O3Spaces Summer Showcase: Sunny document management

Summer time..... a time to relax, kick back and enjoy the weather, and yet business continues almost as usual. Still there's a subtle difference. During summer time you may find the time to check out new and exciting developments and allocate some time to try out new technology. In order to accommodate this 'exploration time' with a sunny context, O3Spaces has composed a special Summer Showcase virtual appliance.

This special Summer Showcase Vmware appliance is available from a special website, where one can download a pre-configured virtual machine that will let you get acquainted with O3Spaces Workplace and all its latest and greatest features in the sunny context of a business use case.

The Summer Showcase will let you try all O3Spaces features and discover O3Spaces' benefits in the context of concrete use-cases. No time is wasted on installation and configuration efforts, and all new Workplace features are included and pre-configured. The O3Spaces Summer Showcase is actively supported by local O3Spaces partners. These partners (listed on the summer showcase website) will be available to actively support testers during the testing period.

The O3Spaces Workplace Summer Showcase is available at http://summershowcase.o3spaces.com.

O3Spaces' current Workplace 3.2.2 release again sports a number of novelties such as Zimbra ZCS 6 integration, CMIS support, OpenSearch enhancements and new online document viewing features.

O3Spaces Workplace Zimlet for ZCS 6

O3Spaces is proud to announce the availability of the new O3Spaces Workplace Zimlet for Zimbra ZCS 6. With this new Zimbra ZCS integration, O3Spaces Workplace integrates its document repository and e-mail archiving functionality with the Zimbra Collaboration Suite 6.

 The new Workplace Zimlet enables e-mail and attachment archiving to the Workplace, directly from the Zimbra ZCS 6 web client. Archived e-mails are of course full-text searchable and files stored and managed in the Workplace repository can be attached directly to e-mail messages sent using the Zimbra solution.

O3Spaces is moving to a new office building

In reflection of the growth O3Spaces has seen in both customer base, partner network and product and with a keen eye on the future, it is now time for a change of scenery for O3Spaces.

As of Monday the 28th of June 2010, O3Spaces will be moving (forward) into a new office building. Our new accommodation is more spacious, more modern, and better equipped with a.o. improved facilities for partner and customer training sessions.

New company address

O3Spaces B.V.
Stavorenweg 4
2803 PT, Gouda
The Netherlands

Our phone and fax numbers will remain the same:
Tel. +31 182 680 269
Fax. +31 182 680 266

Workplace 3.2.1: Microsoft Office 2010 & Online Preview

Workplace 3.2.1 supports integration in Microsoft Office 2010.
The new Office 2010 suite can now be used in combination with the Workplace and also with the Template Management and E-mail Archiving solutions.
The Online Document Preview Functionality in Workplace has been extended with integrated search and improved navigation. Navigating and finding information, without the need to download a document, has never been easier.

O3Spaces presents combined O3Spaces, Univention & Zarafa appliance

O3Spaces presents this integrated solution at the Zarafa Summercamp in Brussels, Belgium.

The solution combines Univention's leading Linux Server platform, Zarafa’s Groupware solution and O3Spaces’ Workplace Document management & Collaboration solution on a preconfigured VMware virtual machine.

The Zarafa Summercamp 2010 will be held, June 17-18, 2010. More information is available on the Zarafa website: www.zarafa.com.

For more information about Univention visit www.univention.de.

O3Spaces Workplace 3.2: enabling a new breed of document solutions

O3Spaces is pleased to present Workplace 3.2, the latest release of its successful document management and collaboration product. Besides the new functionality, Workplace 3.2 focuses on connectivity, extendability, document processing and workflow.

O3Spaces Workplace 3.2 incorporates extensions of existing features such as Template-management for Microsoft Office and new Rules logic to provide for example automated document conversion. Workplace 3.2 now supports the CMIS interoperability standard, again extending its standards based connectivity. A prominent new end user feature is the Document preview functionalityin the 'Spaces' web browser environment. A broad range of document types can now be viewed and navigated without the need to download.

