Zentyal – The Linux Small Business Server 

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eBox Technologies, developer of the Linux small business server eBox Platform, announced today that eBox Platform will change its name to Zentyal in order to reflect more accurately the product and the services based on it. The change will become effective from the 1st of September, with the launch of the new 2.0 version of the server software. Simultaneously, the company eBox Technologies will also change it’s name to Zentyal.

“The eBox Platform project has developed, grown and naturally, transformed from its initial goals during the last seven years of development. With this change, we want to ensure the product more accurately reflects what it does” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “The current name eBox Platform suggests that the software comes integrated in a server hardware because of the word “Box”. However, the eBox Platform is purely server software that comes with cloud-based subscription services.”

The word Zentyal was chosen as the new name of eBox Platform because it closely resembles the main goal of the project: to make something as essential as network management easy and secure. Zentyal is fusion of two words, where “Zen” represents qualities such as intuition, insight and balance – the easiness of carrying out tasks via intuition – and “Essential” represents qualities such as basic, fundamental and necessary.

New Zentyal logo

About Zentyal
Zentyal aims at providing small and medium businesses with an affordable and easy-to-use enterprise-level computer network that help SMBs to improve the reliability and security of their network infrastructure and reducing their investments and operational costs.

Zentyal development was started in early 2004. Currently Zentyal is an open-source alternative to Windows Small Business Server and the Zentyal based products and services offer easy and affordable network management for SMBs and IT solution and service providers all over the globe.

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The Provincial Agency for Economic and Fiscal Assistance (OPAEF for the Spanish initials) in the County Council of Seville (Spain) has launched a system to unify the management of computer networks and users of all their offices located throughout the province. The goal of the system is to unite the 21 geographically dispersed OPAEF offices into a single network, allowing easier network management and providing users with higher quality of service at lower cost. To meet these objectives, the OPAEF decided to implement a solution based on a Spanish open source project, eBox Platform – Linux server specially designed for network management in small and medium organizations.

“This solution has allowed OPAEF to reduce significantly the time and costs required to manage network services of their offices” said Juan José Domínguez Calvo, System Analyst at the Provincial Information Services Network (INPRO), the entity created by the County Council of Seville for the provision of IT services. Domínguez continued “As the chosen technology solution is open source, we have removed all the software licensing costs. Moreover, we got the support for the deployment, training of our staff and maintenance directly from the eBox Platform vendor, but INPRO has all the freedom to manage the solution. From our point of view, this has greatly increased the quality and speed of the service we provide to our end users.”

The implemented solution allows to connect the OPAEF offices on a single computer network where the network administrators carry out centralized management of users based on LDAP(master-slave). As eBox Platform acts as a primary domain controller (PDC) of the Windows network, it also enables data backup and printer management. Given the nature of the OPAEF offices, it is worth noting that the used configuration allows PCs continue to function normally in case of loss of connectivity between offices and the central server and once the connection is retrieved, if there were any changes in the central server, they will be synchronized.

In addition, each network user has a roaming profile that allows the users to access with their username and password to their local information on any computer in their office, with their own desktop and configuration. Besides, the system allows to establish corporate policies on client desktops, such as configure wallpaper, set proxy setting or decide which groups of users can connect USB drivers, among others.

“The use case of the OPAEF is one of the best examples of the cost savings you can achieve with eBox Platform” said Javi Vázquez, Chief Operations officer at eBox Technologies, and continued “We believe that this case can be easily applied in other organizations, especially in the public sector where the rationalization of costs and investments is now more necessary than ever.”

The detailed OPAEF-eBox Success Story is available for download in English and in Spanish.

