consumption and less administration skills are needed to manage the server needs of the business.
Other significant upgrades include host and guest support for Snow Leopard as well as guest support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In addition, it now includes Apple xSAN support, VLANs, resource usage accounting, full and incremental backups, migration and conversion of virtual machines as well as express installations for Windows and Linux guests.
All of the advanced automation and management features of Parallels Virtual Automation are now available to the Parallels Server for Mac 4 installations including user self service, anytime/anywhere management and click to migrate capabilities
“This release improves both speed and reliability for virtual environments on Apple server hardware,” said Jack Zubarev, President of Parallels. “Parallels Server for Mac 4 is the only solution on the market built and optimized for Mac OS X Server. Additionally the integration with Parallels Virtual Automation enables a single management system for a wide variety of virtual environments and hardware.”
Parallels Server for Mac 4 is a powerful, easy-to-use solution that provides the best value for organizations seeking to standardize and optimize their IT infrastructures.
Academic institutions have benefited greatly from the Parallels Server for Mac product. Their IT teams have been able to quickly deploy new applications to support educational programs without additional investment in hardware, networking and data center facilities.
“Parallels Server for Mac has played a pivotal role in our enterprise resource planning with the scalability and flexibility our fast paced environment demands” said Sasan Poureetezadi, Director of Computer Services at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University.
“The solution has given us the flexibility to deploy enterprise class solutions on-demand, under budget, and in record time.”
Pricing and availability
Commercial pricing starts at $1,999 USD.
However, the upgrade is included at no additional cost to Parallels Server for Mac 3 customers on maintenance. Parallels Server for Mac 3 customers without maintenance will be offered an upgrade SKU at a special time limited offer. Upgrades are available now.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 will be available on July 2, 2010 from selected Apple stores, software resellers, from www.parallels.com and from Parallels’ US sales team.
About Parallels
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and Cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.
Parallels Introduces Server for Mac 4
(The Hosting News) – Parallels recently announced the launch of Parallels Server for Mac 4, increasing the speed and reliability of virtual environments for small businesses.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 is the only virtualization solution optimized for Mac OS X server bringing consistent reliability and scale to Apple environments.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 consolidates multiple operating systems resulting in the ability to retire redundant hardware and extend existing capabilities. The result of consolidation means less physical space, less power consumption and less administration skills are needed to manage the server needs of the business.
Other significant upgrades include host and guest support for Snow Leopard as well as guest support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In addition, it now includes Apple xSAN support, VLANs, resource usage accounting, full and incremental backups, migration and conversion of virtual machines as well as express installations for Windows and Linux guests.
All of the advanced automation and management features of Parallels Virtual Automation are now available to the Parallels Server for Mac 4 installations including user self service, anytime/anywhere management and click to migrate capabilities
“This release improves both speed and reliability for virtual environments on Apple server hardware,” said Jack Zubarev, President of Parallels. “Parallels Server for Mac 4 is the only solution on the market built and optimized for Mac OS X Server. Additionally the integration with Parallels Virtual Automation enables a single management system for a wide variety of virtual environments and hardware.”
Parallels Server for Mac 4 is a powerful, easy-to-use solution that provides the best value for organizations seeking to standardize and optimize their IT infrastructures.
Academic institutions have benefited greatly from the Parallels Server for Mac product. Their IT teams have been able to quickly deploy new applications to support educational programs without additional investment in hardware, networking and data center facilities.
“Parallels Server for Mac has played a pivotal role in our enterprise resource planning with the scalability and flexibility our fast paced environment demands” said Sasan Poureetezadi, Director of Computer Services at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University.
“The solution has given us the flexibility to deploy enterprise class solutions on-demand, under budget, and in record time.”
Pricing and availability
Commercial pricing starts at $1,999 USD.
However, the upgrade is included at no additional cost to Parallels Server for Mac 3 customers on maintenance. Parallels Server for Mac 3 customers without maintenance will be offered an upgrade SKU at a special time limited offer. Upgrades are available now.
Parallels Server for Mac 4 will be available on July 2, 2010 from selected Apple stores, software resellers, from www.parallels.com and from Parallels’ US sales team.
About Parallels
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and Cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com.
