At $99 a Month, SingleHop to Offer the Industry’s Most Power Efficient Server
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Chicago-based managed dedicated hosting provider, SingleHop (singlehop.com), Inc., today announced the deployment of the hot new dual core Intel(R) Atom server, at an ultra competitive $99 per month. “The Intel processor is based on an entirely new design, built for low power … ,” says Intel Executive Vice President Sean Maloney.
Cloudworks CEO to Present at SYS-CON’s Cloud Computing Conference & Expo
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Cloud Computing is the new buzz word in the technology industry. But even industry insiders don’t agree on exactly what the term means. We shouldn’t be surprised that mainstream business is approaching it with caution. Businesses have many concerns about moving their data to the cloud, some legitimate and some irrational. All these concerns need to be overcome in order for a widespread adoption of cloud computing to occur. This session will discuss the obstacles to getting customers to embrace the concept of cloud computing and how to over come them.
This session will cover topics such as the dangers of preaching to the converted, why “better” isn’t good enough when moving customers away from the familiar, and communicating the benefits without getting lost in the technical details.
Speaker Bio:
Mike Eaton- Founder and CEO of Cloudworks and Atticus Information Systems. Based in Southern California, Cloudworks is a leading provider of hosted computing services for small and mid-market businesses.
Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, November 19-20-21, 2008
SYS-CON Events announced today that Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels will deliver the opening keynote at SYS-CON’s Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com), which will take place November 19-21, at the Fairmont Hotel at the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California. The first International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will be colocated with the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo (www.virtualizationconference.com)..
Building the right infrastructure that can scale up or down at a moment’s notice can be a complicated and expensive task, but it’s essential in today’s business landscape. This applies to an enterprise trying to cut-costs, a young business unexpectedly saturated with customer demand, or a start-up looking to launch.
There are many challenges when building a reliable, flexible architecture that can manage unpredictable behaviors of today’s internet business. This presentation will review some of the lessons learned from building one of the world’s largest distributed systems; Amazon.com. The focus will be on state management which is one of the dominating factors in the scalability, reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness of the overall system.
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About the Speaker:
Dr. Werner Vogels is Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com where he is responsible for driving the company’s technology vision. Prior to joining Amazon, he worked as a research scientist at Cornell University where he was a principal investigator in several research projects that target the scalability and robustness of mission-critical enterprise computing systems.
Vogels holds a Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and has authored close to 80 articles for journals and conferences, most of them on distributed systems technologies for enterprise computing.
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Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities Offered on a First-Come First-Served Basis. To inquire about sponsorship and exhibit opportunities please contact Carmen Gonzalez at 201-802-3021 or by email at events(at)sys-con.com. Currently, a limited number of sponsorship and exhibition packages with multiple sponsorship discounts are available for the upcoming events.
A Who’s Who of Cloud Computing Technology Rock Stars!
SYS-CON faculty alumni include such notable speakers as: Bret Adam (rPath), Deepak Alur (JackBe), Theo Beack (BEA Systems), Kevin Brown (Kidaro), Donato Buccella (Certeon), Bob Buffone (Nexaweb), David Christian (MindBridge), Jonathan Clark (Thinstall), Ariel Cohen (Xsigo Systems), Andrew Conte (APC), Simon Crosby (Citrix Systems), Kurt Daniels (Parallels), Sujil Das (Mellanox Technologies), Kevin Epstein (Scalent Systems), Shai Fultheim (ScaleMP), Rick German (Stoneware), Dror Gill (Ceedo), Ravi Gururaj (VMLogix), Matthew Haynos (IBM), Stephen Herrod (VMware), Arthur Hitomi (Endeavors Technologies), Gordon Jackson (DataSynapse), Peter Jensen (Thinstall), Steve Kaplan (AccessFlow), David Kleidermacher (Green Hills Software), Madhur Kohli (Levanta), Brian Korn (Scalent Systems), Gary Lamb (AccessFlow), Rich Lechner (IBM), Matt Lee (Neocleus), Victoria Livschitz (Grid Dynamics), Bob Lozano (Appistry), Peter Manca (Egenera), Andi Mann (EMA), Jerry Melnick (Marathon Technologies), Mark Milligan (VirtualLogix), Shridhar Mittal (iTKO), Hezi Moore (Reflex Security), Phil Morris (Sun Microsystems), Parviz Peiravi (Intel), Geva Perry (GigaSpaces Technologies), Harry Petty (Brocade), Stephen Pollack (PlateSpin), George Pradel (Vizioncore), Bob Quinn (3Leaf), Ben Rudolph (Parallels), Bill Scarborough (VMware), John Stetic (PlateSpin), Brian Stevens (Red Hat), Robert Steward (DataDirect), Allen Stewart (Microsoft), Butch Villafor (Egenera), Roland Wartenberg (SAP), Matt Waxman (EMC Corporation), Julian Weinstock (Desktone), Hubert Yoshida (Hitachi) and Kurt Zieglar (SIMtone).