The latest enhancements and novelties are in tune with the customer feedback O3Spaces has received. One such customer is the particle physics research institute (IFIC) of the University of Valencia, Spain. IFIC uses O3Spaces Workplace as their central document repository tasked with document management and collaboration support. Carlos Lacasta, working at IFIC elaborates: “We use O3Spaces as a tool to centralize the documentation of the different projects we are working on. This includes the design and specification documents, reports on the progress and the results, meeting minutes and project planning. Most of those documents are prepared in a collaborative way and having a tool to store the various versions of the documents is very helpful. Also, the possibility to comment the documents, open discussions and e-mail archiving is an added value.”

The latest O3Spaces Workplace release, version 3.2, is available in two commercial editions. The Express Edition is an out-of-the-box document management solution for departments, workgroups and SMB's. The Enterprise Edition is the extensible content management platform, intended for customers looking to refine their document management environment and streamline their document-centric business processes. Both editions are available as traditional 'on-premises' installations and through the O3Spaces On-Demand service (SAAS).

O3Spaces Workplace 3.2 is available for evaluation at http://trial.o3spaces.com.

Impressive Q1 revenue growth as O3Spaces gears up for new release

O3Spaces has seen continued rising sales figures amidst the lingering economic uncertainty. In this setting the upcoming worldwide release Workplace version 3.2 further boosts confidence in the continued accelerated adoption of the user friendly Enterprise Document Management System.

Focussing on scalable, flexible and easy to configure document solutions, O3Spaces keeps getting more and more government and education institutions, as well as companies from various industries on board. This growth is also reflected in a growing global network of O3Spaces partners, driven by people who are as enthusiastic about O3Spaces Workplace as we are ourselves. All in all this means that we will be able to achieve sustainable growth and expand our operations in the coming years while retaining cutting edge technology and close customer contact.

We are very proud of the growing ecosystem of Workplace add-ons which ensures that our cross-platform capabilities remain top notch. The growing number of add-ons broadens the scope for Workplace both for horizontal solutions as well as in vertical solution stacks. O3Spaces Workplace helps organizations bring all internal and external information flows together and make documents and document services available, any time, any place.

As part of our ongoing improvement programs, we've recently held a customer survey consisting of both online inquiries as well as customer visits. The survey revealed that once again our service and support quality was highly rated amongst our customers, resulting in an impressive 92% renewal rate. So it is no surprise that both customers and community members alike are looking forward to the upcoming release of Workplace 3.2 which introduces a range of new features, performance upgrades and extended API connectivity.

Stay tuned to our online channels for more news and announcements.

City of Heerenveen extends its document management platform with O3Spaces

In the advent of the migration to an ODF compliant Microsoft Office 2007 environment, the city of Heerenveen is deploying the O3Spaces document generation add-on.

Heerenveen, a veteran user of the O3Spaces Workplace document management platform, will use the open standards based document generation add-on to facilitate the announced migrations.

O3Spaces offers a platform and application independent enterprise document management platform with a wide eco system of add-ons. These add-ons support standard applications such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, Star Office, Thunderbird, Zimbra and Zarafa alongside specific applications as used in government applications.

Oracle support in O3Spaces Workplace

O3Spaces has released mainstream support for Oracle 11g in O3Spaces Workplace.

The Workplace Enterprise Edition can now be deployed Oracle 11g as a default enterprise database.
The inclusion of the Oracle line of enterprise database systems underlines the flourishing growth of O3Spaces Workplace in large scale enterprise deployments.

Looking for more information

For more information on Oracle compatibility and availability please contact our international sales department: sales@o3spaces.com (in the United States: US@o3spaces.com).

We´d be happy to explain exactly how O3Spaces can be of value to you.

O3Spaces introduces Workplace 3.1

With the release of Workplace 3.1, O3Spaces further extends Workplace, while focusing on delivering scalable document solutions. Next to the well-known collaboration and document sharing features, Workplace is now more than ever geared towards support for document processes. O3Spaces Workplace presently supports organizations with document management, document processing and document generation solutions that are intuitive, robust, scalable and customizable.

