NetworksLatest Open-Xchange Enhancement Consolidates Webmail and Social Media
Provides Users with Single InBox and Address Book
NUREMBERG, GERMANY, September 24, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Open-Xchange, the leading provider of open source groupware, now gives users the ability to consolidate any kind of existing webmail accounts - for example from Google and Yahoo -- into a folder in Open-Xchange so they can managed more easily.
In addition, users can now integrate and merge their address books from Google Mail Gmail and Facebook into Open-Xchange. New contact details are added automatically providing users easy access to the latest contact information - all from one place.
"Open-Xchange follows the path of Social OX, which we announced in July, to add new features that break the silos of isolated information, whether that is e-mail, contacts, calendar information or documents," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "This latest release is another step forward to integrated and effective teamwork."
Open-Xchange recently introduced a new groupware concept called "Social OX," which aggregates e-mail and contact information in one place -- whether personal or business -- avoiding time-consuming searching and giving users access to information anywhere, anytime and with any device.
Additional new features of Open-Xchange 6.12 include:
• Publishing document folders and sharing documents with users who do not have Open-Xchange accounts without sending large file attachments via e-mail.
• Importing contacts and appointments to private and public folders.
• Exporting contacts from private and public folders as CSV and vCard formats.
• Improved functionality of team calendars.
• Backing up and archiving e-mails on the user"s computer.
• Redesigned user interface of the OXtender for Microsoft Outlook software add-on.
Open-Xchange is installed by more than 3,500 companies and organizations worldwide. Furthermore, the Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is used by more than 10 million users worldwide as hosted business-class e-mail, along with personal information management (PIM), and full groupware. On-premise customers can update their installations immediately with the new version of Open-Xchange; Software as a Service customers will benefit from the new features as soon as their provider updates their accounts.
A detailed description of all new features of Open-Xchange 6.12 can be seen at
http://software.open-xchange.com/OX6/6.12/doc/feature_overview_6_12_20090903.pdf.
Anyone can try the latest Open-Xchange improvements for free at a special preview website, http://ox.io.