The Most Distinguished Cloud Computing Faculty November 19-21, 2008 -San Jose, CA
SYS-CON’s upcoming faculty includes such distinguished speakers as: Dan Avida (Opus Capital), Alex Bakman (VKernel), Michael Berman (Catbird), Ken Berryman (Symantec), Brad Brown (TUSC), Jonathan Bryce (Mosso), Donato Buccella (Certeon), Rachel Chalmers (The 451 Group), Stuart Charlton (Elastra), Reuven Cohen (Enomaly), Dave Durkee (ENKI), Mike Eaton (Cloudworks), Yakov Fain (Farata Systems), Walter Falk (IBM Global Technology Services), Mike Feinberg (EMC), Joe Fitzgerald (ManageIQ), Kyle Gabhart (Web Age Solutions), Anup K. Ghosh (Secure Command), Michel Gien (VirtualLogix), Alex Givens (UC4 Software), Dr. Robert Hagmann (Coral8), Patrick Harr (Nirvanix), Ralph James (RSSBus), John Janakiraman (Skytap), Mike Kemp (Liquid Computing), Lynn LeBlanc (FastScale), Lars Leckie (Hummer Winblad Venture Partners), Patrick Leonard (RogueWave), David Linthicum (The Linthicum Group), Paul Lipton (CA), Jay Litkey (Embotics), Bob Lozano (Appistry), Jim Mackay (iTKO LISA), Billy Marshall (rPath), Dave McCroy (Hyper9), Dwayne Melancon (Tripwire), Leslie Muller (DynamicOps), Mike Neil (Microsoft), Baldwin Ng (Microsoft), Peter Nickolov (3Tera), Gerardo Pardo-Castellote (Real-Time Innovations), Cornelius Pone (PPC), Bob Quinn (3Leaf), Sean Rhody, Jesus Rodriguez (Tellago), Michael Rowley (Active Endpoints), Nati Shalom (GigaSpaces), David Snead, Javier Soltero (Hyperic), John Suit (Fortisphere), Ratmir Timashev (Veeam), Omer Trajman (Vertica Systems), Dr. Werner Vogels (Amazon), Thorsten von Eicken (RightScale), Ed Walsh (Virtual Iron), Roland Wartenberg (SAP), John Whaley (MokaFive) Alan Williamson (Blog-City), Steve Wilson (Sun Microsystems), Rich Wolski (U.C. Santa Barbara), David Young (Joyent) and Songnian Zhou (Platform Computing).
VIA Networks announces certification for Information Worker Competency from Microsoft
October 29, 2008
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VIA Networks, a leading provider of managed services and dedicated hosting solutions, today announced it has been certified for its Information Worker Competency from Microsoft, with a Specialization in Portals and Collaboration.
The Information Worker Competency marks the company’s fourth competency for Microsoft-centric solutions, strengthening its position as a Gold Certified Partner and validates the deep expertise VIA Networks has with messaging and collaboration solutions.
Our portals and collaboration specialization demonstrates we have a proven expertise in supporting Exchange and SharePoint solutions for our customers
Our technology expertise and consultative approach have enabled us to deliver a superior-level of support for our customer’s complex messaging and collaboration solutions.
