New version improves usability, extends social networking features.

Open-Xchange, a provider of open source collaboration software, yesterday announced numerous enhancements for sharing data by using Open-Xchange's unique social networking features.

The company explains that with the latest update, it provides users with more than 100 improvements for e-mail, calendar, address book, document and task management. In addition, the latest version adds new 'Social OX' capabilities that simplify the aggregation of e-mail and contact information from external mail services and make it easy to share documents without sending large e-mail attachments. More information on the latest Open-Xchange update is available at www.open-xchange.com/de/ox_6_18_news.

It avers that new features of Open-Xchange 6.18 include:

• Aggregation of e-mails and addresses from gmx.com, MSN/Hotmail and T-Online
• Simplified document sharing using Open-Xchange 'Publish and Subscribe'
• Enhanced subscription of addresses from social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and XING
• Improved handling of tags for appointments and contacts
• Call history for VoIP calls
• Usability and design improvements of calendar, tasks and permissions
• Enhanced mobility support that gives users access to their data anywhere, anytime and with virtually any device
  

The company mentions that Open-Xchange is used by people worldwide as hosted and on-premises business-class e-mail and groupware. It adds that on-premises customers can update their installations with this release, while SaaS customers will receive the new features as soon as their provider updates their accounts.

"We listened to the feedback from users and partners to help make Open-Xchange a central application for digital communication - both personal and business," said Rafael Laguna, CEO, Open-Xchange. "This release improves usability and stability in many areas, with focus on the Social OX features that make Open-Xchange the data hub for users."