Chris Latterell

Chris Latterell
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Thunderbird Sunset Marks Passing of an Era

Chris Latterell on Jul 10, 2012

The Mozilla team has come to the conclusion that, at this point, “continued innovation in Thunderbird is not a priority.” Mitchell Baker, chair of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, writes: “We have seen the risi...

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Happy Independence Day in the Land of the Free?

Chris Latterell on Jul 6, 2012

As we recognize Independence Day in the U.S. and around the world this week, we wanted to do our own call-out to email users and collaborators looking to retain their independence: of no vendor lock-in, to freedo...

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What is Facebook Up to Now?

Chris Latterell on Jun 26, 2012

We’re seeing Facebook make an attempt to get its users to spend more time on the site. Forbes magazine article “Facebook’s Lame Attempt To Force Its Email Service On You” reports: “On your profile page, Facebook ...

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Are You Riding Along with the Changing Software Industry?

Chris Latterell on Jun 25, 2012

Software as a Service (SaaS) is growing 50 percent annually. In the next five years, SaaS will represent 25 percent of all software sales. And, in 2017, total SaaS sales are predicted to be $100 billion. That’s a...

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Work in the 21st century: productive and full of fun again?

Chris Latterell on May 30, 2012

I remember back when at the dawn of the Internet how much fun it was to go online and discover what was there and how to tap into information that previously was not easy to obtain. For example, my university was...

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Your Digital Life Hub

Chris Latterell on May 22, 2012

Whether your business is on-the-go between airports, or running between family gatherings, the fact remains: technology is completely blending personal and business lives. Throughout the day, devices including mo...

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Uncomplicated Terms of Service, now THAT’S Innovative

Chris Latterell on May 10, 2012

The issue of Google and Facebook terms of service is once again making the news — not because it’s really newsworthy, but rather because it’s, well, really incomprehensible. We really do have reason to worry abou...

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Tier 1 publishes update on Open-Xchange

Chris Latterell on May 8, 2012

We invite you to have a look at what industry analyst firm, Tier 1 Research, wrote recently about Open-Xchange´s webmail replacement at leading Polish hosting provider NetArt.

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A Software Revolution is Coming

Chris Latterell on May 8, 2012

I had the opportunity to deliver a keynote at the Hosting and Service Provider Summit in Frankfurt, Germany, May 3, titled „Push the Boundaries: Building Trust and Scaling your Business in the Cloud“.

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How do cloud and Telco service providers avoid becoming just a great commod...

Chris Latterell on Apr 15, 2012

We are headed to the Telco Cloud World Forum this week with a strong story to share and some great partners to update. Primarily, that OX App Suite’s benefit to Telco and cloud service provider models just got be...

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