Specialization in Portals and Collaboration, as part of the Information Worker Solutions Competency, demonstrates that VIA Networks has had its solutions and team reviewed and certified for its proficiency and expertise around Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 & 2007. VIA Networks’ Portals & Collaboration solutions are designed to help customers simplify infrastructure management, provide a unified environment to collaborate on and improve organizational communication.
“Our portals and collaboration specialization demonstrates we have a proven expertise in supporting Exchange and SharePoint solutions for our customers,” said Darin Elkins, managing director, VIA Networks. “Our technology expertise and consultative approach have enabled us to deliver a superior-level of support for our customer’s complex messaging and collaboration solutions.”
In addition to its Information Worker Solutions Competency, VIA Networks also maintains competencies in the following areas:
* Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Competency with an Active Directory Specialization
* Networking Infrastructure Solutions Competency
* Hosting Solutions Competency
VIA Networks has been a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner for more than three years now, and a founding certified partner since 2003, when the program was created. For more information on VIA Networks’ and the solutions they provide, please visit http://www.vianetworks.net.
About VIA Networks
VIA Networks provides organizations with the comprehensive application hosting and managed services they need to manage and grow their businesses. Since 1996, VIA has been helping its global customer base to establish and maintain responsive IT environments that adapt to changing business conditions. Today, VIA Networks supports more than 36,000 business customers in 80 countries worldwide as an integrated part of the Claranet Group, Europe’s largest independent Managed Services firm. VIA Networks provides customers with comprehensive hosting and managed services offerings, including expert hosting and platform support for Microsoft technologies. For more information on VIA Networks, please visit http://www.vianetworks.net.
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Savvis announces joining Sun Microsystems’ MySQL Authorized Hosting partner program
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Savvis, Inc.a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, announced it has joined Sun Microsystems’ MySQL(TM) Authorized Hosting partner* program. The program provides top-tier Hosting companies and Managed Hosting Providers the ability to offer customers certified services around Sun’s MySQL open source database. These services are specifically designed for managed hosting providers, SaaS (Software as a Service) vendors, and mobility service providers.
Savvis, Inc. Carter Cromley, 703-667-6110 carter.cromley@savvis.net or OgilvyPR Worldwide David Friedman, 303-634-2674 david.friedman@ogilvypr.com
Netfirms launches new version of its Netfirms XLR8 control panel
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Domain registrar and Web host Netfirms (www.netfirms.com) has launched a new version of its Netfirms XLR8 control panel, which the company said is now easier and faster to use, and now extends the benefits of clustered hosting and Web 2.0 cloud computing even to small businesses clients.
According to Netfirms’ Tuesday announcement, the new control panel is now available to Netfirms’ more than 1.2 million hosted websites worldwide. It has incorporated a number of customer suggestions to improve the usability of XLR8, including a domain transfer status bar to show how quickly transfers are occurring, and a customer knowledgebase to make troubleshooting easier.
“We encourage user feedback, with the promise that we will try to find ways to incorporate their suggestions in any upgrades,” Netfirms president Thomas Savundra said in a statement. “Most of the changes we’ve made are based on feedback we’ve received in recent months. It is undoubtedly the most user-friendly control panel we’ve yet released.”
Visually, XLR8 looks much different, with a redesigned menu bar to simplify navigation and streamline domain transfers to Netfirms. The user interface also includes new features for managing especially large domain portfolios.
Netfirms also said that users can expect an easier installation process for a wide range of single-click e-commerce, blogging and content management applications, as well as faster server speeds from the XLR8 control panel.
Savundra said choosing to incorporate fast, AJAX programming has made XLR8 a powerful interface for its grid hosting platform.
“The Netfirms platform is built on clustered hosting and distributed processing, making it effortless - in fact, automatic - to handle sudden spikes in traffic,” said Savundra. “You don’t want to be featured on CNN, for example, but be unable to handle the flood of traffic to your site.”
