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OX Bug Bounty Programs - two years in

Martin Heiland on Jun 14, 2018

Back in March 2016 we started rolling out "bug bounty" programs for OX App Suite, PowerDNS and Dovecot. Today we'd like to share how we've been doing, what we learned and how we will go on improving the programs....

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Innovation meets Networking at this year’s OX Summit in Rome

John Broomfield on Jun 11, 2018

Following on the success of previous events, Open-Xchange comes to Rome at the end of September. This year’s event marks our 10th European Summit, and we’ve made sure to provide attendees with a special line-up.

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Microsoft’s on / off love affair with open source

Rafael Laguna on Jun 7, 2018

Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub could go one of two ways. On one hand, it’s great that Microsoft is investing heavily in open source. Until now, its business model has relied on siloed ‘walled gardens’, which h...

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#Kubecon - A wrap up

Andrea Tosatto on Jun 5, 2018

The latest Kubecon in Copenhagen was "extra dope" as Kelsey Hightower might say. Hightower is one of the leaders of the Kubernetes community, and Kubecon is the community's main event. And for sure, this year's K...

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Open source = privacy. Closed source = privacy of a certain sort.

Vittorio Bertola on May 23, 2018

Ben Thompson of Stratechery recently wrote a blog post arguing that open, federated messaging systems are inherently less secure than their closed counterparts. I disagree with his opinion. It has been claimed th...

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Open Source pioneer Tim O’Reilly to take the stage at OX Summit 2018

John Broomfield on May 22, 2018

We’re really excited to announce that Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, will appear on stage as a keynote speaker at OX Summit 2018. Tim is an iconic figure within the open source movement, having ...

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OX Guard and the EFAIL Vulnerability

Rafael Laguna on May 16, 2018

On Monday, a German and Belgian research team posted a paper demonstrating a potential vulnerability in PGP and SMIME encrypted emails, named EFAIL. The described vulnerability may result in some email clients le...

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OX “Top Player” in Radicati 2018 Market Quadrant for 4th year in a row

Rafael Laguna on May 14, 2018

The Open-Xchange team has no doubt had a very busy year, focusing on evolving our products further, sharing our vision of an open-source software and communicating its benefits to society. A few highlights includ...

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Responsible data - it’s not only possible, it’s essential

Neil Cook on May 9, 2018

Verizon’s Oath, which owns both Yahoo and AOL, has recently updated privacy policies pertaining to its use of user data, including scanning of user emails, instant messages, photos and other data on any of its su...

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Open-Xchange joins the Open Cloud Foundation

Vittorio Bertola on May 3, 2018

Open-Xchange is glad to announce that it is joining the Open Cloud Foundation, the new global industry body that brings together cloud solution providers, customer organizations and researchers to actively promot...

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