“This agreements affirms our commitment to training highly skilled professionals capable of managing the ICT infrastructures of SMBs, which require ever more powerful and secure systems to, in turn, better meet the demands of their customers” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of Zentyal.

The agreement was signed at the Centro de Tecnologías Avanzadas (CTA) by Ignacio Correas, CEO of Zentyal, Francisco Bono Ríos, Director of Economy and Labor of the Government of Aragon and Arturo Aliaga, Director of Industry and Innovation of the Government of Aragon.

“Zentyal is a fast-growing server solution that combines cloud-based services to make network management easy and secure for SMBs. In just three years we have become the reference in Linux small business servers, and now, with over 30,000 monthly downloads and at break-even, we consider this is the right moment to get venture capital to disrupt definitely the market. We believe Open Ocean Capital is the best investor for us, as they can bring both the funding and the best advice to help us challenge the current market leaders” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of Zentyal.

“We are excited to become shareholders in Zentyal, as the company aims to disrupt the multibillion dollar business for small- and medium sized business servers” said Tom Henriksson, Open Ocean Partner. “Zentyal perfectly fits Open Ocean Fund Three’s investment focus, developing a rapidly scalable business on the basis of a vibrant open-source community and -product.”

Simultaneously Zentyal has also appointed new members to the Board of Directors: Tom Henriksson, Partner at Open Ocean and former Head of Corporate Business Development at Nokia, has joined the board alongside with Jorge Mata, Founder and President of Berg Networks and Founder of MyAlert.

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This international event offers a meeting place for the users and developers of Zentyal Linux small business server, widely used tool in the small and medium businesses regardless of sector, industry or location as well as in the public administrations or in the education sector all over the world.

During the event, Zentyal Development Team will unveil details of the partnership agreement signed earlier this week with Canonical, present the roadmap of the next Zentyal server version and give a series of technical workshops, aimed at current and potential Zentyal customers, partners, community members and users.

In addition, the summit features prominent international speakers such as Roberto Galoppini from SourceForge, one of the most popular software repositories in the world, Mihai Bilauca and Patricia O’Dwyer from the Limercik City Council (Ireland) or Christophe Sauthier, president of Ubuntu France. Likewise, Spanish speakers such as Luis Palomero from Sabeco-Simply, Alejandro Escobar from Aitire and Francisco Solans from Neodoo will share their experiences on Zentyal server use cases.

Zentyal Summit 2011 will be held right after the Libre Software World Conference 2011, that takes place in Zaragoza on the 9th and 10th of November. The Summit is organized in collaboration with the Local Government of Aragón, Zaragoza City Council, Business Consortium for Open Source Software in Aragón (CESLA) and National Reference Center for ICT Based on OSS (CENATIC).

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Zentyal Summit 2011 Program

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“Zentyal server offers an easier way to manage a Linux server than the traditional solutions and it has a great acceptance among vocational training students” said Ignacio Correas, CEO, Zentyal. “For us this is an important step to introduce complementary Linux training in Spanish training centers and to gain more visibility.”

With this agreement, the 45 Spanish training centers affiliated to the LPI program may subscribe to the Zentyal Academy Program for free during one year. The period during which the training centers can benefit from this promotion will begin on November 15, 2011 and end on March 15, 2012. Since the subscription, the center will be able to participate in the Zentyal Academy program for free. Afterwards, the center can decide to continue the subscription with the usual annual fee.

“This agreement brings the services of Ubuntu Advantage to a much broader set of companies through utilising the Zentyal partners’” said Andrew Cooper, EMEA Channel Manager, Canonical. “Zentyal has an extensive experience with small and medium-sized IT providers and SMB market in general and we firmly believe they can take Ubuntu to customers that Canonical cannot reach otherwise.”

“This agreement offers a number of benefits to our partners and the over 1,000 IT providers with which we have started conversations” said Ignacio Correas, CEO, Zentyal. “From now on, our partners will not only provide high-value services based on Zentyal small business server, but they will be able to extend their offering to Ubuntu desktop and application servers based on Ubuntu, all within the same partnership agreement with us.”

From today, Authorized Zentyal Partners can also choose to sell Ubuntu Advantage products, with conditions very similar to the Zentyal-based products and services. Moreover, all those IT providers that do not reach the minimum requirements to become official Ubuntu partners, can do so through Zentyal.

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Keynote speaker of the Summit is Roberto Galoppini, Senior Director of Business Development at SourceForge, who has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. His talk “From Projects to Products” will take a look on how open source projects can turn in to commercially viable products and how SourceForge can help in the process.

The Summit program covers a large number of topics related to Zentyal, from commercial aspects to Zentyal server use cases, community talks and technical workshops, aimed at current and potential Zentyal customers, partners, community members and users. There is no registration fee for participating in the event, but seats are limited so early registration is highly recommended. Both the program and registration form can be found at the Summit website.

