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This is from the Redmond Magazine, "The independent voice of the Microsoft IT community"

April 2007 • by Ed Scannell

Open-Xchange Inc. made a move to become a much bigger deal in the Web hosting world recently by signing an agreement with the German-based 1&1 Internet Inc., the world's largest Web hosting company. The deal lets 1&1 provide hosted e-mail and collaboration services based on Open-Xchange's Smart Collaboration technology.

This move, which could potentially reach millions of users, is also intended to beef up Open-Xchange's Software as a Service (SaaS) strategy. The arrangement now gives thousands of ISPs worldwide the chance to offer both Microsoft-based hosting solutions alongside lower-cost open source solutions. Redmond Editor Ed Scannell spoke with Open-Xchange Chairman Rafael Laguna about the deal and what it means for his company, as well as for furthering the prospects of open source service providers in general.

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