About OPAEF
The purpose of the Provincial Agency for Economic and Fiscal Assistance in the County Council of Seville (Organismo Provincial de Asistencia Económica y Fiscal, OPAEF, de la Diputación de Sevilla) is to manage, inspect and collect public funds on behalf of Local Entities that have delegated OPAEF such powers and to collect public funds entrusted by the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.
More about OPAEF at: www.opaef.es

About INPRO
INPRO is an entity created by the County Council of Seville for the provision of IT services to the Provincial and City Councils of Seville. The purpose of INPRO is twofold: on one hand, within the generic objectives of the Provincial Local Government, they aim at promoting the use of ICT as a driver of structural change in the province and on the other hand, they aim at managing the implementation of ICT in the Provincial and City Councils as a necessary means to maintain and improve the efficiency of the Public Sector in order to provide more efficient and transparent public services, closer to the needs of the citizens and with lower costs.
More about INPRO at: www.dipusevilla.es/inpro/

About eBox Technologies and eBox Platform
eBox Technologies is the developer of eBox Platform, the Linux Small Business Server. The company aims at providing small and medium businesses with an affordable and easy-to-use enterprise-level computer network that help SMBs to improve the reliability and security of their network infrastructure and reducing their investments and operational costs.
eBox Platform development was started in early 2004. Currently eBox is an open-source alternative to Windows Small Business Server and the eBox based products and services offer easy and affordable network management for SMBs and IT solution and service providers all over the globe.

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies, developer of the Linux small business server eBox Platform, has published a new subscription-based service offering aimed at small and medium businesses and IT service providers interested in commercially-backed Linux small business server. The new offering builds on commercial eBox Server Subscriptions that provide customers Quality Assured updates, security alerts and notifications, frequent reports on system performance and use, or central administration and monitoring of multiple eBox Platform servers.

The eBox Server Subscriptions are aimed at two clearly differentiated customers. On one hand, Professional Subscription targets small businesses or Value Added Resellers with few or independent eBox Platform servers that need to be kept up-to-date and secured. On the other hand, Enterprise Subscription aims for large businesses or Managed Service Providers that additionally have the need to monitor and administer multiple eBox installations remotely. Furthermore, Server Subscription customers can obtain access to Subscription Add-ons such as Full disaster recovery, Security lists updates and low-cost VoIP calls or technical support provided directly by the eBox Support Team.

“The new offering is the result of the work accomplished during the past two years with customers and partners from all over the world and we truly believe it might mean a breakthrough in the adoption of Linux in the small and medium businesses” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “We have come up with a value proposition that is easy to understand and deploy, that brings important benefits for different profiles of users and that can help cutting costs up to 80% in the management of small business servers.”

Besides this major shift from support-based offering to subscription-based offering, eBox Technologies has updated the eBox Partner Program in order to better respond to the needs of the channel and to support the new services. “After analyzing hundreds of partnership requests and long conversations with current and potential partners, we believe that the updated Partner Program responds better to partners’ needs and expectations and communicates clearly what we offer and expect” said Correas and continued “Our focus stays in the channel – we simply believe that it is the best way to reach small and medium businesses, and unlike other vendors, we are ready to reward generously their efforts for using eBox based products and services.”

About eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies, developer of the Linux small business server eBox Platform, aims at offering small and medium businesses all over the globe easy and affordable network management tools and services. eBox Technologies is a channel-focused company that provides eBox Partners, Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), a full portfolio of eBox based subscription services, support and training.

About eBox Platform
eBox Plaform is a Linux small business server that can act as a Gateway, Unified Threat Manager, Office Server, Infrastructure Manager, Unified Communications Server or a combination of them. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently it is an enterprise level network management solution that integrates over 20 open source network management tools in one single technology. eBox Platform has been included in Ubuntu since 2007, with an estimate of 40,000 active installations, currently over 14,000 monthly downloads and active community of almost 3,000 members.

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(Zaragoza, Spain) Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies and Ignacio Sancho, Head of Studies at the Integrated Studies Center Los Enlaces presented today the vocational education program “eBox Academy”. The presentation took place during the Closing Ceremony of the II Technical Conference on Vocational Education organized in the IES Los Enlaces, Zaragoza.

eBox Academy offers eBox Platform as a learning resource to the vocational education students of Information and Communication Technologies, allowing them to complete their training through an innovative and educational tool with great potential in the field of Linux based system administration.

eBox Platform is a Linux server aimed at small and medium businesses that enables IT professionals to manage all network services such as Internet access, security and network infrastructure, shared resources or communications through a single platform. The high integration of functionality and task automation can save up to 80% of the total costs of installing and managing a small business network.