IWI Hosting Launches New Servers For SMEs
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Due to server down time, small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are suffered up to two weeks in a year for lost in their productivity.IWI Hosting, the web hosting company steps towards these SME and helps them to come to parallel line of competition. Server downtime naturally impacts all the companies, large and small, but the impact mostly comes on smaller enterprises.
The downtime in server is generally caused by using various soft ware and service packs, unsystematic bugs and faults in administration. The research says that a usual SME requires an average of 16 hardware resets in every 12 months.
As a web hosting company, IWI Hosting has learnt the essentials of faster and easier hardware reboots during a year-leading to the development of a revolutionary dedicated server offering. IWI Hosting is going to introduced exclusive features which are allowing users to control their servers through remotes and reboot them online by clicking on a restart button of the control panel.
IWI Hosting’s advance web hosting solutions with dedicated server offers its users permanent keyboard, mouse control and video with complete control over. This includes changing BIOS configuration access, hardware reset and remote desktop of Windows as well as Linux.
With the ensured bandwidth the SMEs do not have to share resources with other companies on the same indefinite connection and also they don’t have to pay for additional bandwidth. IWI Hosting believes that it is very difficult for the small firms to wait for server delivery and set up, which can take up to four weeks. This affordable web hosting’s new dedicated server can be set online directly. Its self-build construction gives you immediate access facilities.
Web hosting solutions are providing:
• With the latest switching technology each customer receives their own private LAN facilities, which is rare in other servers.
• Easy online control panel for restructuring operating systems, additional IP addresses and more many more.
• Initialization of those databases, which are flexible with business needs like MS SQL or MySQL etc with cost effective hosting.
• IWI Hosting introduces all the new servers and offers the latest hardware options.
• All the advanced technologies are protected with latest internet security.
About IWI Hosting
IWI Hosting is a renowned name of a web hosting company, which is the core division of the IWI Infotech, a number one IT service company of UK. IWI Hosting mainly deals with web hosting services, email, database applications, provides shared and dedicated hosting. This company’s main aim is to provide trustworthy, protected and valuable web hosting services. Our dedicated staffs are well organized to provide you full assistance at any time any where. IWI Hosting’s customer support team will be pleased to serve you at 24/7. Whatever may the size of your business, IWI hosting is quite reasonable for any level of business on the web without compromising the quality.
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cPanel Now Available on Cirrus Hosting Virtual Private Servers and Dedicated Servers
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Cirrus Tech, a leading Canadian web host and global provider of Internet services, has announced that it will be offering new VPS and Dedicated Server clients with the option of cPanel and WHM installed on their plan.
With a significant number of Linux web hosting providers employing cPanel as their control panel solution, it has become one of the leading control panels in the web hosting industry today. As a result, cPanel has gained a large dedicated following of users. Cirrus Tech hopes that their customer-driven initiative of offering cPanel will attract the loyal cPanel customer base that would have otherwise not considered Cirrus Tech as their web hosting provider.
While clients always had the ability to purchase cPanel licenses and install it themselves on their VPS or Dedicated Server, Cirrus Tech realized that this was not practical for some clients. By purchasing and installing the cPanel license for them, Cirrus Tech felt it was a win-win solution for all.
New VPS clients not particularly attached to a specific control panel now have a choice between Plesk and cPanel. As for loyal cPanel users, they will now be able to purchase one of Cirrus Tech’s Linux VPS plans with their control panel of choice.
An unlimited domains license of cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) will be available only on new CentOS 4 and 5 VPS Plans and Dedicated Servers as an add-on. Cirrus Tech has indicated that they have no immediate plans to offer cPanel on their shared hosting services.
About Cirrus Tech Ltd
Cirrus Tech Ltd. has been actively promoting its services to the hosting industry since 1999. The company has focused on 24/7 tech support, value added services and a cooperative attitude towards all its clients. Cirrus is now one of Canada’s largest Web Hosting companies and is a leading provider of comprehensive Internet services. Cirrus provides locally based sales and engineering support for its Internet services in Toronto, Canada, and offers Web hosting services to customers in many countries.
