Making Headlines

The future is looking brighter and brighter for companies with with high expectations for their collaboration software, and have similarly high aversion to licensing and budgeting encumbrances. For around a decade now, corporations have had limited choices when picking out a collaboration suite for their company. There was Lotus Notes , with little in the way of an intuitive interface. There was Microsoft Exchange, with a modest interface, but severe licensing complications and reliability issues. And there was Groupwise, pretty, but slimmer on compatibility and features. And of course, all of them were very expensive.

But finally, the times have changed, and the landscape today is awash in viable alternatives to the monolithic communication suites of the last century. This new crop of alternatives sport high compatibility with all platforms due to standards-compliant protocols, greatly enhanced reliability, and for the bulk of them – no licensing fees.

The information technology mass media is beginning to pickup on the viability of these suites, and its refreshing to see an article such as this one from the ubiquitous Newsforge newsletter:

'Exchange killers' are successfully stalking Microsoft messaging

At DeRose Technologies, we support and maintain a variety of legacy servers for companies whom are already entrenched in a solution they've previously committed to. But when it comes to our own network, and our recommendations to new clients, we recommend the "Scalix" collaboration suite for our clients whom are beginning to deploy a collaboration package, and want to take advantage of all the new features and flexibility this new generation of software allows.

For a free online demo of the scalix web client in action, ask us for a proposal for your office. We offer highly competitive pricing, and can demonstrate an aggressive productivity return for clients new to groupware software. And for those offices already familiar with the enhanced productivity that comes with the packages of yesterday, we offer lower maintenance , licensing overhead, and downtime by way of a migration to the newer, and more nible alternatives to the legacy systems you're stuck with now.