E-mail Hardware Appliance Available Ready-to-Run for Small and Medium Size Enterprises
Open-Xchange provides e-mail and groupware to facilitate teamwork

NUREMBERG, GERMANY, February 05, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Open-Xchange will offer its e-mail and groupware in cooperation with hardware manufacturer Pyramid as pre-configured and ready-to-run appliances for up to either 50 users or 300.

The new hardware appliances come with Open-Xchange Appliance Edition software, which includes an e-mail and collaboration server, document management, backup/recovery, virus and spam protection, plus Linux operating system.

It can be used to replace Microsoft Exchange installations with support for applications that rely on Active Directory, or the LDAP directory. Also, the two directory technologies can be used in parallel.

Open-Xchange hardware appliances are offered in the following two configurations:

Hardware Appliance (for up to 50 users)
•Desktop case
•Intel dual-core processor "Wolfdale", 3 GHz
•2 GB of RAM
•500 GB SATA hard drive
•RAID system optional
•Price includes software license for 10 users: 2,775 USD / 1.850 EUR (plus VAT, excl. VAT)

Hardware Appliance (for up to 300 users )
•19-inch rack server
•Intel dual-core processor "Wolfdale", 3 GHz
•4 GB of RAM
•4 x 300 GB SAS hard drive
•Price includes software license for 25 users: 7,387.50 USD / 4.925 EUR (plus VAT, excl. VAT)

"Open-Xchange Hardware Appliances are 'plug and play' solutions for small- and medium-size businesses that want to operate their e-mail and groupware server themselves on-premise. They can be assured that hardware and software match perfectly to deliver maximum performance," said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. "Users are spared from spending time and money on procuring hardware, installation and configuration."

Open-Xchange Hardware Appliances are available now through Open-Xchange and partners in North America and all European Union countries. For more information, visit http://www.open-xchange.com/en/ae-new/hardware-en.

Distributors, System integrators and VARs that are interested to resell Open-Xchange Hardware Appliance, visit http://www.open-xchange.com/en/sell/reseller

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