“From our point of view, the inclusion of eBox Platform in the curriculum of Vocational Education brings substantial benefits for both future professionals and training centers” said Ignacio Sancho, Head of Studies at the Integrated Studies Center Los Enlaces.

Subsequently, Ignacio Sancho specified “By using eBox Platform the students are able to complete their training and rapidly reach high levels of expertise in the system and network administration and security-related issues. Simultaneously, eBox Academy also includes a number of subjects that respond to the requirements of the new vocational qualifications so it is an ideal complement to the current curriculum. We are looking forward to seeing eBox Academy applied in other training centers.”

The Autonomous Community of Aragon will pioneer the implementation of the eBox Academy program that will subsequently expand to other regions in Spain and other countries. This project is part of the collaboration agreement made between eBox Technologies and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Aragon, promoted by the Integrated Studies Center Los Enlaces in order to be applied in the other vocational training centers in the region.

“We are very pleased by the interest of regional institutions in launching eBox Academy here in Aragon, where have been developing eBox Platform since 2004″ said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies, and continued “during the course 2010-2011 we will start delivering certified training through eBox Academy in vocational training centers located in Aragon and Catalonia and in the course 2011-2012 we expect to be present in several autonomous communities in Spain and some of those countries with most interest in eBox Platform, such as the United States, Germany and several Latin American regions.”

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies is proud to announce the general availability of eBox Platform 1.4, a major new release of the Linux server aimed at small and medium businesses. Besides incorporating a range of new features and improvements, the eBox Platform 1.4 release features – for the first time – SaaS options such as remote backup and low-cost VoIP calls to mobile phones and landlines all over the world, making eBox Platform ever more attractive server option for both SMBs and IT service and solution providers targeting the SMB market.

“We believe the new version 1.4 of eBox Platform is a big leap forward towards our goal of providing the best Linux based server for small and medium businesses” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “Now, we do not only offer a more complete set of functionalities for the server and an improved environment for the delivery of services by IT providers through the eBox Control Center, but we have integrated eBox Platform with a series of subscription services in the cloud, bringing together the power of open source, SaaS and cloud computing under a common technology. For the first time, SMBs can enjoy an affordable and easy-to-use enterprise-level network with a complete set of first-class services that help them improve the reliability and security of their infrastructure while reducing investments and operational costs!”

Two of the most important new features of the eBox Platform 1.4 release include support for master-slave LDAP servers and Microsoft Windows Active Directory synchronization. Moreover, new features include new webmail module, PPPoE support, Multi-WAN support for DHCP and PPPoE configured gateways, new Samba (3.4.5) version, dynamic DNS updates via DHCP and new RADIUS module. Additionally, the new release incorporates a number of improvements in the Mail, Printers and VoIP modules and general usability enhancements.

The production-ready eBox Platform 1.4 is now available for download For additional information regarding the upgrading, repository and full change log, please check the eBox Platform 1.4 Announcement The next stable release will be eBox Platform 2.0 which is expected for July 2010.

About eBox Platform
eBox Plaform is a Linux small business server that can act as a Gateway, Unified Threat Manager, Office Server, Infrastructure Manager, Unified Communications Server or a combination of them. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently it is an enterprise level network management solution that integrates over 20 open source network management tools in one single technology. eBox Platform has been included in Ubuntu since 2007, with an estimate of 40,000 active installations, currently over 10,000 monthly downloads and active community of over 2,000 members.

About eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies, the company behind eBox Platform development, is a channel-focused company that does not only provide an enterprise level Linux server for small and medium sized businesses, but what is more, it enables Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value Added Resellers (VARs) to offer a full set of eBox based network management and outsourcing services for SMBs all over the globe. In addition to eBox Platform, eBox Technologies provides a comprehensive set of commercial and technical support, services, certified training and technologies that grant eBox Partners with a full managed services offering.