(The Hosting News) - (The Hosting News) – Customer focused website hosting company 34SP.com has announced the launch of its third data center buildout in partnership with UK Grid, a customer focused provider of quality data centre space and network services based in Manchester, United Kingdom. The data centre is the third provisioned by 34SP.com with existing data centre space in London and Manchester. According to the company, the previous data centre buildouts were approaching capacity, and 34SP.com desired to find a massively scalable, world class data centre with close proximity to Manchester City.
The new data centre space is a tier2 premium data centre in Manchester. The site location is Manchester Science Park, Synergy House and is UK Grid’s latest addition to its ‘carrier neutral’ data centres. The facility includes redundant power and cooling and is serviced by a fully diverse fibre ring providing extremely high availability, as well as full physical and virtual security. The data centre also has its own independent HV supply and power substation enabling the facility to sustain the newest high powered racks required by the next generation of powerful servers. The carrier neutral facility is connected via a dark fibre ring to multiple tier1 and tier2 bandwidth providers. Completely separate and independent multi homed fibre entry points into the building provide the maximum redundancy and uptime available.
Daniel Foster, co-founder of 34SP.com and the company’s Technical Director described the reasons for building out the new data centre, ”We’ve been growing ever since we started, and part of growing as a web host means adding server hardware. To date, we’ve been using our main London datacentre to add this capacity, but wanted to add another site close to our headquarters in Manchester. This not only allows for easier access to hardware for development purposes, but will allow us to offer further redundancy to our customers. After reviewing datacentre providers in Manchester we visited a few and UK Grid stood out from the crowd. They offer exactly the type of datacentre we were looking for, with great power and connectivity options. We’re already providing customer services from Synergy House and look forward to expanding our presence there in the coming months and years.”
Patrick Doyle, Technical Lead at UK Grid commented on the addition of 34SP.com to the data centre, ”We are very pleased that 34SP.com has chosen UK Grid as their partner to expand their hosting business. 34SP.com have a very good reputation in the industry and UK Grid has been able to meet their demand and expectations with both colocation and connectivity to their existing site in London. We are very keen to work with locally based ISP’s and hosting companies in the North West and 34SP.com is another valued addition to our growing list.”
For further information on 34SP.com’s data centre specifications, please visit: http://www.34sp.com/hosting.
To learn more about UK Grid please view: http://www.ukgrid.net.
About 34SP.com
34SP.com offers professional website hosting services for cost conscious web developers, designers and small businesses. The 34SP.com team of technical experts offers industry leading support and service coupled with a money back guarantee to ensure client satisfaction. Website hosting services offered include: UK domains, UK web hosting and dedicated servers. The company is headquartered in central Manchester, England.
UK Data Centre Launched by 34SP.com
(The Hosting News) - (The Hosting News) – Customer focused website hosting company 34SP.com has announced the launch of its third data center buildout in partnership with UK Grid, a customer focused provider of quality data centre space and network services based in Manchester, United Kingdom. The data centre is the third provisioned by 34SP.com with existing data centre space in London and Manchester. According to the company, the previous data centre buildouts were approaching capacity, and 34SP.com desired to find a massively scalable, world class data centre with close proximity to Manchester City.
The new data centre space is a tier2 premium data centre in Manchester. The site location is Manchester Science Park, Synergy House and is UK Grid’s latest addition to its ‘carrier neutral’ data centres. The facility includes redundant power and cooling and is serviced by a fully diverse fibre ring providing extremely high availability, as well as full physical and virtual security. The data centre also has its own independent HV supply and power substation enabling the facility to sustain the newest high powered racks required by the next generation of powerful servers. The carrier neutral facility is connected via a dark fibre ring to multiple tier1 and tier2 bandwidth providers. Completely separate and independent multi homed fibre entry points into the building provide the maximum redundancy and uptime available.
Daniel Foster, co-founder of 34SP.com and the company’s Technical Director described the reasons for building out the new data centre, ”We’ve been growing ever since we started, and part of growing as a web host means adding server hardware. To date, we’ve been using our main London datacentre to add this capacity, but wanted to add another site close to our headquarters in Manchester. This not only allows for easier access to hardware for development purposes, but will allow us to offer further redundancy to our customers. After reviewing datacentre providers in Manchester we visited a few and UK Grid stood out from the crowd. They offer exactly the type of datacentre we were looking for, with great power and connectivity options. We’re already providing customer services from Synergy House and look forward to expanding our presence there in the coming months and years.”
