| By Glenn Rossman |
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| November 24, 2009 11:15 AM EST |
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Open-Xchange today announced enhancements that vastly simplify the aggregation of e-mail and contact information - personal and business - giving users access to their data anywhere, anytime and with any device.
To improve ease-of use, the latest enhancements introduce a wizard that eases the setup for new and existing Open-Xchange users. The wizard configures the subscriptions of external mail accounts from Google, GMX, Web.de and many others, along with social and business networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing and others, as well as the push synchronization of mobile phones.
"Open-Xchange creates a data hub that gives end users control over their data," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "Using open and standardized data formats provides users and organizations with the freedom and security to use social web services for the benefit of their business, without many of the lock-in dangers inherent in such social web services."
Additional new features include:
- New team calendar view
- Usability improvements in the AJAX User Interface
- Enhanced OXtender for Microsoft Outlook
- New On-Line help and manuals
Open-Xchange is used by more than 15 million users worldwide as hosted and on-premise business-class e-mail and groupware. On-premise customers can update their installations immediately with the new version of Open-Xchange 6.14; Software as a Service customers will benefit from the new features as soon as their provider updates their accounts.
Anyone can try the latest Open-Xchange improvements for free at a special preview website, http://ox.io.
A detailed description of all new features of Open-Xchange can be seen here.
Glenn Rossman has more than 25 years communications experience working at IBM and Hewlett-Packard, along with startup StorageApps, plus agencies Hill & Knowlton and G&A Communications. His experience includes media relations, industry and financial analyst relations, executive communications, intranet and employee communications, as well as producing sales collateral. In technology, his career includes work in channel partner communications, data storage technologies, server computers, software, PC and UNIX computers, along with specific industry initiatives such as manufacturing, medical, and finance.
Before his latest stint in technology, Glenn did business-to-business public relations on behalf of the DuPont Company for its specialty polymers products and with the largest steel companies in North America in an initiative focused on automakers.
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