Collax Signs Ingram Micro for U.S. Distribution
November 03 2006 - 3:34PM
PR Newswire (US)
Global Technology Distributor to Offer Collax Server Solutions to
Thousands of Solution Providers BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/
-- Collax, Inc., developers of the first enterprise class servers
for small and growing businesses, today announced an agreement with
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM) as its first U.S. distributor. The
world's largest IT distributor, Ingram Micro will handle Collax
product aggregation and distribution while working together with
Collax to generate leads and create new opportunities for channel
solution providers. Ingram Micro was recently recognized as the
Most Important Distributor by the VARBusiness 500 for the third
consecutive year. "A strong channel is key to our success and
having Ingram Micro as our first U.S. distributor sends a clear
message that we are a formidable player in this market," said Paula
Hunter, vice president of Collax. "We have received incredible
interest with hundreds of solution providers and end users
downloading our server software." The company's flagship software
product, Collax Business Server, delivers a suite of open source
applications to help run a small or growing business, including
security, networking, and communication with no Linux knowledge
required. Collax was founded in early 2005 and since has received
series A funding from Atlas Venture Partners, Intel Capital and
Wellington Partners. Collax Product Portfolio Collax develops and
markets server solutions for security, networking, and
communication, integrated with an easy-to-use GUI (graphical user
interface) for installation, updates and maintenance. All Collax
server solutions can be easily integrated into any existing network
infrastructure. The current offering includes: Collax Business
Server is a Linux-based server solution, which offers security,
networking and communication functions and requires no Linux
know-how. It is available as a free software license for up to five
non-commercial users, as a software subscription or pre-configured
hardware appliance, and can scale for use in small to medium-sized
businesses and distributed branch offices of large enterprises.
Collax Security Gateway is a Unified Threat Management solution
providing Web, email and network security with features such as
antivirus, IDS, IPS, anti-spam, firewall, VPN, Web content
filtering, and networking features -- traffic management and
multi-WAN -- all integrated in a single management platform.
Available either as a software subscription or pre-configured
hardware appliance including software, the gateway is easily
integrated into any existing network infrastructure. Collax
Open-Xchange Server is a collaboration suite, which offers tools to
facilitate communication for personal information management as
well as efficient team collaboration -- whether project management,
customer care or internal workflows. The server is available as a
software subscription or pre-configured hardware appliance. Collax
Appliances are pre-installed, turn-key solutions that combine
software and hardware to provide ease of use with no Linux
knowledge required. Depending on a company's size and intended
level of use, a Collax appliance will be configured for maximum
benefit. About Ingram Micro As a vital link in the technology value
chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities
for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs,
outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial
services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company
serves 140 countries and is the only global broadline IT
distributor with operations in Asia. For more information, visit
http://www.ingrammicro.com/. About Collax, Inc. -- Simply Linux
With more than 8,000 installations worldwide, Collax delivers
turn-key, Linux-based server solutions to help run a business. The
solutions contain a suite of best of breed open source applications
for security, networking and communication. Also available
pre-loaded on hardware, the server software can be used with any
Windows, Mac or Linux client devices and requires no customer
administration. SMBs or departments of larger enterprises realize
Linux functionality, scalability, security and rapid innovation
without learning a new operating system. Collax is based in
Bedford, Massachusetts and Munich, Germany and its investors
include Atlas Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Wellington
Partners. For more information, visit http://www.collax.com/.
DATASOURCE: Collax, Inc. CONTACT: US Press: Baker Communications
Group, Bill Baker, +1-860-350-9100, , for Collax, Inc. Web site:
http://www.collax.com/ http://www.ingrammicro.com/
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