Open-Xchange

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Open-Xchange Server

Open-Xchange portal interface
Developer:	Open-Xchange Inc.
OS:	Linux
Use:	Groupware
License:	Dual license
Website:	www.open-xchange.com

Open-Xchange Server is a messaging and collaboration solution combining common free software packages, open standards and web services. Open-Xchange Server is available as proprietary software and as a community supported open-source software (GPL 2) package. The company producing Open-Xchange, also named Open-Xchange, is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, USA, with offices in Germany (Olpe/Nürnberg).

Create an appointment in the OX Calendar

Add participants and resources to a calendar entry

Create a contact entry

Select email recipients from contacts module

Reply to an email

1 Features & Functions
2 Open-Xchange Hosting Edition
3 OXtenders and Integration
4 External links
5 Partners

[edit] Features & Functions

Open-Xchange delivers Critical Collaborative functions such as Email, Calendar, Contacts, and Task management - fully integrated with advanced groupware features such as Documail, Smart Linking, Smart Permissions, Document Sharing, Project Management, User Forums, and a Knowledge Base.

Open-Xchange Server supports:

SyncML enabled devices.
Third party software provides access from Treo devices
Any modern web browser
Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express via the Outlook OXtender, a piece of software that allows the Outlook client to interact with an Open-Xchange Server as though it were a Microsoft Exchange Server
WebDAV interface (XML), LDAP, iCal, HTTP(S), SMTP, IMAP, POP3, and SyncML

[edit] Open-Xchange Hosting Edition

The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is a Linux-based, open source groupware solution architected to integrate into a hosting provider's existing infrastructure (such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and email storage), rather than require that these systems be replaced. The OX Hosting Edition features an AJAX user interface with automatic updates and drop-and-drop capabilities.

[edit] OXtenders and Integration

The Open-Xchange integration philosophy is based on common standards, working with existing IT infrastructure on standard interfaces such as WebDAV and XML (commercial version) interfaces and Java API to allow for effortless IT evolution. The rapid assimilation and innovation is built into the very components that OX is created from, with structural security features, anti-spam, archiving, and anti-spam elements. Other OX features include:

LiveBookmarks (Mozilla Firefox)
Ox Backup: SEP, Arkeia
Sarbox Archiving: MPP
Fax: Ferrari

Additional features, exclusive to the commercial version of OX include: plugins for Outlook and PALM, SyncML interface, and a Samba interface.