Patrick Doyle, Technical Lead at UK Grid commented on the addition of 34SP.com to the data centre, ”We are very pleased that 34SP.com has chosen UK Grid as their partner to expand their hosting business. 34SP.com have a very good reputation in the industry and UK Grid has been able to meet their demand and expectations with both colocation and connectivity to their existing site in London. We are very keen to work with locally based ISP’s and hosting companies in the North West and 34SP.com is another valued addition to our growing list.”
For further information on 34SP.com’s data centre specifications, please visit: http://www.34sp.com/hosting.
To learn more about UK Grid please view: http://www.ukgrid.net.
About 34SP.com
34SP.com offers professional website hosting services for cost conscious web developers, designers and small businesses. The 34SP.com team of technical experts offers industry leading support and service coupled with a money back guarantee to ensure client satisfaction. Website hosting services offered include: UK domains, UK web hosting and dedicated servers. The company is headquartered in central Manchester, England.
(The Hosting News) – The breaking dawn of economic recovery combined with an aging server installed base and IT managers’ desire to rein in increasingly complex virtual and physical infrastructure is driving demand for both public and private cloud computing. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), server revenue for public cloud computing will grow from $582 million in 2009 to $718 million in 2014. Server revenue for the much larger private cloud market will grow from $7.3 billion to $11.8 billion in the same time period .
“Now is a great time for many IT organizations to begin seriously considering this technology and employing public and private clouds in order to simplify sprawling IT environments,” said Katherine Broderick, research analyst, Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends.
IDC defines the public cloud as being open to a largely unrestricted universe of potential users; designed for a market, not for a single enterprise. Private cloud deployment is designed for, and access restricted to, a single enterprise (or extended enterprise); an internal shared resource, not a commercial offering; IT organization as “vendor” of a shared/standard service to its users. “Many vendors are strategically advancing into the private and public cloud spaces, and these players are widely varied and have differing levels of commitment,” Broderick added.
Additional findings from IDC’s research include the following :
Public cloud computing has lower ASVs than an average x86-based server
Public cloud seems less likely to be broadly adopted than private
Public clouds will be less enterprise focused than private clouds
According to recent IDC survey results, almost half of respondents, 44%, are considering private clouds
The IDC study, Worldwide Enterprise Server Cloud Computing 2010-2014 Forecast (IDC #223118) presents market size and forecast information for server hardware infrastructure supporting public and private clouds from 2009 through 2014. This is IDC’s first cloud forecast from the server hardware perspective and will be built upon in the future. This document presents the opportunity for servers in the cloud by customer revenue, units, CPU type, form factor, and workload.
Enterprise Cloud Server Hardware Market to Reach $12.6 Billion by 2014
(The Hosting News) – The breaking dawn of economic recovery combined with an aging server installed base and IT managers’ desire to rein in increasingly complex virtual and physical infrastructure is driving demand for both public and private cloud computing. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), server revenue for public cloud computing will grow from $582 million in 2009 to $718 million in 2014. Server revenue for the much larger private cloud market will grow from $7.3 billion to $11.8 billion in the same time period.
“Now is a great time for many IT organizations to begin seriously considering this technology and employing public and private clouds in order to simplify sprawling IT environments,” said Katherine Broderick, research analyst, Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends.
IDC defines the public cloud as being open to a largely unrestricted universe of potential users; designed for a market, not for a single enterprise. Private cloud deployment is designed for, and access restricted to, a single enterprise (or extended enterprise); an internal shared resource, not a commercial offering; IT organization as “vendor” of a shared/standard service to its users. “Many vendors are strategically advancing into the private and public cloud spaces, and these players are widely varied and have differing levels of commitment,” Broderick added.
Additional findings from IDC’s research include the following:
Public cloud computing has lower ASVs than an average x86-based server
Public cloud seems less likely to be broadly adopted than private
Public clouds will be less enterprise focused than private clouds
According to recent IDC survey results, almost half of respondents, 44%, are considering private clouds
The IDC study, Worldwide Enterprise Server Cloud Computing 2010-2014 Forecast (IDC #223118) presents market size and forecast information for server hardware infrastructure supporting public and private clouds from 2009 through 2014. This is IDC’s first cloud forecast from the server hardware perspective and will be built upon in the future. This document presents the opportunity for servers in the cloud by customer revenue, units, CPU type, form factor, and workload.
