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Mindquarry PRO - Professional Software and Support for Open Source Team Collaboration in Enterprises

Posted over 2 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, August 2, 2007 -- Mindquarry, an Open Source collaborative software vendor, today announced 'Mindquarry PRO', a standalone teamwork solution for corporate users. Mindquarry PRO bundles Mindquarry's software with ... [More] professional support for high availability, automated updates and upgrades as well as administration tools to ease maintenance work.

"Mindquarry PRO provides the software, support and services that a company needs to manage and maintain a high-performance collaboration environment for teams.", says Stephan Voigt, CEO of Mindquarry. "Customers regard Mindquarry as an Open Source alternative for Microsoft SharePoint or IBM Lotus Quickr due to its ease of use, short deployment time and seamless integration in existing workspaces."

Gartner Research predicts a yearly growth rate of collaboration software of 22% reaching $2,8 billion in 2010.(1) IDC, another independent analyst firm, sees Open Source software reaching $5,8 billion by 2011, growing by 26% per year until then.(2) Mindquarry PRO has a unique selling proposition, serving both markets by combining Open Source software for collaboration with reliable IT support and services.

"Mindquarry PRO complements our scalable product portfolio", says COO and co-founder Lars Trieloff. "The entire offer serves do-it-yourself users who download and install Mindquarry for free under an Open Source license as well as consumers who just need to sign up to collaborate online in teams in our on-demand solution. Last but not least, Mindquarry PRO addresses the needs of the Intranet of enterprise customers."

Mindquarry PRO Product Features
The Mindquarry PRO product offer provides the following benefits for fail-safe team collaboration in corporate environments:

Enterprise-grade Mindquarry collaborative software - The most reliable, secure stable version of Mindquarry, the Open Source Collaborative Software.
System management tools - Mindquarry PRO allows system administrators to continously monitor the teamwork software and identify critical problems before they arise. Furthermore, they can automatically apply patches and upgrade to new releases.
Professional support and services - The support package included in Mindquarry PRO ensures high availability of Mindquarry installations with a guaranteed response time and unlimited number of incidents to safeguard maintenance. Aditionally, Mindquarry PRO customers can exclusively buy consulting or development services for system integration matters.

Price and Availability
Mindquarry PRO is available now for Windows, Linux and Mac for an annual subscription price of $2995 per installation of Mindquarry Server and an unlimited amount of users.

More information about Mindquarry PRO is available at www.mindquarry.com/pro.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that meshes simplicity and functionality. As a result, knowledge workers are able to connect with team members and share information from wherever they are, effectively improving team-work and increasing productivity within the company. Developed in Java and built upon a scalable REST architecture with AJAX interfaces and Web 2.0-style user interfaces, Mindquarry is offering a free download version, a hosted solution and an enterprise-grade support package of its signature Open Source Collaboration Platform. Unlike many other team collaboration tools, Mindquarry blends the innovation of an Open Source product with a sound business model based on integration and consultation services. Founded in 2006, Mindquarry is privately held and funded by SAP co-founder VC Hasso Plattner. For more information, please visit www.mindquarry.com.

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(1) Gartner: "Forecast: Web Conferencing and Team Collaboration Software, Worldwide, 2006-2011”, June 18 2007

(2) IDC: “Worldwide Open Source Software Business Models 2007–2011 Forecast: A Preliminary View,” May 2007 [Less]

Collax Founder Joins Mindquarry's Supervisory Board

Posted over 2 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, July 10, 2007 -- Mindquarry, an Open Source collaborative software developer, today announced the appointment of entrepreneur and venture capitalist Olaf Jacobi to its supervisory board. Olaf Jacobi is founder of Collax Inc., a ... [More] provider of Linux-based server solutions. He is also founder and chairman of Trupoli AG as well as an active business angel for Web and IT start-ups.

As one of three board members, Olaf Jacobi succeeds Eran Davidson, President and CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures. The other two members are Frank Witte, head of SAP's Global Open Source Office, and Gregor Hochmuth, analyst and Entrepreneur in Residence at Hasso Plattner Ventures.

"Collaboration, Web 2.0 and Open Source are the hot spots of today's software business.", says Olaf Jacobi. "Mindquarry combines all three of them based on a sound business model to gain a leading position. I feel very excited about joining its supervisory board and help shaping its future."

