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Hosting companies can leverage the value and functionality of open source
software to bring enterprise-class applications to their customers -- "A Match
Made in Heaven," according to Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange Inc., who will
speak on the topic at the HostingCon event in Chicago next
week.
“Internet service providers, telecommunications companies, mobile
carriers, web hosting companies and service providers all have lots of
experience running open source software. In fact, the whole Internet with its
150 million websites and 1.5 billion e-mail accounts is built with open source,"
says Laguna. "It has made the Internet what it is today."
The CEO of the
leading provider of open source groupware asserts that hosting companies,
telcos, and Internet companies can benefit from open source programs delivered
in the SaaS (Software as a Service) model to their customers.
He speaks
from experience with leading hosting providers -- led by Network Solutions (U.
S.), 1&1 Internet (U.S. and Germany), JMF (Japan), OVH (France), and
Hostpoint (Switzerland) -- providing full groupware solutions built on
Open-Xchange open source software.
Open-Xchange offers email, calendar,
contacts, tasks and document sharing to provide companies with all the tools
needed to facilitate communication and efficient teamwork. Customers can improve
communication and teamwork with simple, intuitive tools and intelligent
features, such as smart links between calendar appointments, task lists,
contacts, documents, bookmarks and knowledge articles.
What:
“SaaS and Open Source: A Match Made in
Heaven”
When: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 4:30
p.m.
Where: HostingCon -- Navy Pier, Chicago
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Info: www.hostingcon.com/2008/attend/session-detail.php?id=131About
Open-Xchange Inc.Open-Xchange Inc. is the innovator of scalable and
integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises,
academic institutions, and government authorities. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition
enables web-hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich
application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). Internet service
providers (ISPs), telcos and hosting providers, led by 1&1 Internet, deliver
advanced email and groupware features through Open-Xchange Hosting Edition to
millions of users. Open-Xchange Inc. is a privately-held company headquartered
in Tarrytown, N.Y., with research, development, and operations in Olpe and
Nuremberg, Germany. For more information, please visit
www.open-xchange.com.
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