[hosting-newsletter-en] July 2008 - Open-Xchange Hosting Newsletter

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Dear Friends and Partners of Open-Xchange,

Welcome to the Open-Xchange Hosting Newsletter. This month´s news at a
glance.

1. 1&1 Internet Offers 1&1 MailXchange in the U.S.
2. Hosting Companies and Open Source a "Match Made in Heaven"
3. New Version of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition - Beta Version Released
4. Interesting Hacks for SaaS Providers


1.1&1 Internet Offers 1&1 MailXchange in the U.S.
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1&1 Internet Inc., the world's largest web host by known servers, starts
selling 1&1 MailXchange, based on Open-Xchange Inc.'s award winning
collaboration technology, in the U.S. MailXchange is a 1&1 hosted
solution -- requiring no server management or licensing fees from
customers. Small business owners and private users looking for an
affordable alternative to Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint can utilize
this hosted and feature-rich email and collaboration service. Users have
the option to continue using Microsoft Outlook. The service can also be
utilized with any Windows Mobile smartphone. 1&1 MailXchange starts at
$4.99 per user per month, and is discounted with additional users. For
more information, please visit www.1and1.com


2. Hosting Companies and Open Source a "Match Made in Heaven"
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Open-Xchange CEO Presents at HostingCon on Open Source and SaaS

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., July 22, 2008 – 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.

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
More Info:
http://www.hostingcon.com/2008/attend/session-detail.php?id=131


3.New Version of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition Released
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Service Pack 4 of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition provides you with a
exciting new features, including:

- Open-Xchange Hosting Edition now supports Debian Etch, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux 10 and Ubuntu 6.06 --
delivering guaranteed stability for long-term enterprise use.

- OSGi framework support enables the addition and removal of third-party
applications, such as spam and virus protection with zero downtime of
Open-Xchange, which is key for use in large enterprises as it ensures
24/7 availability of the system.

- Customization of the user interface (GUI) allows enterprise customers
to adapt the look and feel of Open-Xchange to different themes and their
corporate design.

- Fully-modular architecture enables easy integration into existing IT
infrastructures (e.g. mail servers), which simplifies implementation and
does not require migration of email data.

- "Mashup" capabilities powered by UWA (Netvibes Universal Widget API)
enable easy integration of web applications, such as RSS feeds,
podcasts, video channels, Salesforce.com, and SAP Business One, so that
the Open-Xchange software serves as the user's central information portal.

- Plug-in architecture for the graphical user interface (GUI) enables
smooth integration of Instant Messaging tools, support for text messages
and fax to help unify communications and reduce the need for managing
multiple address books.

- The source code of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition Service Pack 4 will be
identical to the next generation of Open-Xchange's inhouse solution,
Open-Xchange Server Edition. To get a first impression of recent
improvements of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, we kindly invite you to
download and test the latest software packages of the beta version from
www.open-xchange.com/OXSE.


4. Interesting Hacks for SaaS Providers
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* On The Fly Configuration Update
http://www.open-xchange.com/wiki/index.php?title=On_The_Fly_Configuration_Update

* Session Migration
http://www.open-xchange.com/wiki/index.php?title=Session_Migration

* User and context based themes
http://www.open-xchange.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_and_context_based_themes

* OXtender for Microsoft Outlook customization for deployment and
installation
http://www.open-xchange.com/wiki/index.php?title=MSI

* Open-Xchange Authentication Plugin
http://www.open-xchange.com/wiki/index.php?title=Authentication_Plugin_description

* Whitepaper Directory Integration
http://www.open-xchange.com/documentation/OX-HE-Directory-Integration-Whitepaper-English-v1.00-1.pdf


For additional information, please feel free to contact us at
hosting at open-xchange.com. We look forward to your reply.

Best regards


Hubert Schweinesbein
Open-Xchange Hosting Team
mailto: hosting at open-xchange.com