Juergen Geck is Chief Technical Officer at Open-Xchange and responsible for continued development and communication of the company’s technology strategies. He has a distinguished background in open source and technology management. Prior to Open-Xchange, he spent 10 years with Suse Linux as vice president - Technology Partners and CTO. He built strong alliances with AMD, Fujitsu-Siemens-Computers, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Oracle and SAP. Geck was instrumental in designing Suse's flagship product, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and its maintenance model, enabling the first enterprise Linux offering in the market. Geck is also one of the founders of Eclipse.org. He holds a masters degree in production engineering from the University of Erlangen, Germany.
So here it is. Finally. Our very first social media collaboration solution.
Why should you care?
Because it is your data that is hidden online in SaaS. Because it is your
data that resides with all those social networks you are a part of. Because
it is different systems you use for different contexts in your life. And
because the social features in Open-Xchange allow you to get control, and
your data back.
The Internet is too much to consume for any individual. So it is sheer luck,
and professional help from the (online) press that gets you your daily potion
of information. The success of Twitter proves that social filters and network
effects for interesting information are valuable additions. But it is still
you, the consumer, who has to sift through everything. And collect
everything. And then lose track of everything you heard. Sure, the more
structured individu... (more)
The industry is preparing for the next wave in hardware - Netbooks. If this
is a new buzzword to you or if you're simply curious about it a good recent
piece about it can be found here.
Netbooks are the perfect device to access hosted services, leverage SaaS-type
offerings. With offerings like MailXchange (http:/www.1and1.com) it is
possible to achieve the same capabilities with a Netbook or mobile device
that you get with a conventional desktop. With much less hassle. At a
dramatically better pricepoint. For hardware and application.
Netbooks are gaining traction. And they are n... (more)
Have to agree that this writer gets it right. At the end of his blog post, he
highly recommends everyone take a good look at Google's terms of service.
And, that is more sense than we usually get from people writing about our
data service suppliers, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and more wannabes.
Usually, the sermon stops before this sound piece of advice and rests its
case with "OH MY, WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THESE TERMS ...".
The author, in this case, puts the problem closer to its source: us, the
users of said personal data resellers.
Yeah, right. Google does evil. Apple h... (more)
Juergen Geck is Chief Technical Officer at Open-Xchange and responsible for continued development and communication of the company’s technology strategies. He has a distinguished background in open source and technology management. Prior to Open-Xchange, he spent 10 years with Suse Linux as vice president - Technology Partners and CTO. He built strong alliances with AMD, Fujitsu-Siemens-Computers, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Oracle and SAP. Geck was instrumental in designing Suse's flagship product, Suse Linux Enterprise Server and its maintenance model, enabling the first enterprise Linux offering in the market. Geck is also one of the founders of Eclipse.org. He holds a masters degree in production engineering from the University of Erlangen, Germany.
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