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Dedicated managed hosting provider The Planet Expands Load Balancing
October 28, 2008
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Dedicated managed hosting provider The Planet (www.theplanet.com) announced on Monday it has launched shared load balancing (www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/private-racks) for its virtual rack solution.
The Foundry ServerIron-powered offering is priced from $75 per month, and uses a network device shared by several virtual rack customers. ServerIron technology provides a comprehensive solution for server load balancing, application Layer 7 switching, server farm and application security, SSL acceleration, compression, and multi-site redundancy.
The shared load balancer offers the same scalability and redundancy as a dedicated load balancer at an 85 percent lower cost of entry.
Using load balancing technology helps increase aggregate server throughput and the number of concurrent connections, which in turn enables users to facilitate more traffic at higher speeds to their customer sites.
“Load balancing can be cost-prohibitive, often doubling the price of a server, which can inhibit adoption,” says Bryce Edwards, The Planet’s general manager for complex infrastructure. “Our customers are price sensitive, so we’ve carefully evaluated technologies to make our new shared product a cost-effective solution for most any business.”
The Planet’s shared load balancing is available in three packages for virtual rack customers. The Business package includes 50Mbps of throughput and 10,000 concurrent connections, the Enhanced package offers 175Mbps of throughput and 25,000 concurrent connections, and the Premium package provides 300Mbps of throughput with 50,000 concurrent connections.
In May, The Planet launched its new virtual rack solution, which made the features of its popular private rack solution available to customers running as few as two servers.
The Planet’s rack solutions offer unlimited server-to-server transfer, reduced risk of bandwidth overages, and access to advanced security and hosting technologies.
ThePlanet Reports Record results for the Third Quarter
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The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today discussed its results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008. The Planet provides quarterly updates to its customers, business partners and prospects with information relative to new initiatives and its progress.
“We had another successful quarter of year-over-year growth rates, which are roughly twice that of the dedicated hosting industry, despite a difficult economic environment around the world,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Erwin. “This was a quarter that set a new strategic course for our business, with our entry into managed hosting under the Planet Northstar brand. Coupled with our new Planet Alpha dedicated hosting moniker and an enhanced a la carte services portfolio, we now offer customers the broadest range of technical infrastructure solutions and service options in the business.
“We continue to reap the benefits of previous investments in both our call center and our data center operations,” Erwin continued. “Customer satisfaction is at an all-time high, and we continue our relentless focus on making The Planet the best choice for SMBs looking for enterprise-class IT infrastructure management.”
“The Planet again produced a record quarter, with our highest year-over-year revenue growth,” said Chief Financial Officer Kevin Klausmeyer. “Cash flows remain healthy, and our balance sheet remains strong. We are also pleased about having achieved new levels of efficiency in utilizing our assets.”
Third Quarter Highlights
Strong Customer Activity: In the third quarter, the company added 1,600 customers, bringing the total to more than 25,000. The greatest growth during the quarter came from the company’s current customers, who continued to upgrade and expand their server portfolios. In addition, the company hosts more than 13.3 million Web sites.
Planet Northstar Managed Hosting: Under a new brand, the company announced its entry into the managed hosting business using its rigorous and proactive Anticipation Advantage planning methodology. Small- and medium-sized businesses gain access to enterprise-class IT managed hosting services – starting with as few as two servers – backed by a dedicated team of seasoned IT professionals who are personally accountable for their success.
Planet Alpha Dedicated Hosting: The company rebranded its core dedicated hosting business under the Planet Alpha moniker. Customers have the power to choose from a broad range of products – from single servers to complex infrastructure solutions – based on the precise fit for their businesses.
Planet Alpha Advanced Services: Based on its May 2008 acquisition of TouchSupport, the company added new advanced services to its dedicated servers hosting portfolio, including monitoring, security and server administration. The new Alpha Advanced Services supplement the administration and maintenance of customers’ self-managed dedicated servers to create the optimal management plan for their business. With these new choices, customers can lower their operational costs, and add to or improve the security and availability of their hosted environment.