Enterprise Cloud Server Hardware Market to Reach $12.6 Billion by 2014
(The Hosting News) – The breaking dawn of economic recovery combined with an aging server installed base and IT managers’ desire to rein in increasingly complex virtual and physical infrastructure is driving demand for both public and private cloud computing. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), server revenue for public cloud computing will grow from $582 million in 2009 to $718 million in 2014. Server revenue for the much larger private cloud market will grow from $7.3 billion to $11.8 billion in the same time period.
“Now is a great time for many IT organizations to begin seriously considering this technology and employing public and private clouds in order to simplify sprawling IT environments,” said Katherine Broderick, research analyst, Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends.
IDC defines the public cloud as being open to a largely unrestricted universe of potential users; designed for a market, not for a single enterprise. Private cloud deployment is designed for, and access restricted to, a single enterprise (or extended enterprise); an internal shared resource, not a commercial offering; IT organization as “vendor” of a shared/standard service to its users. “Many vendors are strategically advancing into the private and public cloud spaces, and these players are widely varied and have differing levels of commitment,” Broderick added.
Additional findings from IDC’s research include the following:
Public cloud computing has lower ASVs than an average x86-based server
Public cloud seems less likely to be broadly adopted than private
Public clouds will be less enterprise focused than private clouds
According to recent IDC survey results, almost half of respondents, 44%, are considering private clouds
The IDC study, Worldwide Enterprise Server Cloud Computing 2010-2014 Forecast (IDC #223118) presents market size and forecast information for server hardware infrastructure supporting public and private clouds from 2009 through 2014. This is IDC’s first cloud forecast from the server hardware perspective and will be built upon in the future. This document presents the opportunity for servers in the cloud by customer revenue, units, CPU type, form factor, and workload.
Enterprise Cloud Server Hardware Market to Reach $12.6 Billion by 2014
Strategic Partnership with Softline expands Open-Xchange’s reach to Russia and CIS
NUREMBERG, Germany / MOSCOW, Russia – Open-Xchange, provider of business-class open source collaboration software, announced today at CloudConf 2010 Moscow (www.cloudconf.ru) an agreement with Softline, the leading software reseller in Russia and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), to resell on-premises and hosted Open-Xchange.
Softline expands its portfolio with Open-Xchange and now can sell it to enterprises, educational institutions and government authorities of all sizes. Softline now can offer customers either: Open-Xchange hosted by Softline; or on-premises installed and run on the customer’s own computers – and the ability to switch between the types of operation at any time.
“Both on-premises and hosted Open-Xchange use exactly the same software code. This is unique in the entire software industry as it provides our customers with unmatched freedom to choose their favorite deployment model any time they like – with no migration effort,” said Anton Salov, head of Softcloud. “While small- and medium-size enterprises tend to benefit from groupware technology deployed as SaaS (Software as a Service) without an initial investment, or on-going administration, larger organizations mostly prefer to integrate their communication solutions into an existing IT infrastructure and run it in-house.”
Softline will offer Open-Xchange through Softline’s new SaaS marketplace called “Softcloud,” which provides maximum data security for white label partners and end users. Softline hosts the server hardware in secure, professional data centers and takes care of performance, scalability, system maintenance, security updates and support. In the SaaS model, customers subscribe to applications, typically on a monthly basis, versus purchasing them. The end user does not need to invest in hardware and software, nor does it require its own staff for the installation and administration of Open-Xchange.
Also Softline provides on-premises collaboration solutions using Open-Xchange´s Server Editions as lower cost alternatives to Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and SharePoint. Open-Xchange´s on-premises products – available as an out-of-the-box software appliance for SMBs or Open-Xchange Server Edition for larger enterprises – can be easily integrated into existing Microsoft-based environments, thereby ensuring that Microsoft Active Directory can be kept with no changes.
“We are looking forward to extending our sales into growing markets in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia, partnering with Softline, the leading software reseller in Russia and CIS,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “Softline is another great example of how innovative reseller partners extend their existing software licensing business.”
