OpenXchange Goes Massively Mobile (October 17, 2008) - A new collaboration has brought open-source, collaboration capability to more than 1.5 billion mobile handsets, providing push email and cloud-based mobile synchronization as a Software as a Service offering.
According to a joint announcement this week, Open source software developer Open-Xchange (www.open-xchange.com) and "mobile 2.0 messaging" provider Funambol (www.funambol.com) have partnered to provide advanced capabilities to most mobile handsets including the iPhone, the Android platform, and Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices. In June, Open-Xchange retooled its services for iPhone users, but now, these capabilities are extended to virtually all Internet-enabled mobile phones.
The companies say customers will be able to easily receive push email and sync with contacts, calendar and other information on their desktops using Open-Xchange's open-source collaboration software combined with Funambol's "connector for Open-Xchange Hosting Edition" which enables the new mobile capabilities. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition offers the full set of personal information manager functions including email, calendaring, contacts and task management, and also more advanced groupware features such as Documail and Smart Document Sharing via the Internet cloud.
"After thoroughly researching the market, the combination of Open-Xchange and Funambol resonated as the solution we were looking for," 1&1 Internet (www.1and1.co.uk) chief executive officer Oliver Mauss said in a statement. "We believe in the success of Software as a Service, especially at small and medium-sized businesses. As Open-Xchange and Funambol could be seamlessly integrated into our open source infrastructure at 1&1, we will continue to offer innovative products and services at disruptive pricing."
Over the past 12 months, 1&1 has deployed its Open-Xchange and Funambol-based 1&1 MailXchange, a hosted business email and collaboration service in the US and Germany. In late September, launched 1&1 MailXchange in the UK.
"The tandem of Open-Xchange Hosting Edition and Funambol provides an open source Mobile'We' for the rest of us," Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capobianco said in a statement. "Beyond just working on the iPhone, it also supports the most popular smart phones, including the BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Android, and common feature phones. This enables everyone in the workplace to have push email and mobile sync for low cost."
Redwood City, California-based Funambol specializes in open source push email and mobile sync for the mass market, boasting open-source software downloads of more than 2.5 million by 50,000 developers and in more than 200 countries. The commercial version of Funambol has been deployed at service providers, mobile operators, portals, device manufacturers and ISVs including AOL (www.aol.com), Earthlink (www.earthlink.net) and CA (www.ca.com).
EarthLink Adds Board Member (July 24, 2008) - Internet service provider EarthLink (earthlink.net) announced it has named M. Wayne Wisehart to its board of directors. He will serve on EarthLink's audit committee, its finance committee and its corporate governance and nominating committee.
"Wayne brings a wealth of technology, telecommunications and financial experience to EarthLink and we are excited to have him on board as we continue to focus our company on customer retention and satisfaction while creating shareholder value," says Rolla P. Huff, CEO, president and chairman of the board of directors.
From March 2006 until September 2007, Wisehart served as chief financial officer of digital marketing services firm aQuantive, which was acquired by Microsoft in August 2007. Prior to this position, Wisehart served as executive VP and chief financial officer of cellular phone service provider Western Wireless from January 2003 until September 2005.
Wisehart has also served as CFO of web hosting provider iNNERHOST, president and CEO for marketing automation software firm Teledirect International, president and CEO of Price Communications Wireless, now part of Verizon Wireless, and CFO of Palmer Communications and its subsidiary, Palmer Wireless.
EarthLink also announced the retirement of Robert Kavner and William Harris, Jr. from the board of directors, effective July 25.
Kavner served on the board of directors for EarthLink, as well as its predecessor, EarthLink Network, since 1996. He served as chairman of the board of directors from March 2005 to January 2008, and was independent lead director from January 2008 to July 2008. Harris served on the board of directors of EarthLink since October 2003.
The EarthLink board of directors also includes Susan D. Bowick, Sky D. Dayton, Marce Fuller, Rolla P. Huff, Terrell B. Jones, David Koretz and Thomas E. Wheeler. Fuller is succeeding Kavner as independent lead director.
EarthLink provides a range of Internet services, including dial-up, high-speed, voice, web hosting, wireless, home networking and security.
Earthlink Announces Q2 Results (July 26, 2007) - Internet services provider EarthLink (earthlink.net) announced on Wednesday its financial results for its second quarter ended June 30.
Consolidated highlights for the quarter include consolidated revenue of $312.2 million, income from operations of $20.2 million, net loss of $16.3 million, or $0.13 per share, which includes a $40.1 million, or $0.32 per share Helio equity loss and an adjusted EBITDA of $36.0 million.
"While EarthLink continues to see robust cash generation from our core access business, we have been challenged in achieving planned results in our emerging growth initiatives," says Rolla P. Huff, EarthLink president and CEO. "Over the past four weeks, I have had an opportunity to do initial reviews of each of our business units, as well as the Helio investment.
"These initial reviews are confirming that we have a number of opportunities that are largely within our control to create meaningful shareholder value in the near term. These opportunities are centered around implementing a more focused business strategy and sizing our cost structure to fit our current business. I look forward to sharing our initial decisions and their impact on cash flow, no later than the end of the third quarter."
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