Yankee Group White Paper: The company issued a new white paper from Yankee Group that details managed hosting services as a tangible consideration for organizations looking to reduce IT costs. Titled “Leveraging Capex-Free Managed Hosting,” it provides an insightful examination into the formidable IT barriers faced by SMBs in today’s competitive business environment. It also emphasizes the choice of managed hosting services as a strategic and effective alternative that offers enterprise-class capabilities previously not affordable for most companies.
New Web Site: The company introduced a new Web site designed for easy navigation and transparency that demonstrates its rich breadth of products and services. Customers are easily able to move between the corporate, Planet Alpha Dedicated Hosting and Planet Northstar Managed Hosting sites to identify the best services for their business.
Customer Videos: Demonstrating the success of its new managed hosting services, four companies were featured in videos (http://www.theplanet.com/videos) underscoring their decision to choose the company’s managed hosting solutions: Houston-based NutshellMail.com (www.nutshellmail.com); Canada’s Computan (www.computan.com), Brazil’s Atitude Digital Media (www.atitude.com.br) and The Sant Corporation (www.santcorp.com) located in Cincinnati. Also featured this quarter is Planet Alpha customer Stone Bond Technologies (www.stonebond.com).
Lights-Out Green Initiative: In a company-wide program, The Planet will reduce its yearly energy consumption through more efficient use of lighting, which is expected to deliver an annual savings of almost $140,000.
About The Planet
The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 25,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 13.3 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24×7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.
For additional information, visit ThePlanet.com
Open-Xchange develops Dedicated Hosting Collaboration Server Appliance
October 28, 2008
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Complete with an operating system, the new Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, as a collaboration server appliance, is designed to deliver e-Mail and Calendar services, in an on-premise installation and virtual dedicated hosting implementation solution.
The Open-Xchange open source groupware offering was developed as a cost-effective Microsoft Exchange alternative, for small and medium size businesses (SMBs) desiring easy-to-use and deploy e-mail and collaboration software, with an initial cost of less than $70 per user annually.
Rafael Laguna, CEO, Open-Xchange remarked, ”Small- and mid-sized business owners are demanding the same capabilities as large corporations. Our new Appliance Edition gives these businesses advanced collaboration tools at affordable costs, while enabling service providers an opportunity to give their clients more features at a lower cost as a virtual dedicated server offering.”
The Open-Xchange Appliance Edition is server software that comes complete with operating system, plus capabilities for e-mail, calendar and document sharing, managing contacts and tasks, as well as backup and recovery, anti-spam and anti-virus protection. It can handle anywhere from 10 to hundreds of users.
Built using a combination of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition (used by more than 8 million users worldwide) and Univention Corporate Server 2.1, the collaboration software provides businesses with all the tools needed to facilitate effective teamwork. Users get access to their relevant data and documents with either the AJAX-based web interface or Microsoft Outlook.
Included is a fully-supported Debian-based Linux, along with Samba file and print services, and software connectors for Microsoft Active Directory to facilitate user and group administration, as well as integration into existing IT infrastructure.
Open-Xchange Appliance Edition supports leading virtualization technologies, VMware and Xen, enabling quick installation and a virtual dedicated server deployment by service providers to multiple customers.
Open-Xchange Appliance Edition will be available November 5 through the Open-Xchange Online Shop (www.open-xchange.com/en/shop-en), as well as Open-Xchange and Univention partners. A maintenance subscription for Open-Xchange Appliance Edition including updates, patches and security fixes for 10 users is $675 for the first year, and $168.75 for each additional year. Additional users cost $67.50 in the first year, and $16.88 for each additional year.
Univention GmbH offers a range of Linux-based products and services. Core competencies are integration of Linux and Windows (on the server and on the client side), directory services, Linux on the desktop, and thin-client technology. Univention Corporate Server enables companies and public organizations to deploy, maintain and administer Linux-based server- and client-solutions within a short time and at low cost.
Open-Xchange Inc. provides scalable and integrated open source email and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. 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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