New in Workplace 3.1

Many features for enhanced team productivity and information discovery have been extended. Furthermore, the Workplace Assistant (WPA) has lost weight and gained speed. The WPA now also lets you associate your favorite desktop programs with specific file-types.Workplace also offers new support for case & contract management, and dossiers.Other new features include, a.o.: Enhanced Custom Spacelets, Hide WPA tray icon, Studio repository browser - a powerful admin-tool.

Document processing solutions

Scanning & Digitization
Adds time-saving, real-time scanning and digitization features. Documents can be directly stored and labeled into Workplace.

E-mail Archiving
E-mail Archiving integrates one of your primary communication tools into your central document repository. It helps you meet the compliance requirements of your organization and its projects and processes.

Rule-based Document Processing
Rule-based Document Processing adds document conversion and document flow automation to the Workplace repository. Time- and rule-based triggers, streamline compliance certification, contract management and review processes.

Template Management & Document Generation
Template Management & Document Generation offers state-of-the-art templating functionality directly integrated in your office productivity suite. It lets you centralize and control the creation, modification, and distribution of personalized templates.

The latest O3Spaces Workplace release, version 3.0, is available in two commercial editions.

• The Express Edition is an out-of-the-box document management solution for departments, workgroups and SMB's.
• The Enterprise Edition is the extensible full-featured content management server for customers looking to refine their document management environment and streamline their document-centric business processes.

Both editions are available as traditional 'on-premises' installations and through the O3Spaces On-Demand service (SAAS).O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 is available for evaluation at http://trial.o3spaces.com.

O3Spaces Web 2.0 Document Management Software Now Available as SAAS in the U.S.

OS21 (www.opensystems21.com) Partners with O3spaces to Offer O3Spaces On-Demand Business services in the US.

O3Spaces, a leading provider of Web 2.0 'click and run' document management and collaboration solutions and OS21 an Open Source application VAR, today announced that O3spaces On-Demand SAAS is available immediately as a high-performance hosted service.

Business benefits for O3Spaces SAAS On-Demand.

1. Lower Costs.
   O3Spaces annual subscriptions are based on per-seat pricing, with discounts for multiple seats and multi-year contracts. The total cost of software and services is typically a fraction of the cost of enterprise software alternatives.

2. Faster Deployments.
   All software products are installed and ready for use.

3. Greater Ease of Use From the beginning.
   O3Spaces has been designed for business users, not technical IT users. With an intuitive Web 2.0 interface, users require only 30-minutes of training to increase their efficiency.

About OS21

Open Standards, Open Minds.
With over 20 years of experience in helping organizations understand the business impact of software applications, OpenSystems21 offers only open solutions for virtual workgroups, online document management and enterprise collaboration.

www.opensystems21.com

For product and hosting information please contact our sales department at info@opensystems21.com.

Workplace 3.0 streamlines document processes the O3Spaces way: fast and easy

With the introduction of the all new O3Spaces Workplace 3.0, O3Spaces adds new functionality to its collaborative document management system, letting customers streamline their document processes with O3Spaces' signature ease and comfort.

O3Spaces offers 'Scanning & Digitization', 'E-mail archiving', 'Rule-based Document Processing', and 'Template Management & Document Generation' solutions, enabling customers to regain control over, and streamline their document processes in a controlled manner.

O3Spaces 3.0 incorporates powerful new collaboration features for increased team productivity and information discovery, such as Wiki and Labeling. Workplace's flexibility and connectivity have been further extended, again increasing the inherent value of the Workplace repository.

A recent example can be found at the Dutch patent office (OCNL), which has selected O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 as their collaborative document management solution. Sander Mittertreiner, project manager OpenSource Desktop at OCNL, elaborates; “O3Spaces is implemented as central document repository to enhance team productivity and information discovery on the one hand. On the other hand, O3Spaces ties both our office environment and e-mail system into the collaborative document management environment”.

