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Google to retail domains; alarm bells unwarranted, bigger fish to fry

guest on Jan 20, 2015

Google exited private testing and launched its retail domain service to customers in the US. Technically this is still a beta service but it is a meaningful step forward from its original announcement last year.

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Consolidation, regulation and encryption: What’s in store for 2015

Chris Latterell on Jan 12, 2015

2014 was the year the world came to terms with Edward Snowden’s revelations from 18 months ago, then 2015 will be the year where we see a pivotal shift in consumers’ behaviour. As ever, provider trust will be key...

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Setting the Standard

guest on Dec 19, 2014

By Carsten Dirks, COO, Open-Xchange Standards are perhaps one of the least thought about, but in some ways, most important aspects of modern life. It’s hard to imagine a life without widespread compatibility of p...

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Delete My Account: At What Point Do Internet Users Log Off?

Rafael Laguna on Dec 9, 2014

2014; the internet is now a quarter of a decade old. It has advanced considerably in that time, taking on a form that very few could have imagined. But has it matured?

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The Power of the Cloud lies in Freedom and Choice

Rafael Laguna on Dec 3, 2014

Last month we announced that we’d partnered with software and cloud service providers in the creation of a new initiative: the Open Cloud Alliance.

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Putting our money where our mouth is

Rafael Laguna on Nov 25, 2014

Open-Xchange has long been a supporter of a free and open Internet. It’s the very reason the company exists in the first place. But a free and open Internet cannot exist in silos. That’s why Open-Xchange has a du...

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WebRTC: Opening the Door for the Future of Telecoms now

guest on Nov 18, 2014

It’s been a long time coming, but there has been a lot of noise about WebRTC recently. Last month Mozilla and Telefonica announced a partnership that will deliver ‘Firefox Hello’, a WebRTC service integrated into...

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Spinning a web of words: 25 years of change and staying the same

Chris Latterell on Nov 14, 2014

1989 was a pretty monumental year. The biggest story of the year was undoubtedly the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, an event which we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of this week. It symbolized a new, open ...

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Technology from the German Rainforest takes it to the Silicon Valley old bo...

Rafael Laguna on Oct 23, 2014

It’s humbling for any company to be compared to industry behemoths that dominate a particular sector. When a relatively small software company from Germany is identified along with Microsoft and Oracle as a ‘Top ...

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The Google Apps Trap: Should your customers’ data be subject to Google’s te...

Chris Latterell on Oct 15, 2014

In 2014, there are more than five million businesses using Google Apps, a staggering figure for something that is essentially a consumer product with very few modifications for business use. Everyone knows that G...

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