"Olaf Jacobi is a highly valuable mentor for us, due to his experience in successfully building up a business with Collax based on Open Source software", says Mindquarry CEO Stephan Voigt. "His strategical and operational advice will help us focus and accelerate Mindquarry's business. Let me thank Eran Davidson who provided excellent guidance while he was on the supervisory board and who will continue to do so as our contact at our investor Hasso Plattner Ventures."

Find more information about Mindquarry‘s supervisory board at www.mindquarry.com/company/team/supervisory-board.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that meshes simplicity and functionality. As a result, knowledge workers are able to connect with team members and share information from wherever they are, effectively improving team-work and increasing productivity within the company. Developed in Java and built upon a scalable REST architecture with AJAX interfaces and Web 2.0-style user interfaces, Mindquarry is offering a free download version and a hosted solution of its signature Open Source Collaboration Platform. Unlike many other team collaboration tools, Mindquarry blends the innovation of an Open Source product with a sound business model based on integration and consultation services. Founded in 2006, Mindquarry is privately held and funded by SAP co-founder VC Hasso Plattner. For more information, please visit www.mindquarry.com.

Media Contact
Sandro Groganz
Mindquarry GmbH
Tel: 49 (331) 9799 2226
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Mindquarry Introduces Mindquarry GO – Hosted Version of its Open Source Collaborative Software

Posted over 2 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, June 21, 2007-- Mindquarry launched its new hosted collaboration service, Mindquarry GO (beta) at Enterprise 2.0 Conference, currently taking place in Boston, USA. Mindquarry GO enables enterprises of all sizes to use online all of ... [More] the features of Mindquarry, including task management, file sharing, Wiki editing and team management. Furthermore, it provides the ability to literally “go back in time” to see various iterations of project documents.

"This marks a landmark development for the Mindquarry product, which has enhanced feature sets that differentiate it from other hosted solutions including Basecamp, Jive Software’s ClearSpace and Microsoft SharePoint.", says CEO Stephan Voigt.

333 free beta tester accounts available
Mindquarry GO is in now in its beta testing phase. Everyone can apply for 333 beta tester accounts, which include:

File sharing, Wiki editing, tasks management at no cost
Unlimited number of teams, users, tasks, Wiki pages
100GB of file storage space

Depending on the viability of the applicant's use case, Mindquarry will grant access to Mindquarry GO for 3 months for free. In return, the company asks beta users for feedback to improve the hosted service before it is being launched as a paid Software as a Service offer.

Price and Availability
The product is available to selected beta testers only. Interested parties can apply for 333 free accounts online within the next 3 months until September 9th 2007. The signup form for the beta testing program as well as more information on Mindquarry GO is available at www.mindquarry.com/go.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that meshes simplicity and functionality. As a result, knowledge workers are able to connect with team members and share information from wherever they are, effectively improving team-work and increasing productivity within the company. Developed in Java and built upon a scalable REST architecture with AJAX interfaces and Web 2.0-style user interfaces, Mindquarry is currently offering a free download version of the platform and will soon release its signature Open Source Collaboration Platform as a hosted solution. Unlike many other team collaboration tools, Mindquarry blends the innovation of an Open Source product with a sound business model based on integration and consultation services. Founded in 2006, Mindquarry is privately held and funded by SAP co-founder VC Hasso Plattner. For more information, please visit www.mindquarry.com.

Media Contact
Sandro Groganz
Mindquarry GmbH
Tel: 49 (331) 9799 2226
press@mindquarry.com

Xenia von Wedel
Terpin Communications Group
1 (415) 595 2030
xenia@terpin.com [Less]

Mindquarry Releases New Open Source Collaborative Software Platform with Activity Timeline for All Team Content

Posted over 3 years ago by ordnas

New Mindquarry 1.1 for file sharing, team collaboration and Wiki editing meshes simplicity and ‘time machine’ functionality

Potsdam, Germany, June 14, 2007 -- Today, Mindquarry, an Open Source collaborative software developer, released ... [More] its revamped edition of Mindquarry Version 1.1. The stable new platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that meshes simplicity and functionality, is now available for free download, offering various productivity enhancements and new features such as an activity timeline to view older versions of all team content in files, Wiki pages or tasks. Besides an extensive list of nifty features, Mindquarry 1.1 releases a stable and mature Open Source alternative to proprietary applications such as Microsoft SharePoint or Basecamp.

