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SpikeSource Ships Open-Xchange Appliance – Secure, Low-cost Email Solution

ben — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:51:43 -0700

Plug and Play Solution Bundles Open-Xchange Into All in One Email Appliance

Redwood City, Ca. November 27, 2007
SpikeSource, a provider of packaged and maintained open source solutions, today announced the availability of its Open-Xchange Appliance powered by SpikeSource, a turnkey solution that bundles Open-Xchange Express Edition software into a comprehensive, enterprise-class email appliance.

SpikeSource Launches SuiteTwo Collaboration Appliance Powered by Intel

ben — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:39:13 -0700

Web 2.0 Appliance Delivers Low-Cost, Turnkey Collaboration Solution For Organizations of Any Size

Redwood City, Ca. November 14, 2007

SpikeSource, a provider of business-ready enterprise solutions, today released its SuiteTwo Appliance powered by Intel. The appliance bundles industry-leading SuiteTwo collaboration software into an integrated plug-and-play turnkey solution that can be rapidly deployed and easily maintained. An ideal solution for small and midsize businesses, as well as larger enterprises wishing to get started quickly and easily with Web 2.0, the SuiteTwo Appliance delivers an enterprise-grade Web 2.0 collaboration platform behind the firewall, at a very low cost. In October 2007, Gartner, Inc. positioned SuiteTwo as a visionary product in its report on "Team Collaboration and Social Software, 2007" .

"Today's organizations increasingly understand the power of collaboration to drive productivity, innovation and agility, and they are seeking solutions that can deliver immediate business impact," said Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource. "With the introduction of the SuiteTwo Appliance, SpikeSource is making it possible for organizations of any size to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy leading Web 2.0 collaboration technologies."

SpikeSource's SuiteTwo Appliance is the industry's first turnkey collaboration solution, aggregating the best-in-class Web 2.0 capabilities into a low cost, easy-to-deploy appliance, with no additional hardware or software to install. It includes wiki technology from Socialtext, blogging from Six Apart, as well as RSS capabilities, all accessible via single sign-on and a unified user interface. Compatible with existing LDAP systems, the SuiteTwo Appliance allows customers to leverage their authentication infrastructure. It also includes automated updates, maintenance and patches.

"We are extremely impressed with the powerful, pre-integrated collaboration capabilities that SuiteTwo provides, as well as the ease of deploying and maintaining the solution as an appliance," said Mike Pandey, president of Servlinx, Inc., a technology, consulting and outsourcing services company based in San Jose, Calif. "In fact, our internal deployment of SuiteTwo has been so successful in driving productivity and business agility, that we are bringing this solution to our clients in our mission to help them achieve value from their enterprise solutions."

Special Introductory Pricing
The SuiteTwo Appliance is available through the Intel channel. For a limited time it can be purchased for as little as $2,495, which includes hardware, software and support. For more information, visit www.suitetwo.com, or call 1-888-SPIKE-IT (1-888-774-5348).

About SpikeSource
SpikeSource is a software company which distributes, integrates, manages and supports open source applications to enterprises through trusted solution providers. SpikeSource integrates applications with the right components and then builds, tests and distributes these open source solutions on an automated test framework with more than 300,000 daily tests. By testing and certifying open source applications, SpikeSource offers a portfolio of SpikeCertified and SpikeIgnited solutions for enterprises that may not have deployed open source before. These solutions are delivered with a comprehensive update and support service called Spike™ Net. Through SpikeSource's trusted solution providers, companies can be assured that the applications have been deployed and customized for their unique business requirements. For a list of SpikeSource solution providers, visit www.spikesource.com.

SpikeSource, SpikeIgnite, SpikeNet are trademarks of SpikeSource, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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SpikeSource's SuiteTwo Powered by Intel Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant for Team Collaboration and Social Software

ben — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:40:37 -0700

Redwood City, Ca. November 13, 2007

SpikeSource, a provider of packaged and maintained open source solutions, today announced that its flagship application SuiteTwo, the Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration Suite powered by Intel, has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the visionaries quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration and Social Software, 2007" report.

"We believe SuiteTwo's position in the visionaries quadrant in Gartner's Magic Quadrant is a huge testimonial to the power of open source collaboration and packaged solutions to drive new market opportunities, like Web 2.0," said Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource. "SpikeSource has taken strides to develop a user-friendly interface for all types of Web 2.0 applications. SuiteTwo allows enterprise users the ease of deployment and management, affordable cost and reliable support that they require for adoption throughout the organization."

SocialText, a SpikeSource partner and part of the SuiteTwo solution, was also named as one of the two visionaries in the report, with no overall leaders in the group. With Intel as a channel provider, SuiteTwo allows companies the maximum use of Web 2.0 capabilities. A product of collaboration between Intel, Six Apart (an Intel Capital portfolio company), SocialText, SimpleFeed, NewsGator and SpikeSource, SuiteTwo offers the convergence of complementary advanced applications of blogs, Wikis, content aggregation, RSS feeds and search. SuiteTwo demonstrates a fundamental shift towards open, flexible and participatory models of integration between businesses on an open source platform.

"To remain the pre-eminent global events, sponsorship and promotion agency we have to continually improve the way we do business," said Kevin McNulty, chief marketing officer at Momentum Worldwide. "Our global clients simply expect the best and its incumbent upon us to create an environment where our 2,000 employees across 73 offices can create efficiently and seamlessly. We believe that implementing SuiteTwo as the backbone of our global communication and collaboration platform will take us to the next level and truly set a standard for how companies like Momentum have to do business today."

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted October 24, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

SpikeSource, SpikeIgnite, SpikeNet are trademarks of SpikeSource, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Media contact
Bryan Scanlon or Meghan Nowakowski
Schwartz Communications for SpikeSource
Ph: 415.512.0770
E-mail: spikesource@schwartz-pr.com