News: Press Release
Scalix Email Platform Named Winner of Messaging Category at LinuxWorld
Newly-released Scalix 9.2 Wins LinuxWorld’s Product Excellence Award
SAN MATEO, CA — FEBRUARY 17, 2005 — LinuxWorld, Boston and San Mateo, CA —February 17, 2005 —Scalix Corporation’s latest release of its Linux-based email and calendaring platform has won top honors at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Boston. Scalix 9.2, which was introduced at the show, was chosen for the Product Excellence Award in the messaging category.
Presented in conjunction with LinuxWorld Magazine, the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors. Divided into 14 product categories, the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards represent major areas of innovation in the Linux and Open Source Community. Judges were from LinuxWorld Magazine.
The Scalix platform brings email and calendar innovations to Linux, offering an alternative to proprietary messaging solutions. The richly-featured and highly reliable messaging platform offers full integration with Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Novell eDirectory and the open source OpenLDAP in addition to providing full support for Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and Novell Evolution. Scalix’s powerful webmail client, Scalix Web Access, supports Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers on Windows, Linux, UNIX and Macintosh computers, facilitating email and calendaring deployment at organizations pursuing a “Linux on the Desktop” strategy.
New features in Scalix 9.2 include a browser-based graphical interface that delivers anytime, anywhere point-and-click administration for email installation, administration and management. In addition, Scalix 9.2 extends the calendaring capabilities of its cross-platform Scalix Web Access email client, bringing advanced calendaring and scheduling functionality previously found only in powerful desktop clients like Microsoft Outlook.
For more information on Scalix 9.2, see press release titled “Linux Email Leader Scalix Tackles Email Administration Complexity with New Release” at www.scalix.com.
ABOUT SCALIX CORPORATION
Scalix has developed the industry's most powerful email and calendaring platform based on Linux and open systems. For organizations that are incorporating Linux into their infrastructure, Scalix offers a richly-featured, reliable and scalable messaging solution that blends seamlessly with both open and proprietary software, including Microsoft Outlook, Exchange and Active Directory. Scalix brings flexibility and freedom of choice to email and calendaring. Scalix's team of messaging industry veterans has helped pioneer the world's most successful messaging systems at IBM/Lotus, cc:Mail, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. The privately held company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices and distribution partners in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. For more information, visit www.scalix.com or call 650-931-9400.
Contact Information
Krause Taylor Associates for Scalix
Barbara Krause
408.918.9081 direct
408.918.9080 main
barbara@krause-taylor.com
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