News: Press Release
New Scalix Enhancements Let Enterprises Leverage Current Email and Calendaring Investments While Moving to Linux
New Scalix Messaging Platform offers plug and play integration and interoperability with BlackBerry, Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and Outlook
LINUXWORLD, NEW YORK — JANUARY 21, 2004 — Scalix Corporation today announced a new release of its Linux-based messaging and calendaring server that allows companies to leverage the investments they’ve already made in email-related applications and services, while moving their underlying messaging platform to Linux.
This latest release provides BlackBerry support, as well as support for a wide range of enterprise security and directory infrastructure products, including Microsoft Active Directory. These enhancements represent an important addition to the Scalix platform. Customers benefit from an open and flexible system based on Linux which readily integrates with their choice of desktop, email clients, wireless devices, antivirus, anti-spam, security and directory products.
“Interest in Linux-based email and calendaring continues to escalate as CIOs grapple with reliability and scalability issues and CFOs start to quantify the cost of their current messaging systems,” said Julie Farris, Scalix’s CEO and founder. “One of their considerations is how they can move their email and calendaring system to Linux without scrapping the substantial investments they have already made in their overall messaging eco-system. The announcements we are making today move customers a significant step closer toward ensuring seamless and hassle-free interoperability in their infrastructure.”
Scalix, which offers the industry’s most robust email and calendaring platform on Linux, is fully compatible with existing messaging systems, such as Microsoft Exchange. Scalix minimizes the risk of end user disruption through a zero downtime migration process and by providing full-function support for popular email clients, such as Microsoft Outlook. This allows customers to eliminate administrative complexity and user retraining costs that typically accompany changes to a company’s email environment.
In addition to Microsoft Outlook and Exchange compatibility, the new Scalix Email and Calendaring Platform offers seamless integration with:
- BlackBerry Mobile Devices: Mobile users can access their email accounts via the BlackBerry system of handheld devices, wireless networks and BlackBerry Enterprise Server software.
- Full Message Fidelity with Microsoft Exchange: Rich Text Format (RTF) email messages sent via Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000 retain full fidelity of formatting, fonts and colors when accessed through the Scalix system.
- Dynamic Address lookup and resolution: The Scalix Web Access (SWA) email client provides a high-performance address matching algorithm that dynamically resolves names and addresses across multiple directories when users are composing email messages.
- User Authentication through external directories: Scalix mail users can be authenticated through external corporate directories, including Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, Sun Java System Directory and OpenLDAP.
ABOUT SCALIX CORPORATION
Scalix has created the industry’s most powerful email and calendaring platform, offering a scalable, extensible and manageable environment at half the cost of comparable solutions. Based on Linux and Open Systems Architecture (OSA), Scalix's next generation messaging architecture is uniquely matched to the needs of large enterprise customers. Scalix offers a proven technology foundation and an industry-experienced team that has helped pioneer the world’s best messaging systems at IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, cc:Mail, and Hewlett-Packard. The privately-held company is backed by leading Silicon Valley venture firms Mayfield and New Enterprise Associates and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in New York, Chicago and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.scalix.com or call 650.212-8300.
Contact Information
Krause Taylor Associates for Scalix
Barbara Krause
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