Rafael Laguna

Rafael Laguna
Co-founder and former CEO of Open-Xchange

Carriers Can’t Win Playing the Speed Game

Rafael Laguna on Aug 19, 2012

The AP wire service article, “Phone cos. lose broadband subscribers for 1st time” caught my eye since we deal with all types of service providers – web hosting companies, telcos, cable carriers and mobile provide...

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Summer’s on Vacation, but the Truth is still @Work: the 4 Ugly Words of the...

Rafael Laguna on Aug 9, 2012

http://prezi.com/6zzmapoxewp_/open-xchange-2012-the-4-ugly-words-of-the-web-age/

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Mid-Year CEO Perspective

Rafael Laguna on Jun 11, 2012

Wow, is it June already?! Somewhere between pushing the boundaries and San Francisco, I have had a moment to notice.

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Future of Open Source and Clouds – A Crystal Clear Choice

Rafael Laguna on Jun 8, 2012

It was no surprise to me looking over results of the Future of Open Source Survey 2012 where Jay Lyman got it right: “open source code is making its way into today’s enterprise, webscale, consumer and other compu...

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Fat Pipes eat Fat Client’s lunch

Rafael Laguna on Mar 15, 2012

This article on the InfoWorld website takes Microsoft to task for “archaic licensing terms” and quotes the CTO of Desktone saying, “Microsoft is stifling innovation here because companies want to leverage desktop...

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Time to Stop beating a Dying Horse

Rafael Laguna on Mar 12, 2012

Great story – and great review – on LibreOffice a week ago in InfoWorld. But after reading it, I’m of the opinion that it misses the point.

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Giants Beware

Rafael Laguna on Mar 2, 2012

Well — the word is finally getting out from Mobile World Congress, here, and here and here. Telcos are getting the message the hosting industry got years ago, stay pat and you will be what’s served for lunch. In ...

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The Cloud App Store Opportunity

Rafael Laguna on Mar 1, 2012

As we see it, the future is service providers offering a wide range of applications to their customers. In our vision, those apps work together (cut + paste, for example), are delivered as a service (not download...

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Wow — SharePoint goes App Store

Rafael Laguna on Feb 23, 2012

Did anyone else notice Mary Jo’s SharePoint Wave 15 insights?

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That’s right, I said it, Microsoft Outlook is Old School

Rafael Laguna on Feb 21, 2012

Der Standard, a highly respected publication here in Austria, published an interview with me this week quoting me that “outlook is old school.”

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