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(Zurich/Hannover) CeBIT 2010 in Hanover sees the re-launch of the Kolab Free Software business into the Kolab Systems AG.
Professional service, certified packaging, quality assurance, and a strong partnership model characterise the new business built on a proven solution with 5 years of productive use. Customers and partners have the opportunity to meet Georg Greve, CEO of Kolab Systems AG, and Dr. Paul Adams, COO of Kolab Systems AG during CeBIT 2010 to discuss business opportunities.
"The award-winning design of the Kolab Groupware Solution has proven its value in many deployments with thousands of users who have used it productively throughout the past five years," states Georg Greve, CEO. "We feel that nurturing the surrounding business ecosystem is essential if Kolab is to fully realize its technical potential for all its users. Kolab Systems AG is the consequence of this and the answer to feedback that we received from partners, customers and the community alike."
Dr. Paul Adams, COO: "The new business will be focused on a strong partnership model to provide users with a service chain that combines fast 1st level support out of a single hand with Kolab Systems AG as a strong 2nd and 3rd level partner that focuses on testing, QA, packaging and continuous development and maintenance of the technical basis."
Managed by the founding president of FSFE and a senior Free Software expert and researcher with strong ties to the KDE community, the new business will continue to work closely with the Free Software community and ensure the future of the Kolab Groupware Solution as an independent and secure choice for all users.
Potential customers and companies interested in providing Kolab Groupware Solutions in the future are invited to contact
Georg C. F. Greve, CEO
Email: <greve -- AT -- kolabsys.com>
Mobile: +41-78-904 43 33
http://www.linkedin.com/in/GeorgGreve
Dr. Paul J. Adams, COO
Email: <adams --AT -- kolabsys.com>
Mobile: +44 - 7745 - 13 32 85
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/pauljadams
for a meeting during CeBIT 2010.
Journalists are invited to join the Kolab Introduction on CeBIT on
Tuesday, 2.3.2010, 10:00
at the Univention Stage, Hall 2, Stand B36
The managing directors of Kolab Systems AG will be available after the event to provide further information.
About Kolab Systems AG:
Kolab Systems AG is a Swiss corporation based in Zürich founded as a new, independent business in February 2010 by two of Europe's leading companies in the Free Software area that were deeply involved in the development of the Kolab Groupware Solution and continued to provide development and services throughout the past years. Intevation GmbH, Germany, with 10 years of strategic Free Software expertise in GIS, security and public administration software and KDAB, Sweden, the world’s largest independent source of Qt knowledge, providing consulting, training and mentoring for developing Qt applications from scratch as well as expertise in porting from all popular and legacy frameworks.
For more information about Kolab Systems AG, see http://kolabsys.com
About Kolab:
The Kolab Groupware Solution has initially been developed by a consortium of some of Germany's premier Free Software companies in 2002-2004 on principles of security, privacy and scalability. It follows best design and engineering principles inherent in Free Software to achieve a highly modular, scalable and distributed setup. Unlike other groupware solutions, Kolab is built upon the understanding of different information spheres: The primary Kolab Client, KDE Kontact, is a smart client that assembles each user's personal information view. Alternatively, deployments can involve Microsoft Outlook through one of three connectors, web clients, or mobile clients through one of several synchronisation paths.
The Kolab community web site is available at http://kolab.org
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