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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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Time for the Annual Parallels Summit

Chris Latterell on Feb 15, 2012

We’re geared up and ready for the annual extravaganza known as Parallels Summit in Orlando from February 14-16. (Yes, that’s me caught mugging for the camera.)

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Facebook IPO – Initial Public Offing…Er? A Quick Review

Chris Latterell on Feb 8, 2012

In this CloudTweaks article authored by our CTO, Juergen Geck, he reflects on recent history in the context of Facebook’s impending public stock offering. Let’s go back and check in on Zuck & Co. in the time ...

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Google’s Good to Know is Good to Know

Chris Latterell on Jan 26, 2012

I was reminded of the Google “Good to Know” campaign the other day, where they attempt to get out in front of the data ownership and privacy debate. Creatively done and quite extensive, but it really leaves out o...

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Parallels’ Application Packaging Standard picking up steam

Rafael Laguna on Jan 25, 2012

The Application Packaging Standard (APS), an industry initiative by Parallels, has gathered significant momentum in 2011. Earlier this month, Tier 1 Research commented on a larger trend among ISVs and service pro...

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“The difference between “M’s” and “B’s:” a MB of data (is missing)!

Chris Latterell on Jan 19, 2012

I am still a bit choked up on the unbelievable speculation by the business community ever since it was Tweeted last week: Facebook’s $10 billion fundraising round and eventual $100 billion IPO (projected). There ...

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Ready, Set: GO! 2013 and Closing the Distance Between

Chris Latterell on Jan 16, 2012

Coming off an incredible start to the New Year, I still am inspired about living during this point in time that we do. Technology, for all its pros and cons, is truly exploring and closing the gap between how we ...

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Tier 1 reports “Open- Xchange’s OX7: a cloud platform in the making”

Rafael Laguna on Jan 4, 2012

We’ve started previewing Open- Xchange 7 – our next version coming in the second half of 2012. The industry analyst firm, Tier 1 Research, had a look and wrote up this report providing a nice explanation of what ...

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Another year is about to be over…quick note on Open-Xchange

Rafael Laguna on Dec 23, 2011

I like this time of year. Sure, there is the time off with family, there are the gifts, there’s even the time for a little skiing. And on top of all that, for the third year in a row – I get to brag a little abou...

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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch? — Free Email Platforms for Service Providers...

Chris Latterell on Dec 1, 2011

Wanted to be sure that you realized that the market research firm, Radicati Group, has put together a panel of experts to discuss key trends in the evolution of email platforms, which is a free web conference on ...

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