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A review of forces changing the world of collaborative software

TARRYTOWN, NY, July 05, 2006 – Open-Xchange, Inc. today posted the first in a series of position papers intended to review the forces changing the market for information technology in general and collaborative solutions in specific. These position papers are written by the world-renown software analyst, Daniel Kusnetzky, who is now the Executive Vice President, Market Strategy, Open-Xchange Inc. The first position paper, “Overview of a Changing World” can be found on the Open-Xchange, Inc. website. http://www.open-xchange.com/EN/news/position.html

Worldwide market studies by major industry analysts have shown that organizations are dealing with similar challenges. They are seeking ways to reduce their overall costs while also improving product offerings, customer service and making the best use of their resources. Among other things, this requires collaborating more efficiently with partners, suppliers and customers. Many organizations have responded to these pressures by adopting open source software; focusing on their core competency, outsourcing non-core functions; adopting new types of access-point devices; and moving beyond simple Email and Calendaring to a more complete, integrated and agile computer-based social network.

The Position Paper explains how collaboration software in general, and Open-Xchange Server specifically, enables organizations to respond to competitive pressures and achieve their strategic goals.

About Open-Xchange Server
Open-Xchange Server 5 delivers twice the functionality of the typical collaboration server at half the price. It works with more browsers, PDA’s and rich clients. Unique features – such as Documail, the integration of document sharing and email, Smart Links, Smart Permissions, Universal Access – make it the most productive collaboration tool on the market. Organizations use Open-Xchange Server’s GUI-based administration module featuring Tiered Entitlement to implement role-based user management.

Open-Xchange Server 5 supports the two leading Enterprise Linux distributions, Red Hat and SUSE and the Collax Business Server. Innovative connectors, OXtenders, enhance customer flexibility by using open standard APIs to integrate existing IT infrastructures, or extend capabilities to mobile devices, fax servers, back-up utilities, email archiving tools and Samba administration tools.

Launched in August 2004, Open-Xchange’s open source project is licensed under the General Public License for the software program and the Creative Commons, Attribution, Noncommercial, ShareAlike or CC:by-nc-sa for the digital content or Web Access Add-on. Open-Xchange Server is ranked #4 out of 358 groupware projects on the freshmeat.net website, #1 in document repositories, #4 in handhelds, and the #163 most popular overall project, out of more than 40,000 listed projects. The Open-Xchange community website, http://www.open-xchange.org, is visited by more than 200,000 unique visitors each month. On average, each month, the community version of Open-Xchange Server is downloaded more than 6,000 times. Open-Xchange Server 5 was awarded Best Open Source Solution at LinuxWorld Expo. The readers of ServerWatch awarded Open-Xchange Server best Messaging and Collaboration Solution.

About Open-Xchange Inc.
Open-Xchange Inc. develops and delivers reliable and scalable messaging and advanced collaboration solutions. Its flagship product, Open-Xchange Server, is the market-leading advanced collaboration server that combines best-of-breed open source software with commercial add-ons and connectors. Open-Xchange Inc. is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, with research & development and operations concentrated in Olpe and Nuremberg, Germany. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com

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Contact:
Dan Kusnetzky, Open-Xchange, Inc., 941 928-5257, dan.kusnetzky@open-xchange.com