Smart Collaboration in the Hosting Market Paul Sterne, COO and General Manager Americas
Company Timeline 1996 Founded in Olpe, Germany 1999 Technology licensed to Compaq 2002 Technology licensed to SUSE Linux 2004 Open-Xchange open source project launched 2005 2006 Commercial product launched and headquarters moved to USA Best Open Source Solution at LinuxWorld Boston 2006 2
Key drivers for hosting companies Competitive pressure Google Windows Live Create key competitive advantages Additional business value for their customer Service oriented offerings Create customer retention strategies Need more hooks into the customer Store and manage more critical customer apps and data Create opportunities for revenue growth New offerings beside website, mailboxes, voice New models of upgrade selling Cost reduction 3
Open Source Software Key strategic business drivers Alternative to Microsoft Cost reduction Quick and measurable return on IT investments Open source software is increasingly sharing the spotlight with traditional solutions across a great number of markets. Gartner Group Higher overall innovation and security (e.g. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer) Reduces initial and ongoing hardware, operating system, middleware and software costs Community backing combined with vendor independence provides a future-proof platform Freedom to choose from best-ofbreed instead of monolithic dependency on one vendor Ability to integrate new components with existing infrastructures 4
Everything in one place Open-Xchange Server combines features traditionally offered in separate products Exchange + SharePoint, Domino + Quickplace Everything links to everything else Everything includes access control or permissioning Messaging Collaboration Advanced Collaboration Email Calendar Document Sharing Anti-virus Contacts Projects Anti-spam Tasks Folders Forums Bulletin Board Knowledge base Bookmark Repository 5
Open-Xchange Server 5 (OX5) Smart Collaboration for the Hosting Market Delivers more than a user expects Eleven points of collaboration only one password Broad range of client access (Browser, Outlook, PDA, Smartphone) Fast and reliable Integrated collaboration environment* and extension framework (OXtender) Modular, extensible, integrative, open standards and open source based * For a definition of integrated collaboration environments see Gartner Management Update: Predicts 2006: Collaboration Comes of Age 6
Open-Xchange in Multi-tenant Environments OX architecture uniquely suited for multi-tenant environments Modular approach based on open standards Using proven Linux open source technology like Apache, MySQL, Project to launch multi-tenant environment by the end of 2006 More than 1 million mailboxes Upgrade to advanced collaboration features 7
OX key product features for hosters OXtenders (key for up-sell opportunities) MS Outlook (idiot proof, no technical skills required, automated configuration and update service Mobile device OXtender (SyncML + 3rd party end-to-end solution) Coming soon: VoIP OXtender (leveraging existing VoIP services) Instant Messaging OXtender Office Integration OXtender (Wiki technology) Search OXtender (Lucene technology) OXtender framework ready to integrate more specific applications CRM, ERP, vertical apps 8
Unique OX/SWsoft offering to Hosters Benefits from an end user perspective Easy-to-use cool and attractive web user interface (AJAX technology) MS Windows compatibility, MS Office integration No setup or configuration needed Benefits from a hoster perspective Easy to integrate (leveraging existing infrastructure investments) Easy to manage (automation of processes by using SWsoft s SW like Plesk, VPS, Virtuozzo) Support of Shared hosting concept Dedicated servers (managed out of Plesk) Dedicated virtual OX servers based on Virtuozzo templates (Virtual OX) Integrated in SWsoft s billing and license processes Splitting OX in various entitlements (up-sell opportunities) Disruptive business model (low price base offering, up-sell of advanced collaboration features, mass market readiness) 9
For More Information, Please Contact Open-Xchange Inc. US: Paul Sterne (COO & General Manager Americas), paul.sterne@open-xchange.com Dan Kusnetzky (EVP Marketing Strategy), dan@open-xchange.com Europe: Petra Heinrich (CSO), petra.heinrich@open-xchange.com Frank Hoberg (CEO), frank.hoberg@open-xchange.com SWsoft Inc. US: Europe: Ezequiel Steiner (Director Business Development), esteiner@swsoft.com Soeren von Varchmin (Director European/Asian Operations), varchmin@swsoft.com 10
Thank you very much for your attention. Open-Xchange Inc. 303 South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York 10591 Tel: +1 914 332 5720 E-mail: info@open-xchange.com 11 Website: www.open-xchange.com
Open-Xchange Platform Model Clients Web Mail Basic Collab Adv. Collab Outlook OXt. Sync ML OXt Wiki OXt Samba OXt 3rd pty OXt s VoIP OXt IM OXt email Doc Sharing Calendar OX Framework Forums WebDAV/XML, ical, vcard, SyncML, Trigger, Java API Contacts Projects XML/RPC Administration Interface ToDo Knowledge LDAP(/S) SQL IMAP(/S) POP3(/S) SMTP(/S) HTTP(S) SMB others SIP Jabber Infrastructure 12