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Have you got the message yet? The modern messaging landscape still includes...

Chris Latterell on Jul 1, 2014

Email, as we know it today, is just over 20 years old – and has only been in widespread use for considerably less than that. But there has been no shortage of those wishing to tell us that as a medium it is dead ...

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Breaking down the Internet’s walled gardens

Rafael Laguna on Jun 30, 2014

It’s no secret to those of us in the open source community how open technology brings a necessary visibility and transparency that creates countless opportunities to improve and enhance technology. Yet, despite t...

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Open-Xchange adds reseller deployment model; opex, time to market

guest on Jun 25, 2014

Summary: Open-Xchange introduced a new deployment model for the App Suite messaging and collaboration platform called OX-as-a-Service.

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Can WebRTC defeat the OTT?

Rafael Laguna on Jun 23, 2014

Fixed line telecom and cable providers have been faced with the problem of being a ‘dumb pipe’ for some time now, while mobile carriers have seen profit margins grow. But in an age of 4G LTE connections, mobile o...

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Trusted partners. Trusted services.

Rafael Laguna on May 21, 2014

At the recent World Hosting Days, Julian Assange delivered a stark warning about the future of our data, and the ownership of our own digital content. “We’re losing control” was the message, and it is a real chal...

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The Future of Communications Open: Is SIP dead or not?

guest on Apr 29, 2014

By Stijn Nijhuis, CEO, Voiceworks What’s happening in the telecom industry? The recent statement of Microsoft, during an Enterprise Connect panel on UC federation caused a big buzz in our industry. Albert Kooiman...

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Don´t blame Heartbleed on Open Source

guest on Apr 25, 2014

By Peter Ganten, CEO, Univention Thanks to the Heartbleed bug a growing number of people in the media claim a precarious situation of Open Source projects leading to problems like Heartbleed. I think this is not ...

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The Secure Future of Open Source

Chris Latterell on Apr 9, 2014

Open source software is in the ascendency. Not only does it seem like every new hot start-up is releasing its source code, even the granddaddies of proprietary, Microsoft, are learning to loosen up and embrace th...

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Creating a Safe Harbor: Re-securing an Open Internet

Rafael Laguna on Apr 4, 2014

Much has been discussed about the importance of an open Internet and the need to keep the Internet Giants from closing us all into their ecosystems. At Open-Xchange, it’s a drum we have been beating for quite som...

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Race to the bottom: the “Dragnet” of the Google storage war

Rafael Laguna on Mar 27, 2014

A decade ago Google launched its webmail service and jaws dropped when they claimed that you would never have to delete an email with its 1GB inbox allowance. How could they afford to give away so much storage fo...

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