Open-Xchange Publishes Web 2.0 as a Platform Position Paper
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Open-Xchange, Inc. today posted another position paper 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 well-known software analyst, Daniel Kusnetzky, who is now the Executive Vice President, Market Strategy, Open-Xchange Inc. The position paper, "Web 2.0 -- The Application Platform of the Future" can be found on the Open-Xchange, Inc. website. http://open-xchange.com/EN/news/position.html
The Worldwide Web is based upon open standards, open protocols, supports single-vendor and open source software, and it has become pervasive. When Developers and IT decision-makers start thinking about the Worldwide Web as the platform for their future applications, a number of benefits emerge. One of the most important is that using the Web as a platform throws off restrictions based upon the limitations of traditional client/server computing.
In the end, Web 2.0 will be built upon open standards, open protocols and both single-vendor and open source software.
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, and 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 is available with 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, 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. delivers Smart Collaboration(TM) by offering reliable and scalable messaging and advanced collaboration solutions. Open-Xchange products provide IT departments with open source alternatives for messaging and advanced collaboration resulting in architectural freedom. Open-Xchange's unique technology, Smart Collaboration(TM), has been awarded the LinuxWorld's Product Excellence Award, ServerWatch's Product Excellent Award, and InfoWeek's Server Product of the Year. Open-Xchange Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, with research & development and operations in Olpe and Nuremberg, Germany. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com .
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Source: Open-Xchange Inc.
CONTACT: William Peterson of PageOne PR, +1-508-393-8551, or bill@pageonepr.com, for Open-Xchange Inc.
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