Open-Xchange OXtender Enables Replacement of Windows Server

   
    New Open-Xchange “OXtender” Enables Replacement of Windows Server
  Samba OXtender Adds File and Print Services for Windows Workstations 
  To Leading Open Source Collaboration Platform
   
  TARRYTOWN, NY, January 30, 2006 – Beginning in March, customers of
Open-Xchange, Inc. will have full access to and seamless integration with
Linux-based Logon, File and Print services for Microsoft Windows workstations
through Open-Xchange Server 5 – giving customers the option to fully replace
Microsoft Exchange as well as Microsoft Windows Server.
   
  A new extension to Open-Xchange Server 5, called “Samba OXtender”, enables
end users to access all the information they need for their daily work - on
one machine with a single graphical user interface. Samba OXtender provides
seamless integration to printers and access to all files through the
Open-Xchange Server user interface.
   
  Open-Xchange Server 5 is the leading messaging and collaborative solution
based on open source technology. It provides key messaging functions like
email, calendaring, contacts and task management, fully integrated with
advanced groupware features such as document sharing, project tracking, user
forums, and a knowledge base. Open-Xchange Server 5 works with ´rich clients´
such as Microsoft Outlook as well as most browsers and mobile devices.
   
  Samba OXtender enables streamlined and efficient administration with
complete end user functionality managed with one single front end. All
mission critical data such as emails and files are stored in a single place
saving the administrator complexity - backing up to a single server.
   
  Joint Development with IDEALX
  Samba OXtender was jointly developed with Open-Xchange’s French business
partner IDEALX, a leading European provider of open source "off-the-shelf"
solutions, specialized in infrastructure and security. For more than 5 years,
IDEALX has developed and deployed a rich offering for large corporate and
government customers -- ranging from Samba/LDAP migration solutions to the
leading open source IDX-PKI software.
   
  "With Samba OXtender, customers can leverage their Open-Xchange Server
investments in the next generation workplace,” said Frank Hoberg, CEO,
Open-Xchange. “In addition to Microsoft Exchange, now they can consider
moving away from Microsoft Windows Server as well.”
   
  "For years, open source was missing a real alternative to traditional
proprietary solutions in the collaboration space, but the landscape changed
with the release last March of Open-Xchange Server 5," said Olivier Guilbert,
CEO, IDEALX. "Open-Xchange Server combined with Samba OXtender gives
customers a real low cost, powerful alternative to traditional proprietary
platforms."
   
  Samba OXtender will be shown for the first time to a large audience at
Linux Solutions at CNIT Paris-La-Défense, from January 30 to February 2,
2006. Open-Xchange Business Partner IDEALX will show Samba OXtender and
Open-Xchange Server 5 at booth E20. French distributor Hermitage Solutions
will host Open-Xchange Server 5 at booth E18, business partner LINAGORA
presents Open-Xchange Server at booth A8.
  
Availability and Pricing 
  Samba OXtender will be available mid March through Open-Xchange Online Shop
and the Open-Xchange Partner Network. Samba OXtender for one server and 25
named users will be EUR / $250. Additional named users will be EUR / $5 per
year, per user.
   
  About Open-Xchange Server
  Open-Xchange Server is one of the most active and fastest growing open
source projects to date. Launched in August 2004, Open-Xchange Server now
ranks #8 out of 303 groupware projects on freshmeat.net website, #1 in
document repositories, #4 in handhelds, and overall #229 out of 39,673 listed
projects. The Open-Xchange community website, www.open-xchange.org, is
visited by 130,000 unique visitors each month, the GPL version of
Open-Xchange Server is downloaded more than 9,000 times each month.
   
  Open-Xchange Server 5, the commercial product launched in April 2005, is
engineered for ease of installation, migration, administration, integration
and use. It interoperates with virtually all web browsers and important
proprietary and open source rich clients. Open-Xchange Server supports the
two leading Enterprise Linux distributions, Red Hat and SUSE. Innovative
connectors, OXtenders, enhance customer flexibility by using open standard
APIs to integrate existing IT infrastructures, or even extend capabilities to
fax, VoIP, or CRM solutions.
   
  About IDEALX
Based out of Paris, IDEALX is the leader in "off the shelf" open source
security software in Europe. IDEALX main software offerings “Open Trust”
ranges from open source infrastructure stack that facilitates migration to
open source to security software such as IDX-PKI and Cryptonit the user
friendly open source signature software. IDEALX references includes Total,
Michelin, or the Ministry of Defense of Swizerland. IDEALX is member of
Association Francophone pour le développement d'Open-Xchange
(http://www.afox.fr/). For more information, please visit www.idealx.com
   
   
  About Open-Xchange Inc.
  Open-Xchange Inc. delivers reliable and scalable messaging and advanced
collaboration solutions. Its flagship product, Open-Xchange Server, is the
market-leading advanced collaboration server that combines best-of-breed open
source software with commercial software add-ons and connectors. Open-Xchange
Server is among the Top 250 most popular and most active open source projects
in the world today. Open-Xchange Inc. is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, with
research & development and operations concentrated in Olpe and Nuremberg,
Germany and a sales office in Cyprus. For more information, please visit
www.open-xchange.com
   
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  Bill Baker
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