New version brings complete multi-tenancy support for hosting use as well as new WebApp for comfortable use and mobile access to archived emails

Bad Iburg, September 17, 2012 – LWsystems releases version 2.0 of its open-source based software “Benno MailArchiv” as the latest product generation of its solution for audit-proof and legally compliant mail archiving. Benno MailArchiv 2.0 offers a improved cloud support, comprehensive multi-tenant capability and a strongly improved user interface. Fast results are available through Fulltext retrieval and diverse search options as usual.

Together with the development partner pro-ite GmbH, tenant capability for integration and use in cloud services was implemented in the new version 2.0. Thus, SMEs with subsidiary/sister companies can with the new release archive mails central archive. Benno MailArchiv is suitable for all common SMTP as well as mail and groupware servers and can, for example, easily be integrated into the Open-Xchange Server-Edition and Open-Xchange Hosting Edition as well as in Zarafa Server be integrated. Benno MailArchiv can be installed on hardware or in virtualization environments installed and operated.

The new Benno MailArchiv WebApp allows the mobile and location-independent access to archived content, e.g. via tablet computer. The integrated SSL encryption provides at all times maximum security when accessing the Internet. Users are supported in their work by the possibility, to save frequently used search queries easily and execute them on demand with a mouse click, optimally supported.

Simultaneously with the release of the new version 2.0, the „Benno MailArchiv Small Business Edition“ (SBE). Smaller end customers who want to archive their e‑mails classically in-house are eligible for a annual subscription fee of 80 EUR an unlimited-time usage license for Benno MailArchiv for 5 mailboxes. The SBE, unlike the Standard Edition, is limited to one tenant and one archive container. A switch to the Standard Edition is anytime possible.

Benno MailArchiv is a robust and easily implementable solution for mail archiving. Directly after installation the solution is ready with all functions ready for operation available. The new product generation is the continuation and partial redevelopment of the long‑standing version 1.x. It especially targets the hosting market and cloud computing providers, who offer their customers flexible and cost‑effective add‑ons to SaaS offerings want to offer.

The development of the new product generation was completed by LWsystems together with the Upper Bavarian technology partner pro-ite GmbH. Both companies are long-standing Open-Xchange partners and hosting providers. These experiences and the complementary know-how benefit the new Benno MailArchiv generation.

Benno MailArchiv is for all valid SMTP and mail and groupware servers suitable. The combined central and decentralized administration, takeover of inventories and open interfaces are further reasons to deploy version Benno MailArchiv 2.0.

LWsystems from Bad Iburg near Osnabrück has made a name in the open source and Linux world not only with its mail archiving solution but also with its annually held in-house event „Linux Solution Day“ in the open source and Linux world. The pro-ite GmbH from Upper Bavaria implements, in addition to network concepts, Open-Xchange as a cloud solution and web-based Open-Xchange administration tools. Both companies have been relying for many years on the advantages of open source software and Linux, and serve customers in the SME and industrial sectors.

 

About LWsystems:

LWsystems GmbH & Co. KG is the manufacturer of the open source mail archiving solution Benno MailArchiv. Furthermore, LWsystems works as a consulting and system house with special competence in the turnkey realization of Linux- and open source-based IT infrastructure solutions. LWsystems has special know-how in the areas of mail and groupware, high-availability solutions as well as terminal services, desktop virtualization and remote desktop access. LWsystems is a long-standing partner of leading open source manufacturers such as Open-Xchange, Zarafa and Univention and has many years of experience in the field of mail and groupware solutions. Furthermore, LWsystems has very close partnerships with other manufacturers of open source-based solutions, such as SEP.

About pro-ite:

The pro-ite GmbH based in Upper Bavaria provides its customers with comprehensive Linux and project experience in German-speaking Europe and the USA as a service provider and hoster. This also includes the maintenance of heterogeneous networks at the customer's site, network security, backup and migration concepts. The leading Open-Source Groupware solution Open-Xchange has been successfully offered by pro-ite for many years as a virtualized server solution and SaaS solution with a variety of extensions. Personal support and service round off the offers.