The latest O3Spaces Workplace release, version 3.0, is available in two commercial editions.

• The Express Edition is an out-of-the-box document management solution for departments, workgroups and SMB's.
• The Enterprise Edition is the extensible full-featured content management server for customers looking to refine their document management environment and streamline their document-centric business processes.

Both editions are available as traditional 'on-premises' installations and through the O3Spaces On-Demand service (SAAS).O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 is available for evaluation at http://trial.o3spaces.com.

O3Spaces 3.0b receives praise from early adopters.

In preparation of the official O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 release, O3Spaces has been running a 3.0 beta program. In this program selected customers and domain experts participated in order to put the revamped web browser UI and new 3.0 features through their paces. In summary, the completely overhauled web interface and new additions were warmly greeted.

According to the beta program participants, one of the most striking positive improvements is the overhauled web interface. As one O3Spaces customer puts it: “We were positively amazed by the changes made to the graphic user interface. It has improved dramatically. 3.0 looks like a totally new application without loosing its familiarity.”

Next to an improved UI, Workplace 3.0's feature set has once again been significantly extended with the addition of labeling functionality, integrated Wiki, custom Spacelets, and rule based document processing and workflow. In the words of an early adopter: “3.0 delivers the new features we were looking for. The new labeling functionality makes categorization and retrieval of documents a real breeze. We've already moved 3.0b into production. We can't wait for the final release!”

O3Spaces' CEO, Rob Mentink, comments on the reception of 3.0b. “We're of course delighted with the positive feedback we've received so far. We're now in the process of finalizing the 3.0 release, incorporating the final tweaks and suggestions that emerged from the beta program. In parallel we're fine tuning our revised product strategy, which is to be effectuated in sync with the release of O3Spaces workplace 3.0.”

The O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 BETA Community Edition is available for download from the O3Spaces community website: http://community.o3spaces.com
The following installation resources are available for the 3.0 BETA release:

• Community Edition - Update Kit (free-to-use edition)
• Enterprise Edition Trial - Update Kit (full-featured, BETA version is not supported)

O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 Beta available

O3Spaces is pleased to announce that O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 BETA is available for download and evaluation.

Workplace 3.0 BETA is released as part of our QA process. It includes the main feature set of the upcoming Workplace 3.0 release and is intended as a Community Edition BETA to collect feedback and improve our product.

• A re-design of the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• New overview interaction components
• New details program for files, folders and workspaces
• New labeling functionality
• Improved general search and new label search
• Multiple file upload (in the Spaces environment)
• 64 bit support for the Workplace Assistant
• Workplace attributes API
• Customized spacelets (user defined overviews)
• New Estonian localization

The O3Spaces Workplace 3.0 BETA Community Edition is available for download from the O3Spaces community website: http://community.o3spaces.com
The following installation resources are available for the 3.0 BETA release:

• Community Edition - Update Kit (free-to-use edition)
• Enterprise Edition Trial - Update Kit (full-featured, BETA version is not supported)

O3Spaces Workplace embraces Thunderbird

O3Spaces is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the O3Spaces Workplace Thunderbird plug-in. With this plug-in O3Spaces now presents Thunderbird users with the possibility to approach the O3Spaces Workplace repository directly from this popular open source e-mail client.

O3Spaces Workplace is a Web 2.0 document management & collaboration solution. It supports user friendly document management and office collaboration across platforms, office suites and e-mail clients.

The Thunderbird plug-in for O3Spaces Workplace is the third e-mail client plug-in of its kind to become available. O3Spaces Workplace now support Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird and the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. “Today, Thunderbird and Outlook together have a market share of almost 50%, according to a recent survey,” says Rob Mentink, CEO of O3Spaces. “Together with the recently delivered Zimbra integration and the upcoming Zarafa plug-in, O3Spaces Workplace's Email archiving functionality is now compatible with the most-used enterprise e-mail clients.”

