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Rafael Laguna on Mar 29, 2019

Over hundred of the world’s largest hosting and telecommunications companies including 1&1, GoDaddy, Rackspace, KPN, Liberty Global, Proximus, and Vodafone are using Open-Xchange (OX) software, but what makes...

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IT-Sicherheit: Firmendaten sind Gold wert

Rafael Laguna on Mar 22, 2019

Digitale Firmendaten sind für Unternehmen Gold wert. Doch leider haben auch Cyberkriminelle das erkannt, und Hacker entwickeln immer raffiniertere Methoden, um an diese Datenschätze zu gelangen. Die Angriffe gelt...

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Open-Xchange Leads the Formation of a New Open Chat Standard - COI

Robert Virkus on Mar 21, 2019

At the end of last year, Open-Xchange started a project to create a new base protocol with the goal of building its own chat system. During this process, Open-Xchange noticed that the world of chat was held in co...

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For the 5th consecutive year, OX is a “Top Player” in Radicati 2019 Market ...

John Broomfield on Mar 21, 2019

It’s been another busy year at Open-Xchange, with the team focusing on new product launches, championing our vision of open-source software, and communicating the benefits of open source to the global community. ...

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Can Chat Over IMAP Challenge WhatsApp and Slack?

Rafael Laguna on Mar 18, 2019

The headline in the local German press read, "The German Attack on WhatsApp.” German entrepreneur Rafael Laguna is looking to counter the dominance of Facebook's messaging services WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger...

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Join the Second Force at Cloudfest 2019

John Broomfield on Mar 14, 2019

The world is ready for a “Second Force “. A force made up of hosters, service providers and ISVs dedicated to keeping the Internet free & open. To learn how you can team up with us to fight the OTT players, v...

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Parlamentskreis Mittelstand erkundete Firmen im Kreis Olpe

Rafael Laguna on Mar 13, 2019

Der Olper CDU-Landtagsabgeordnete Jochen Ritter wollte das Bild vervollständigen und hatte dazu seine Kollegen aus dem Parlamentskreis Mittelstand (PKM), zu dessen Vorstand er gehört, in den Kreis Olpe eingeladen...

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Can Facebook ‘clear’ its own ‘history’ with its new tool

Rafael Laguna on Mar 6, 2019

Last week, Facebook announced that it will soon launch its “clear history” tool. The function, which was first announced publicly at the peak of the Cambridge Analytica debacle, will reportedly allow users to see...

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Europe's path between surveillance capitalism and communism

Rafael Laguna on Feb 27, 2019

(Photo: Shutterstock) Data collection, social scoring and our privacy - our guest author sees two ruling systems here, namely surveillance capitalism and communism. But he also has a suggested solution. A comment...

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Wie ein neuer Whatsapp-Konkurrent entstehen soll

Rafael Laguna on Feb 21, 2019

Kommunikation spielt eine wichtige Rolle im Netz. Einige wenige Player beherrschen jedoch den Markt. Der Software-Unternehmer Rafael Laguna möchte der Dominanz von Facebook und Whatsapp etwas entgegensetzen. Sein...

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