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies, developer of the open source small business server eBox Platform, today announced the expanding of its Partner Program. From now on the Program will include an eBox Reseller level in addition to eBox Service Partner category, allowing IT support and service providers to add quickly pre-defined eBox based network management services to their portfolio.

The eBox Reseller Program appeals to IT service providers or specialists, network consultants, resellers of network appliance or managed network service providers that target small and medium businesses with open source solutions. By delivering eBox based network management products and support, eBox Resellers save in license cost and technology investments while taking full advantage of the opportunities in the Software-as-a-Service & Managed Services market to generate recurring subscription revenues.

“The eBox Reseller Program is designed to give IT support and service providers a fast and profitable way to deliver eBox based services” stated Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “We have seen huge interest in our Partner Program since its launch and we believe that by adding this entry-level partner opportunity, we respond better to the needs of those providers that simply want to add eBox to their product portfolio and sell vendor-backed certified services.”

Together with eBox based network management products and pre-defined service packages, eBox Technologies will provide eBox Resellers with certified training, technical support and tools for sales and marketing. eBox Resellers will retain close relationship with their customers as they will continue being the customer’s point of contact and to manage the billing and support services. There are no Reseller Program fees and eBox Resellers are free to set the final pricing for their customers. Moreover, eBox Resellers are also free to develop their own value added services on top of eBox offering.

About eBox Partner Program
eBox Partner Program currently includes eBox Service Partner, eBox Reseller, eBox Training Partner and eBox Training Reseller levels. eBox Service Partners usually make eBox the center of their business and they have a clear, long-term strategy to introduce it to their market, targeting either a specific market segment, a nationwide strategy or they integrate eBox with other solutions and create new products. eBox Resellers usually add eBox to their product portfolio and sell vendor-backed certified services to their customers, together with the rest of their portfolio. In addition, eBox Training Partners and Resellers are usually Technical or Professional Training Centers focused on ICT, Value Added Resellers or Training professionals that want to include certified eBox Training Courses in their service offering.

About eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies was founded in order to offer services and technologies based on eBox Platform, the open source small business server. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently the project counts with approximately 10.000 monthly downloads and over 1.900 active contributors. eBox Technologies is a 100% channel focused company that provides a comprehensive set of commercial and technical support, services, certified training and technologies that enable managed services offering for the Global eBox Partner Network.

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies, announced today the launch of certified on-line training in eBox Platform, the open source unified network server for SMBs. The first on-line training course “eBox for Network Administrators” that is available both in English and in Spanish, is now open for registration.

“We have received numerous requests for training in eBox Platform from prospective students all over the world since we launched our Training services. To respond to this demand, we have opted for offering the most popular course on-line” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “As eBox Platform unifies all the network management services in one single open source platform, many system administrators find it an interesting choice to save time and to increase security.”

The eBox for Network Administrators is an intermediate course aimed at IT professionals, for example, Windows system administrators with basic knowledge on computer network management and with some experience in the administration of Linux based servers. This course provides the students with hands-on experience, practical exercises and real-life simulations allowing them to understand the concepts behind computer network management and efficiently administer small and medium enterprises’ computer networks with eBox Platform.

About the eBox for Network Administrators course
The course will take approximately 40 hours to complete and the students will have up to 30 days to complete the contents and exercises. It is an intermediate level course and therefore the students are requested to have some experience in computer network management with Linux based servers and to have installed and configured eBox Platform using virtualization technology. The cost of this on-line course is 445€.
For more information on on-line training please visit: beta.zentyal.com/training/online/

About in-person training courses
eBox Technologies also offers certified in-person courses conducted by certified instructors, at the company’s headquarters in Zaragoza (Spain) and in the near future at Authorized Training Partners premises all over the world. In addition to on-line and in-person courses, eBox Technologies also offers instructor-led courses on-site at customer premises, with either a standard or customized curriculum.
For more information on all training options please visit: beta.zentyal.com/training/

About eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies was founded in order to offer services and technologies based on eBox Platform, the most efficient open source unified network server for SMEs. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently the project counts with approximately 10.000 monthly downloads and over 1.500 active contributors. At present, eBox Technologies delivers products and services to clients in five different countries and is in negotiations with over 50 partners located on five continents.