The O3Spaces e-mail plug-ins enable users to archive e-mails in their Workspace of choice directly from your their e-mail client. Furthermore, files stored in the Workplace repository can be attached directly to new e-mail messages being composed in the user's email client.

O3Spaces Workplace is available in four editions;

• the free-to-use Community Edition,
• the fully supported Professional Edition,
• the full-featured, and fully supported Enterprise Edition
• the no hassle 'Software As A Service' On-Demand Edition

O3spaces Enterprise document management as integrated part of the daily work environment

The municipality of GrooteGast (NL) switches to OpenOffice.org and transforms OpenOffice.org into an enterprise application with O3Spaces Workplace.By implementing O3spaces workplace, including the integrated template management extension, the municipality of Grootegast can now benefit from document management, collaboration, template management as an integrated part of their OpenOffice.org based daily work environment.

The problem the municipality of Grootegast encountered in their office environment was the lack of integrated enterprise features, such as integrated template management, document management, collaboration and versioning. A very important criteria in searching for a solution covering this functionality was the tight integration in their office productivity environment OpenOffice.org.

By migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org the municipality of Grootegast had to take their document management and productivity environment to a higher level, so that the migration would not be perceived as a mere replacement but as a genuine improvement. The addition of O3Spaces Workplace and its template management did the trick. As a result the OpenOffice.org user doesn’t need to leave the OpenOffice.org application or start another application. This effectively eliminates the borders between template management and document collaboration for teams, projects and departments. With O3Spaces Workplace the municipality of Grootegast has found the combination of document management, collaboration, template management and OpenOffice.org they were searching for.

About the municipality of GrooteGast

The municipality of Grootegast is situated in the north of the Netherlands in the province Groningen.

O3Spaces Workplace is available in four editions;

• the free-to-use Community Edition,
• the fully supported Professional Edition,
• the full-featured, and fully supported Enterprise Edition
• the no hassle 'Software As A Service' On-Demand Edition

O3Spaces now Zimbra-enabled on Amazon Elastic Cloud

O3Spaces is now offering the Workplace On Demand Edition on Amazon Elastic Cloud, while at the same time extending the reach and customer value of O3Spaces Workplace further with the release of the Workplace Zimlet for Zimbra ZCS 5.0.

O3Spaces serves North America and Europe with O3Spaces Workplace On Demand, based on the state-of-the-art Amazon elastic Cloud infrastructure. O3spaces offers both shared and dedicated Workplace instances, catering to the specific needs of customers large and small. O3Spaces’ On Demand SaaS is targeted towards organizations who choose to slash purchase and maintenance costs for their document management solution and document backup facilities. Furthermore, with O3Spaces Workplace On Demand there will be no upfront licensing cost, no implementation risk, and no infrastructure adjustment required.

In tune with popular demand, O3Spaces is proud to announce the availability of the new O3Spaces Workplace Zimlet. With this new Zimbra ZCS integration, O3Spaces Workplace integrates its document repository and e-mail archiving functionality with the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. The new Workplace Zimlet enables e-mail and attachment archiving to the Workplace, directly from the Zimbra web client. Archived e-mails are of course full-text searchable and files stored and managed in the Workplace repository can be attached directly to e-mail messages sent using the Zimbra solution.

The latest O3Spaces Workplace release, version 2.4.1, is available in four editions;

• the free-to-use Community Edition,
• the fully supported Professional Edition,
• the full-featured, and fully supported Enterprise Edition
• the no hassle 'Software As A Service' On-Demand Edition

O3Spaces expands its On Demand SaaS services on Amazon Elastic Cloud

O3Spaces now serves North America and Europe with O3Spaces Workplace On Demand, based on the state-of-the-art Amazon Elastic Cloud infrastructure. O3Spaces offers both shared and dedicated Workplace instances, catering to the specific needs of customers large and small.