Highlighted features in Version 1.1:

The ‘time machine’ activity timeline allows teams to view older versions of files, Wiki pages and tasks as a first step toward an ultimate undo/redo for all team content.
The Interlink conveniently links to all files, tasks or other Wiki pages from within the Wiki. The link window also contains a new search option to find items to interlink.
Team partners can insert tables and images into Wiki pages as easily as inserting these files into office documents, allowing better visualization and structuring of ideas and new concepts.
Easy Tasks and Files Manager allow users to work with Mindquarry online or offline on a Mac, Windows or Linux operating system. At any time it synchronizes all files and tasks as soon as the user is back online.
The intuitive graphical user interface clearly separates list views from item views, expediting work productivity.

"Mindquarry has reached a mature level of software quality allowing us to continuously extend our tool set for information sharing within teams," adds CEO Stephan Voigt. "Our goal is to empower dynamic teams to collaborate anytime, anywhere with anyone."

Price and Availability
Mindquarry is available for free download as of today. For more information about the Mindquarry 1.1 release, such as new features, downloads, online demo, please go to www.mindquarry.com/1.1.

Mindquarry will showcase the new collaboration platform at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston June 18-20 at booth # 29. For appointments please contact xenia@terpin.com.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that meshes simplicity and functionality. As a result, knowledge workers are able to connect with team members and share information from wherever they are, effectively improving team-work and increasing productivity within the company. Developed in Java and built upon a scalable REST architecture with AJAX interfaces and Web 2.0-style user interfaces, Mindquarry is currently offering a free download version of the platform and will soon release its signature Open Source Collaboration Platform as a hosted solution. Unlike many other team collaboration tools, Mindquarry blends the innovation of an Open Source product with a sound business model based on integration and consultation services. Founded in 2006, Mindquarry is privately held and funded by SAP co-founder VC Hasso Plattner. For more information, please visit www.mindquarry.com.

Media Contact
Sandro Groganz
Mindquarry GmbH
Tel: 49 (331) 9799 2226
press@mindquarry.com

Xenia von Wedel
Terpin Communications Group
1 (415) 595 2030
xenia@terpin.com [Less]

Customer Services for Mindquarry Collaborative Software Now Available

Posted over 3 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, April 19, 2007 -- Mindquarry GmbH, provider of Mindquarry Open Source Collaborative Software, now offers various services to low-budget as well as mission-critical projects. Mindquarry Customer Services cover installation ... [More] , maintenance, consulting and development.

"Support requests were steadily rising after we had released the first version of Mindquarry Collaboration Server back in February.", says Stephan Voigt, Mindquarry's CEO. "Now we provide services to early adopters who plan to use our software in production for internal teamwork. They get high-quality services for a reasonable price by the experts who built the product."

The range of services includes a remote installation service available for 400€ flat - an attractive entry price for Mindquarry users who want to get started on their own server in one day. Additionally, the newly introduced remote maintenance service ensures reliable daily use of the Mindquarry collaboration tools on in-house servers for just 800€ per year.

For mission-critical use of Mindquarry Collaboration Server, customers can utilize the consulting service to rely on a tailor-made service level agreement. Consulting could include among others in-house installation, security audit, performance tuning, etc. The fourth offering, development service, provides assistance to extend and integrate Mindquarry's software with custom-made functionality for a price ranging from 800€ to 700€ depending on the number of booked days.

Details on each service are available at http://www.mindquarry.com/services.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry was founded in the summer of 2006 by three graduate students of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, Germany. The founders set out to build better tools for knowledge workers,the result - Mindquarry, the Open Source Collaborative Software for file sharing, tasks management and Wiki editing. For a fast startup, Mindquarry got financial backing through the Hasso Plattner Ventures; Hasso Plattner being a co-founder of SAP. Mindquarry is a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe Award, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year. More information about Mindquarry is available on the Internet at www.mindquarry.com.