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies, developer of eBox Platform – the open source unified network server for SMEs – announced today that it has signed partnership agreements with Aitire (Spain), ARCA Singapore (Singapore) and MCL Solution (Venezuela). All of these companies have joined the Authorized eBox Service Partner Program specifically designed for IT support and service providers focused on the SME market.

“eBox Technologies is a 100% channel focused company that aims to enable Authorized eBox Partners to deliver quality network management services at cost-effective pricing to their end customers” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “Our value offering for our partners is simple: we unify the technology, service offering and deployment and support processes they use with different end customers while encouraging our partners to create their own value added services. We believe this model allows IT service providers to scale towards a service model with higher value, growth and margins and to further grow their customer base.”

“We believe that eBox Technologies will become a leading provider of network services for SMEs and we want to be part of this” said Mariano Crespo, Chief Executive Officer at MCL Solution. “As an Authorized eBox Service Partner we are able to offer our customers services such as corporate network administration, network security management, shared resources or network communication management. These services allow our customers to improve their productivity and profits and guarantee the security of their networks and data, in an organized and controlled way.”

“We share the same vision with eBox Technologies: That computer network management should be made easy for our customers” said Alvin Quah, Chief Executive Officer at Arca Singapore. “By adding certified eBox services to our portfolio, we are able to consolidate our position as a Value Added Reseller and Managed Service Provider for SMEs in Singapore region thereby enhancing our enterprise class quality support and services. By partnering with eBox Technologies, we believe we can.”

“We were looking for a solution that would allow us to save time on IT infrastructure deployment processes” said Alejandro Escobar, Sales Manager at Aitire, and continued “After testing a number of solutions, eBox Platform was the clear winner.”

Authorized eBox Service Partners are granted full access rights to the eBox Control Center that allows simultaneous and centralized real time monitoring, administration and storage of multiple eBox Platform installations, along with premium technical support from the eBox developers to help solve the most complex issues. By partnering with eBox Technologies, Authorized eBox Partners are assured that they can meet their Service Level Agreements to their clients with vendor-quality support.

About eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies was founded in order to offer services and technologies based on eBox Platform, the most efficient open source unified network server for SMEs. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently the project counts with approximately 10.000 monthly downloads and over 1.500 active contributors. At present, eBox Technologies delivers products and services to clients in five different countries and is in negotiations with over 50 partners located on five continents.
More information on eBox Technologies at: beta.zentyal.com

About Aitire
Aitire provides IT support and services based on open source solutions to SMEs located in the Galicia region, in the northwestern Spain. The system administration services provided by the company include Aibox, an innovative solution based on eBox Platform that covers all IT needs of any SME in an easy and convenient manner. The company works following the principles of Free software and the guidelines set by the Free Software Foundation in order to provide their customers with the best and most up-to-date tools to improve their daily work.
More information on Aitire at: www.aitire.es

About ARCA Singapore
Arca Singapore is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Managed Services Provider (MSP) headquartered in Singapore. The company specializes in using Open Source solutions with commercial support to provide solutions in Information Communication and Technology for Small Medium Enterprise (SME) Business in Singapore and around the region. Arca Singapore provides its customers with computer network management services and solutions based on eBox Platform, Data Protection, IT Consulting, System Integration, System Monitoring and Virtualization.
More information on Arca Singapore at: www.arca.com.sg

About MCL Solution
MCL Solution aims to offer all the IT support, services and products required by any modern office from one single point. The services offered by MCL Solution include corporate network administration, network security management, shared resources, network communication management and any computer equipment and supplies. The company is located in the metropolitan district of Caracas, in the northern Venezuela.
More information on MCL Solution at: www.mclsolution.com

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies was nominated yesterday as one of the ten finalists of Innovate!Europe 2009 Edition. The company was the only Spanish finalist of the event and as one of the finalists, Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies, was invited to give a presentation on the company in the closing ceremony of the event.