O3Spaces’ On Demand SaaS service is especially suited for organizations that prefer to outsource the hosting and maintenance of their document management system. It helps you run your business without the burden of managing the software. With an account for the On Demand Edition you benefit from all the O3Spaces Workplace features, without the need to install any third party software. Furthermore, the Workplace On Demand service takes care of all data backup and recovery related tasks.You can get started with O3Spaces Workplace without upfront licensing, implementation risk, infrastructure adjustment and related costs. No specific IT expertise is needed, configuration and software updates are done by O3Spaces. This ensures that you’ll always have access to the latest features and functionality of O3Spaces seamlessly.

Thanks to the ease of use of O3Spaces you, your suppliers and customers are able to profit instantly from the rich feature set of O3Spaces Workplace without any training.O3Spaces On Demand enables you to collaborate on projects using only a web browser and an internet connection. Geographic location no longer is an issue. Not surprisingly, the O3Spaces Workplace On Demand service is already used by a large number of customers to manage (global) projects.

O3Spaces delivers Workplace 2.4.0, after a record quarter.

O3Spaces is pleased to announce the immediate availability of O3Spaces Workplace 2.4.0. the first version of its Document Management & Collaboration suite to include e-mail integration.

“A midst worldwide economic turmoil the last quarter of 2008 has been the most successful quarter since the launch of O3Spaces Workplace in 2006, both in terms of our customer base expanding and the average deployment size increasing." said Rob Mentink, O3Spaces CEO. "In the current economic climate the feature set, cross-platform and cost advantages of O3Spaces Workplace have become clear USP's as they translate into a lower total cost of ownership for our customers, as a result, Workplace is becoming the solution of choice for more and more organizations all over the world."

O3Spaces Workplace 2.4.0 is the first O3Spaces product release to incorporate e-mail integration. This new functionality extends the O3Spaces Workplace feature set with the possibility to archive e-mails in your Workspace of choice directly from your e-mail client. Archived e-mails (and attachments) are full-text searchable and can be viewed in the Workplace browser environment as well. The email client integration also lets you to attach files directly from the Workplace repository to your e-mail messages.

Other novelties and enhancements introduced in 2.4.0 further extend the Workplace Assistant, the user friendly desktop client, which now supports copying, pasting and moving files and folders in the repository on top of its drag & drop upload capabilities. The assistant itself can now be configured as an optional end-user component. At the same time the Workplace repository's version control systems have been further enhanced, allowing for more detailed manual version control on top of the automated versioning functions. On the technical side new customization, extension and API enhancements have been included.O3Spaces Workplace 2.4.0 is the first Workplace release offering a Russian localization, catering to the popular demand of the Russian speaking Workplace users.

Workplace 2.4.0 is available in four editions

• the free-to-use Community Edition,
• the fully supported Professional Edition,
• the full-featured, and fully supported Enterprise Edition
• the no hassle 'Software As A Service' On-Demand Edition

O3Spaces Workplace 2.4.0 beta available

O3Spaces is pleased to announce that O3Spaces Workplace 2.4.0 beta is available for download and evaluation.

Workplace 2.4.0 beta is released as part of our QA process. It includes the main feature set of the upcoming Workplace release and is intended as a Community Edition beta to collect feedback and improve our product.

The O3Spaces Workplace 2.4.0 beta Community Edition is available from the O3Spaces community website: http://community.o3spaces.com

What's new in 2.4.0 beta

1. Workspace E-mail tab
2. Microsoft Outlook plug-in
3. E-mail content search
4. Major file-versions support
5. Support for working without the Workplace Assistant.
6. Login screen customization
7. Visual change Spaces and Studio login screen
8. Enlarged overview navigation icons
9. English_UK date-format
10. New Russian localization

More information about these features is available in the release notes of 2.4.0 beta.

Get a sneak preview into our upcoming release at Medica 2008

Get a sneak preview into O3Spaces Workplace upcoming release at Medica 2008

Our premier German partner, Linux-Systeme GmbH will present you with an opportunity to get a preview into the novelties of the upcoming release of O3Spaces Workplace at Medica 2008. Medica is one of the largest and broadest ranging Trade shows of the medical industry, with 4,300 registered companies and about 20,000 products.

