Domain Registrar NameCheap Now Offering Open-Xchange for Webmail

April 10, 2009; 09:46 AM

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 10, 2009 -- Open-Xchange, the leading provider of business-class open source collaboration software and webmail, has formed a partnership with NameCheap, one of the largest domain registrars in the world. All NameCheap's customer will have easy access to Open-Xchange's Ajax based OX Webmail and OX PIM packages for business class webmail.

Using Open-Xchange's software, NameCheap's customers will have access to many of the same features seen in Outlook without the cost. They be able to integrate calendaring, contacts and task management into their basic e-mail routine. NameCheap customers will also be able to test Open-Xchange's groupware features for free for four weeks. These tools allow teams to better collaborate through unique teamwork features like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts and tasks.

"We've looked at lot of tools and we feel Open-Xchange's webmail offers the best feature set we could offer our clients. The interface is clean and fast and the feature set is solid," said Richard Kirkendall, NameCheap's CEO.

"NameCheap has so many valuable partnerships that allow them to offer great services to their domain name customers at little to no expense. We are glad they chose us and hope our products exceed their customers' expectations," said Frank Hoberg, Open-Xchange founder and Executive Vice President of Sales.

About NameCheap

NameCheap is an ICANN accredited domain registrar that started in 2000 by CEO Richard Kirkendall in Los Angeles. Over 400,000 clients and millions of domain names have been registered through the website, making it one of the top five domain registries in the world. Every NameCheap customer receives free WhoisGuard protection to keep their identity safe as well as a free Comodo SSL with every domain purchase. Find out more by visiting Namecheap.com.

About Open-Xchange

Open-Xchange is the innovator of scalable and integrated open source e-mail and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. The company provides on-premise versions called Open-Xchange Server Edition and Open-Xchange Appliance Edition, along with Open-Xchange Hosting Edition, which enables web hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). The Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is architected to integrate into a hosting provider's existing infrastructure, such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and e-mail storage and does not require that these systems be replaced.

Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, please visit Open-xchange.com.

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