Media Contact
Sandro Groganz
Mindquarry GmbH
Tel: 49(331)9799 2226
Email: press@mindquarry.com

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Mindquarry Wins Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award

Posted over 3 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany and Cannes, France, March 21, 2007 – Mindquarry GmbH, provider of the Mindquarry Open Source Collaborative Software, is a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe Award, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based ... [More] in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.

Red Herring’s lists of top private companies identifies the most innovative and promising technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google, eBay and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.

Mindquarry's software integrates knowledge tools for file sharing, tasks management and Wiki editing. The product was first released to the public only a few weeks ago for download. The next major release will integrate email management. The company Mindquarry receives seed funding from Hasso Plattner Ventures. Hasso Plattner is a SAP co-founder.

„The Red Herring award proves the genuine potential of our product and Open Source business model“, said Mindquarry CEO Stephan Voigt. „Our mission is the transfer of best practices of collaboration between software developers and distributed knowledge work. We are currently experiencing a growing demand and will in the next months announce service offers which will form the basis for a wide adoption of our collaboration tools.“

Stephan Voigt will present the company at Red Herring's Venture Market Europe (VME) 2007 event, scheduled for March 25-27 in Cannes, France. He will be joined by Mindquarry co-founder and COO Lars Trieloff.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry was founded in the summer of 2006 by three graduate students of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, Germany. The founders set out to build better tools for knowledge workers,the result - Mindquarry, the Open Source Collaborative Software for file sharing, tasks management and Wiki editing. For a fast startup, Mindquarry got financial backing through the Hasso Plattner Ventures; Hasso Plattner being a co-founder of SAP. More information about Mindquarry is available on the Internet at www.mindquarry.com.

About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com. [Less]

Mindquarry Collaboration Server Now Available for Free Download

Posted over 3 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, February 28, 2007 -- Mindquarry GmbH, developer of the Mindquarry Collaboration Server, today announced the general availability of version 1.0 of their Mindquarry Collaboration Server. Starting today the Mindquarry Collaboration ... [More] Server can be downloaded under the open source MPL license. The Mindquarry Collaboration Server is a complete suite of integrated tools for better collaboration and teamwork. It includes a file sharing repository, a Wiki and a task management system that allows teams to keep track of their documents, ideas and tasks.

"With the alpha release of Mindquarry, affordable distributed collaboration becomes possible for mall companies and teams" says Stephan Voigt, CEO of Mindquarry. Lars Trieloff, co-founder and COO of Mindquarry adds: "tools and techniques well known in open source software development are finally available for all information workers."

The Mindquarry Collaboration Server, including desktop clients, graphical installers, documentation and source code, is available for free under the open source Mozilla Public License (MPL).

Mindquarry can be obtained from the Mindquarry Download Site (www.mindquarry.com/downloads/) for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Core Features

Team Management - teams and team members can be added to the Mindquarry system in minutes, making it easy to start a new project or undertaking
File Sharing - Mindquarry stores all files of a team including full version history and allows synchronization of the shared files with team member's desktop computers, allowing offline work
Wiki - The Mindquarry Wiki features WYSIWYG-editing, easy linking of documents and can be used as a store for ideas, definitions and other information
Tasks - Mindquarry tasks allows team members to share to-do-lists with a user-defined degree of information concerning status, priority, due dates and responsibilities

Underlying Technology
"Mindquarry's pace of development had been unthinkable without the use of high-quality open source omponents, libraries and frameworks used" says Lars Trieloff, co-founder and COO of Mindquarry. Among the echnologies used are:

Apache Cocoon Web Application Framework
Apache Jackrabbit Content Repository
Dojo Ajax toolkit
Subversion version control system

Mindquarry Sponsorship
The Mindquarry Open Source project is incited and maintained by Mindquarry GmbH. Significant hardware donations to the Mindquarry project have been made by Cluster Labs.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry was founded in the summer of 2006 by three graduate students of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, Germany. The founders set out to build better tools for knowledge workers,the result - Mindquarry, the Open Source Collaborative Software for file sharing, tasks management and Wiki editing. For a fast startup, Mindquarry got financial backing through the Hasso Plattner Ventures; Hasso Plattner being a co-founder of SAP. More information about Mindquarry is available on the Internet at www.mindquarry.com. [Less]

Mindquarry Raises Its Level of Experience – Stephan Voigt Assigned as New CEO

Posted over 3 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, December 05, 2006 - Stephan Voigt has become the new CEO of Mindquarry since December, 1. 2006. The software business professional was prior CEO of Scopeland Technology and brings along his experiences from a former Job in the ... [More] Silicon Valley. He stepped in to lead the Mindquarry success story in a professional way.