Sneak Preview
Linux-Systeme GmbH gives visitors of the Medica event a sneak preview into the new features of O3Spaces Workplace. The focus of the sneak preview will be on the features of the new e-mail integration functionality that includes: Integration in your e-mail client, previewing of stored e-mails in the Workplace, archiving of attachments and more.

Medical IT solutions
Besides the new features, also information will be available about existing features and O3Spaces Workplace based solutions in a medical setting. Possible applications in a medical setting are file management, network share replacement, project management etc.

“Linux-Systeme will attend the Medica show to present it's focused IT solutions for organizations in the medical field,” says Rob Mentink, CEO of O3Spaces, “For O3Spaces this presents an opportunity to showcase some of the upcoming novelties in O3Spaces Workplace and to demonstrate their value as part of medical IT solutions.”

Medica 2008 will open its gates, at the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Centre, November 19, 2008. Four days long you can visit Linux-Systeme GmbH in Hall 16, C76. In case you want to learn more about the upcoming features beforehand visit our website or contact our sales team at sales@o3spaces.com.

For more information about Linux-Systeme GmbH visit their website at http://www.linux-systeme.de.

Discover O3Spaces’ latest innovations at Systems 2008

O3Spaces Workplace will be showcased at this year’s Systems trade show in Munich, Germany.

Two premier German partners, .Riess Applications GmbH and SCAI GmbH will present you with an opportunity to experience all the new features of O3Spaces Workplace at Systems 2008. The Systems trade show is the professional business-to-business ICT exhibition for (southern) Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with 41.000 visitors last year and multiple related events.

Showcase
.Riess Applications GmbH and SCAI GmbH will each be showing visitors of the Systems event the advantages of O3Spaces Workplace. Among the advantages for end-users, as well as for organizations: Effective control of all your documents, secure storage, no vendor lock-in, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, etc.

Both new and existing features, as well as O3Spaces Workplace based solutions will be presented. New features are for instance the Mac OS X support and the new ‘application embedder’. Possible applications are project management, network share replacement, compliance management, document management etc.

“We have asked two of our esteemed partners .Riess Applications GmbH and SCAI GmbH to do the honours at Systems 2008,” says Rob Mentink, CEO of O3Spaces. “.Riess and SCAI can tell you anything you need to know about O3Spaces Workplace; its benefits, applications, solutions and more!”

Systems 2008 will open its gates, at the Munich Trade Fair Centre, October 21, 2008. Four days long you can visit .Riess Applications and SCAI GmbH in Area B2, Booth 317. In case you want to learn more about the software beforehand visit our website or contact our sales team at sales@o3spaces.com.

For more information about .Riess Application GmbH and SCAI GmbH visit their websites at respectively www.riess.de and www.scai.de.

O3Spaces Workplace 2.3.0 available

O3Spaces is pleased to announce the immediate availability of O3Spaces Workplace 2.3.0, the latest version of its cross platform Document Management and Document Collaboration suite.

O3Spaces Workplace integrates into popular office productivity suites such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org and StarOffice and delivers its Document Management and Document Collaboration solutions for (distributed) teams, workgroups & departments, across operating systems.

Mac OS support
O3Spaces Workplace 2.3.0 is the first release to incorporate support for Mac OS X. The incorporation of Mac OS X support (server & client) further extends the true cross platform nature of O3Spaces Workplace as Sharepoint alternative. Workplace 2.3.0 supports the Safari web browser and will offer a plug-in for OpenOffice.org 3.0 as soon as it is officially released for the Mac.

Repository search in the Workplace Assistant
The Workplace Assistant, the optional desktop client, now sports 'repository search' functions. Searching for files, file versions, comments, and descriptions is now possible directly from your desktop. Convenient multiple file download is another addition made to the Workplace Assistant. All of these functions work in unison with the repository file browser in order to make finding, retrieving and sharing your documents even easier.

