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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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It pays to be secure – The Internet spring following the ‘summer of Snowden...

Rafael Laguna on Mar 11, 2014

I’ve rarely been at an event full of so many contradictions as this year’s SXSW. The who’s who of the Geekerati and Intelligentsia have assembled in Austin for a full 10 days to discuss the advances of technology...

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#Transparency is a duty; not a privilege

Rafael Laguna on Feb 13, 2014

Twitter’s recent transparency report is an encouraging, and very public, call to arms. In much the same way Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church; Twitter predica...

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Berlin – Home of (the) Privacy; Land of the Free(dom)

Chris Latterell on Feb 11, 2014

California has a silicon valley; London even has a silicon roundabout. Germany’s Berlin is a thriving silicon city.

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Real, Open Guidance to Navigating a closing Web

Rafael Laguna on Jan 27, 2014

The threat of cloud providers closing is a very real one, and any business or indeed individual needs to be aware of the risks involved when purchasing cloud services. In theory, there is nothing stopping a cloud...

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What’s around the corner? A look ahead to 2014

Rafael Laguna on Jan 9, 2014

Yesterday, we looked at some of the biggest stories of 2013 and discussed how they effected the technology community. Here we look at some trends that I think we will see develop in the internet industry in 2014 ...

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