Mindquarry was founded in the summer 2006 from 3 graduates of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute and develops an open source solution for better teamwork. Since August 2006 Mindquarry is the youngest portfolio company of the Potsdam Hasso-Plattner-Ventures. The company is located at the Hasso Platter High-tech Park, on the area of the Potsdam University campus. Within their first year Mindquarry develops the product just from the idea into a marketable Open Source product. The first release is planned for February 2007.

With the capital the requirements to the company management raised rigorous. So the founders unhesitating came to the agreement to search for experienced reinforcement. Since Dec, 1st, Stephan Voigt has taken that challenge and leads the young team as experienced CEO together with Lars Trieloff as COO. Lars Trieloff was one of the founders together with Alexander Saar and Alexander Klimetschek and has lead the company until the end of November 2006.

The new CEO sees a huge potential in Mindquarry: „Facing the growing number of home offices and the growing mobility of work the Mindquarry Collaboration Server meets accurately the needs of a growing market.“

"Mind" & "Quarry" stands for the ability to develop new resources for information worker who are using Mindquarry tools. The Mindquarry Collaboration Server is a set of well proven professional collaboration tools made easy to be usable for everyone. That enables you to streamline your work and become more efficient, productive and creative. Consequently Mindquarry offers a smart way to get rid of frustrating lapses, for example by crossed emails with document attachments.

Mindquarry is free software. Mindquarry is Open Source Software, meaning you can download, use and redistribute it free of charge. Mindquarry supports modern teamwork. Mindquarry allows you to share files, exchange ideas and definitions, manage tasks for yourself and your team, and organize talk via e-mail, instant messenger or real-world meetings. Mindquarry works on every place with Internet access, independent if you are at home, at work or on the road.

About Stephan Voigt
Stephan Voigt was from 1989 to 2000 as co-founder and COO mainly involved in the development of the company Scopeland Software and he lead from 2000 - 2001 the Scopeland branch in San Francisco. There he was et al. a member of the board of directors of the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Western United States in San Francisco. From 2002 to 2006 he was CEO of Scopeland Technology. Since December 2006 leads the team of Mindquarry as CEO.

About Mindquarry
Mindquarry was founded in the summer of 2006 by three graduate students of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, Germany. The founders set out to build better tools for knowledge workers,the result - Mindquarry, the Open Source Collaborative Software for file sharing, tasks management and Wiki editing. For a fast startup, Mindquarry got financial backing through the Hasso Plattner Ventures; Hasso Plattner being a co-founder of SAP. More information about Mindquarry is available on the Internet at www.mindquarry.com. [Less]

Mindquarry Secures Seed Funding

Posted over 3 years ago by ordnas

Potsdam, Germany, August 30, 2006 - Mindquarry, a spin-off of the Hasso-Plattner Institute, secures a seed founding from Hasso Plattner Ventures. The seed Investment is mainly used to support the company establishment and the development of the first ... [More] product release.

The company will be located at the Hasso Platter High-tech Park, on the area of the Potsdam University campus. indquarry: "Mind" & "Quarry" stands for the ability to develop new resources for information worker who are using Mindquarry tools. The Mindquarry Collaboration Server is a set of well proven professional collaboration tools made easy to be usable for everyone. That enables you to streamline your work and become more efficient, productive and creative. Consequently Mindquarry offers a smart way to get rid of frustrating lapses, for example by crossed emails with document attachments.

Mindquarry is free software. Mindquarry is Open Source Software, meaning you can download, use and redistribute it free of charge. Mindquarry supports modern teamwork. Mindquarry allows you to share files, exchange ideas and definitions, manage tasks for yourself and your team, and organize talk via e-mail, instant messenger or real-world meetings. Mindquarry works on every place with Internet access, independent if you are at home, at work or on the road. [Less]