New application embedder
O3Spaces Workplace 2.3.0 incorporates an application embedder that enables the integration of external web applications, wikis and websites in the Workplace environment. With this new feature O3Spaces customers can leverage their web applications integrated in the user-friendly Workplace environment to realize a fitting solution.

Workspace-, folder and file-links
A modest, but very usable novelty in 2.3.0 are workspace-, folder- and file-links that are available in the Workplace browser environment, as well as in notification messages. These convenient URLs facilitate easy communication and notification regarding workspaces, files and folders, giving users single click direct access to relevant information.

Reviews
In recent months O3Spaces Workplace has again received recognition and excellent reviews from renowned institutes advising a.o. governments and educational institutes.

Three editions

Workplace 2.3.0 is available as one of three editions (compare editions):

1. the popular free Community Edition,
2. the enterprise grade Professional Edition and
3. the no hassle 'Software As A Service' On-Demand Edition

The O3Spaces Workplace Community Edition is available from the O3Spaces community website:
 http://community.o3spaces.com/downloads
(Windows installer, Mac OS X installer, Linux Deb package, Linux RPM package and an Update Kit -2.x.x to 2.3.0- )

O3Spaces Workplace acknowledged by German Government

The German Interior ministry (KBST - Federal Government Co-ordination and Advisory Agency) has included O3Spaces Workplace in the third edition of its highly regarded 'Migrationsleitfaden' (migration manual).
O3Spaces is very pleased to be included in this 'elite' selection of software solutions, that is put together in order to aid German (government) institutions in selecting 'alternative' solutions for their essential everyday software tools.

The migration manual offers the reader information on relevant software products, related migration paths, as well as thematic product and technology comparisons. All in all it serves as a 'must read' source of information for any CIO looking to free and modernize his/her IT landscape.

O3Spaces Workplace was incorporated as part of a focused selection of collaboration and document management alternatives. Among the selection O3Spaces Workplace stands out thanks to cross platform capabilities and its integration with different office suites, by virtue.

O3Spaces is working hard to keep leading the way with its user friendly cross platform collaboration and document management solution. Ongoing innovation and development will ensure that O3Spaces Workplace will integrate even deeper and ever more conveniently supporting your every day office work and information exchange.

O3Spaces shines in SURFnet Technology Scouting

SURFnet recently conducted a Technology Scouting of the O3Spaces Workplace collaboration suite. The focus of this in depth product evaluation was on two main questions, namely:

1. Is the O3Spaces Workplace software useful for the support of project groups and collaboration in an educational setting?
2. How does O3Spaces score compared to the application that is already used by SURFnet for collaboration, MS Sharepoint?

Strong advantages of O3Spaces Workplace, as highlighted in the report, are the support of mixed environments (MS Office AND OpenOffice.org/StarOffice; Firefox AND IE; Linux, Windows, Solaris AND MAC OS X), the desktop integration through the Workplace Assistant and the general ease of use.

Furthermore, O3Spaces Workplace was found to be a scalable product, well suited to support the different kinds of projects found in an educational setting. In big projects (with thousands of users) and smaller projects (such as collaboration within a single faculty) alike, O3Spaces Workplace proved to be well suited.

The survey concluded that, where Sharepoint is more of an 'anything for anybody' product, O3Spaces Workplace has a narrower focus on best of breed document management and collaboration functionality, resulting in a much more convenient and efficient delivery of functionality.

O3Spaces Workplace now also available for Mac OS X

O3Spaces is pleased to announce the immediate availability of O3Spaces Workplace 2.3.0 beta, the first version of its heralded Document Management & Collaboration suite to include support for Mac-OS-X.

Mac OS X support

Repository Search in the Workplace Assistant

Workplace 2.3.0b is available as one of three editions

1. the free-to-use Community Edition,
2. the enterprise grade Professional Edition and
3. the no hassle 'Software As A Service' On-Demand Edition