[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy for this link. ]
“First, let’s keep things in perspective. The VAR Guy
isn’t suggesting that Open-Xchange can topple Microsoft Exchange
anytime soon. Still, Open-Xchange seems to be gaining momentum in
some European and North American customer settings as a
cost-effective alternative to Exchange. And Open-Xchange’s decision
to leave the SaaS market to partners has earned loyalty within the
channel ranks. The New Deal“That entire paragraph is a fancy way of saying Open-Xchange and
SugarCRM hope to integrate with social networks to compete against
Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. At least that’s The
VAR Guy’s spin on the situation.”