Open-Xchange groupware provides the basis for efficient teamwork. It combines e-mail, appointment, contact and task management with intelligent document management. Open-Xchange recently introduced an innovative groupware concept called “Social OX,” which can aggregate e-mail from Google, Yahoo and many others into a folder in Open-Xchange, plus automatically add and incorporate contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Xing to the Open-Xchange address book. To simplify teamwork and project work with external business partners, Open-Xchange can share contacts, calendar information and documents securely outside the enterprise and those users do not require an Open-Xchange account.
About Softline
Softline company (www.softline.ru) has been successfully working in the IT market since 1993. Softline is a leading supplier and authorized partner, including the following: Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Symantec Platinum Partner, Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor, VMware VIP Enterprise Partner, McAfee Elite Solution Provider Partner, Kaspersky Lab Premier Partner, ESET Premier Partner, Corel Platinum Partner, Adobe Silver Solution Partner, Autodesk Authorized VAR, ABBY Large Reseller, Promt Authorized Reseller.
About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premises versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.
Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com.
Open-Xchange Signs Reseller Agreement with Softline
Strategic Partnership with Softline expands Open-Xchange’s reach to Russia and CIS
NUREMBERG, Germany / MOSCOW, Russia – Open-Xchange, provider of business-class open source collaboration software, announced today at CloudConf 2010 Moscow (www.cloudconf.ru) an agreement with Softline, the leading software reseller in Russia and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), to resell on-premises and hosted Open-Xchange.
Softline expands its portfolio with Open-Xchange and now can sell it to enterprises, educational institutions and government authorities of all sizes. Softline now can offer customers either: Open-Xchange hosted by Softline; or on-premises installed and run on the customer’s own computers – and the ability to switch between the types of operation at any time.
“Both on-premises and hosted Open-Xchange use exactly the same software code. This is unique in the entire software industry as it provides our customers with unmatched freedom to choose their favorite deployment model any time they like – with no migration effort,” said Anton Salov, head of Softcloud. “While small- and medium-size enterprises tend to benefit from groupware technology deployed as SaaS (Software as a Service) without an initial investment, or on-going administration, larger organizations mostly prefer to integrate their communication solutions into an existing IT infrastructure and run it in-house.”
Softline will offer Open-Xchange through Softline’s new SaaS marketplace called “Softcloud,” which provides maximum data security for white label partners and end users. Softline hosts the server hardware in secure, professional data centers and takes care of performance, scalability, system maintenance, security updates and support. In the SaaS model, customers subscribe to applications, typically on a monthly basis, versus purchasing them. The end user does not need to invest in hardware and software, nor does it require its own staff for the installation and administration of Open-Xchange.
Also Softline provides on-premises collaboration solutions using Open-Xchange´s Server Editions as lower cost alternatives to Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and SharePoint. Open-Xchange´s on-premises products – available as an out-of-the-box software appliance for SMBs or Open-Xchange Server Edition for larger enterprises – can be easily integrated into existing Microsoft-based environments, thereby ensuring that Microsoft Active Directory can be kept with no changes.
“We are looking forward to extending our sales into growing markets in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia, partnering with Softline, the leading software reseller in Russia and CIS,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “Softline is another great example of how innovative reseller partners extend their existing software licensing business.”
Open-Xchange groupware provides the basis for efficient teamwork. It combines e-mail, appointment, contact and task management with intelligent document management. Open-Xchange recently introduced an innovative groupware concept called “Social OX,” which can aggregate e-mail from Google, Yahoo and many others into a folder in Open-Xchange, plus automatically add and incorporate contact details from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Xing to the Open-Xchange address book. To simplify teamwork and project work with external business partners, Open-Xchange can share contacts, calendar information and documents securely outside the enterprise and those users do not require an Open-Xchange account.
About Softline
Softline company (www.softline.ru) has been successfully working in the IT market since 1993. Softline is a leading supplier and authorized partner, including the following: Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Symantec Platinum Partner, Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor, VMware VIP Enterprise Partner, McAfee Elite Solution Provider Partner, Kaspersky Lab Premier Partner, ESET Premier Partner, Corel Platinum Partner, Adobe Silver Solution Partner, Autodesk Authorized VAR, ABBY Large Reseller, Promt Authorized Reseller.
About Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premises versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.
Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com.
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