Zentyal Summit 2011 will be held right after the Libre Software World Conference 2011, that will take place in Zaragoza on the 9th and 10th of November. The Summit is sponsored by the Local Government of Aragón, Zaragoza City Council, Business Consortium for Open Source Software in Aragón (CESLA) and National Reference Center for ICT Based on OSS (CENATIC).

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The course is aimed at advanced computer users and IT technicians, interested in deploying and managing a Linux-based network infrastructure in small businesses. At the completion of the course, students will understand the basics of computer networks and manage small business networks, including the installation and configuration of network infrastructure, firewall, shared printers and files, user access and permissions, Internet access and email system. Moreover, the students will be able to carry out system maintenance, backups and network monitoring.

For course details and registration visit AIN website. This course is organized and financed by the Navarre Business Confederation, Navarre Employment Service and European Social Fund.

“At TECHmosis we have 20 years of corporate experience in providing ICT services. Our vision is to work alongside our customers to provide them robust, enterprise grade solutions to meet their needs and at the same time, allow them to save money” said Martin Robbie, CEO at TECHmosis. “We have decided to partner with Zentyal because we believe that our customers should be able to choose a solution that best suits their needs and budget, not the traditional and expensive solution offered by the majority of today’s ICT providers.”

“TECHmosis is the first Authorized Zentyal Partner in Australia. During the certification process they demonstrated that they have highly skilled and experienced staff and we firmly believe they will deliver outstanding Zentyal services and solutions to Australian SMBs” said Mateo Burillo, Partner Manager at Zentyal.

As an Authorized Zentyal Partner, TECHmosis will offer its customers certified support and services to install, integrate and maintain Zentyal servers. Moreover, TECHmosis will also offer additional Zentyal services such as disaster recovery, security updates or Zarafa groupware solutions. And while TECHmosis delivers their services to their end customers, Zentyal grants the company with the necessary support and services so that their customers always count on vendor-guaranteed services.

About TECHmosis
TECHmosis is focused on providing businesses with all of their technological needs and at prices that are extremely competitive and affordable in today’s competitive economy. TECHmosis believes that businesses should be able to choose a solution that best suits their needs and budget without being channeled towards more traditional and expensive solutions offered by the majority of today’s ICT providers. TECHmosis has a clear focus on quality of service and a sharp eye on costs.
More about TECHmosis: www.techmosis.com.au

“Each new Zentyal server version is an excellent opportunity to put in practice the feedback and experience we have gained during the past year regarding our services” said Ignacio Correas, Zentyal CEO. “Thanks to the growing sales, we have been able to adjust both pricing and content of our services in benefit of our customers.”

Both pricing and SLA of the yearly support packages have been polished, differentiating more clearly the target audience of each support package. Thus, Essential-level support is now focused on simple installations in small organizations, Standard-level is better adapted for more complex installations in medium organizations and Premium-level is aimed at businesses with needs to integrate Zentyal in their existing environments

As to the training services, a new basic course “Zentyal for Network Technicians” has been introduced and the intermediate course “Zentyal for Network Administrators” has been fully renewed. The basic course allows the students to learn how to deploy Zentyal server as a network gateway and how to manage the IT infrastructure and security in small and medium businesses, while the intermediate course shows how to deploy Zentyal as an office and communications server.

New pricing has been adopted for all support packages and courses. Other updates include the introduction of the ad-blocking feature in the Advanced Security Updates subscription and adjustment of the Disaster Recovery subscription price.

“Zentyal is a flexible and feature-rich server that is cost-effective to install and maintain. Moreover, it ensures high levels of security and reasonable cost savings to the end customers” said Alexey Tikhonov, CТO at Personal Admins LLC. “Together with our vast experience in IT systems, we are able to provide Zentyal-based server solutions that meet the needs of almost any small and medium business.”

“When a group of seasoned Linux system administrators, such as the professionals working at Personal Admins LLC, pick Zentyal server to deliver small and medium businesses easy and affordable Linux server solutions, we feel even more empowered and motivated to continue working to fulfill such high expectations” said Mateo Burillo, Partner Manager at Zentyal.

As an Authorized Zentyal Partner, Personal Admins LLC will offer its customers certified support and services to install, integrate and maintain Zentyal servers. Moreover, Personal Admins LLC will also offer additional Zentyal services such as disaster recovery, security updates or Zarafa groupware solutions. And while Personal Admins LLC delivers their services to their end customers, Zentyal grants the company with the necessary support and services so that their customers always count on vendor-guaranteed services.

About Personal Admins LLC
Personal Admins LLC is a Russian IT service and solution provider, located in Moscow. The company, formed by a group of experienced IT professionals, offers IT infrastructure design, implementation, support and maintenance services. Moreover, the company offers IT consultancy services, VoIP telephony solutions and hardware equipment.
More about Personal Admins LLC: www.personaladmins.ru