“We feel very privileged for having been selected to participate in Innovate!Europe 2009″ said Ignacio Correas, and continued “during the last three days we have been able to share opinions and to get advice from experts such as Marten Mickos, former CEO of MySQL; Dave Sifry, co-founder of Technorati and John Bautista, partner of Orrick. It has been truly awarding experience and has made us to feel ever more confident of our market orientation and value proposition.”

When asked Marten Mickos’ opinion on eBox Technologies, the former CEO of MySQL answered “I know eBox team and their open source project for quite a long time and I do believe eBox has the potential to disrupt the network server market in a similar way as MySQL disrupted the database market”.

During the spring 2009, over 100 Europe’s most promising startups applied to participate in this three-day program held by serial entrepreneurs, financiers and experts from Europe and United States in Zaragoza (Spain) from the 4th until the 6th of May. eBox Technologies was among the 35 companies selected. In June the Innovate!Europe program continues with an invite-only trade mission to Silicon Valley in which eBox Technologies will also participate to meet high-level audience of venture capitalists, private investors, bloggers and media, facilitating access to financiers, partners and service providers who can further company’s growth.

eBox Technologies is a startup that provides support and services based on eBox Platform, a unified network server that offers easy and efficient computer network administration for SMBs. eBox Platform can act as a Gateway, an Infrastructure Manager, a Unified Threat Manager, an Office Server, a Unified Communication Server or a combination of them. Tight integration of these functionalities allows high automation and important time savings for system administrators. Besides, eBox Platform allows management of different eBox deployments from a central point, making it a very attractive solution for managed service providers.

eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies was founded in February 2008 in order to offer support and services based on eBox Platform, open source unified network server. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently counts with approximately 10.000 monthly downloads and 1.000 active contributors. At present, eBox Technologies is in negotiations with over 40 partners located all over the globe and employs 11 people.

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(Zaragoza, Spain) eBox Technologies is proud to announce that Javi Vázquez will join the company as Chief Operating Officer, starting 10th of March, 2009. In this newly-created position, Javi Vázquez will be responsible for developing, designing, managing and continuously improving company’s internal operations to continue to guarantee delivery of efficient products and services for the growing number of partners and clients of eBox Technologies.

Vázquez joins eBox Technologies after eight years at Igalia, company that he co-founded in 2001 and where he served as Managing Director since its foundation. In this position Javi Vázquez was responsible for management, finance, general coordination, recruitment, communication and sales of the company. During this time, Igalia has become one of the largest OSS companies in Spain employing currently 40 people.

“Javi Vázquez is one of the most experienced and qualified professionals in the Spanish OSS business and we are extremely pleased that he has decided to join our team” said Ignacio Correas, CEO of eBox Technologies. “There are few people in the OSS business with the in-depth experience of Javi and we are certain that he is just the right person to help us to develop and scale our business globally”.

“I’m truly excited to join team eBox” said Javi Vázquez. “On the one hand, I think that eBox Technologies counts with an extraordinary team where I believe I can contribute with my experience in management and business development. On the other hand, eBox Platform has become one of the most efficient system administration tools with enormous growth potential”. Vázquez continues “I’m convinced that the combination of excellent team and product will permit us quick and sustained growth. Besides, the current financial situation puts our value offering -reductions in time, problems and costs in the administration of computer networks- in a privileged position.”

Javi Vázquez
Co-founder and Managing Director of Igalia from 2001 until 2009. President of the AGASOL (Galician Association of OSS Companies) from 2007 until 2009. Javi Vázquez received a MS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of A Coruña in 2001 and a master’s degree in IT Business Management from the Escuela de Negocios Caixanova in 2004. Besides he has carried out Marketing of Technology studies at the San Diego State University (SDSU) in 2005.

eBox Technologies
eBox Technologies was founded in February 2008 in order to offer services and technologies based on eBox Platform, an open source software that allows highly automated and efficient computer network management. The development of eBox Platform started in 2004 and currently the project counts with approximately 10.000 monthly downloads and 1.000 active contributors. At present, eBox Technologies delivers products and services to clients in five different countries, is in negotiations with over 30 partners located on four continents and employs 11 people.