MESH provides resellers with Hosted Open-Xchange

MESH, one of the leading
infrastructure providers in Europe for co-location and IP services,
announced the availability of white-labeled Open-Xchange e-mail and
collaboration solutions delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS).
MESH's vast retail channel is now able to provide collaboration and
mobility services to consumers and SMEs without upfront investment.
"Open-Xchange
provides our resellers with a competitive advantage in the market and
strengthens our leading position as innovative provider of
white-labeled hosting services," said Claudia Gharavi, CEO,
MESH. "Our partners can easily add Open-Xchange to their hosting
portfolio through MESH I.Q., our white-label cloud automation online
portal, and grow their business with individually branded
business-class e-mail and collaboration and mobility services."

In the SaaS model,
end-user customers subscribe to the application instead of purchasing
them, typically on a monthly basis. In this pay-as-you go approach,
SMEs are afforded an easy-to-use, low-cost service. Open-Xchange
software integrates e-mail, calendar, contact and task management
with advanced groupware features such as information management and
document sharing. Productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork
features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and
shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents. As part of the
agreement with MESH, end-customers can use Open-Xchange web-mail and
PIM (Personal Information Management) at no additional charge with an
option to upgrade to full groupware, as well as support for mobile
devices.

"Service providers
find it hard to increase the average revenue per user (ARPU) by
introducing new services. By delivering cost-effective, white-labeled
hosted Open-Xchange services in a cloud model, MESH partners can
easily expand their product portfolio, solidify their relationship
with existing customers and attract new customer audiences,"
said Rafael Laguna, CEO, Open-Xchange. "As businesses look to
lower their IT costs in the current economic situation, SaaS is
becoming the preferred way to deliver and use software," Laguna
further added. MESH offers clients and
resellers the highest level of certified data security as well as
extensive service level agreements.