CommuniGate (www.communigate.com) is highlighting some of the benefits of their Pro Server software and Pronto (Adobe Flash-based unified comm. dashboard).

In an experiment conducted in-house, CommuniGate ran 16,000 users off a single Mac mini! This would provide email, calendaring, VoIP and voicemail, IM and more—using existing hardware most places may have on hand. It’s saving money by reusing an older computer or even brand new, you can’t beat $579 for a server!

For the Apple and MacIT community, it gives these Mac-addicts the ability to run a complete Apple-to-Apple server exchange without investing more money into hardware. If you’ve ever run Entourage or even with Apple Mail, you know of the difficulties presented in finding a solid program tying in mail, calendar and your other communications needs.

With the company’s new Pronto! interface, users can access the same services (all your internet/voice communications) through one address (example: user@domain.com), through any browser thanks to Adobe Flash. All you need is an internet connection and a browser of your choice running Flash Player 9 (with more goodies on tap with the Flash 10 player coming out later this year). It’s better than traditional webmail since its running in the memory of the computer and not the browser, you don’t have to get screen refreshes or other troubles associated with web-based mail.
Here are a couple of links and the press release we’ll be sending out for your reference. Would also love to have you chat with someone from CommuniGate to give you some more details on this. I can get you in touch with them at any time today or on Thursday, just let me know what works on your end.

Pronto Flash Movie Demo: http://www.communigate.com/content/pronto.html

Working Test Account: http://www.talktoip.com/Pronto/

CommuniGate Pro gives Apple Users Complete End-to-end Unified Communications Solution
Integrated Communications Suite Thrives on any Apple Server or Desktop, Providing an All-inclusive Apple communications package — IM, e-mail, plus Rich Media like Music, and Video

Mill Valley, June 28, 2007 – Touting a truly unified communications base across any operating system, CommuniGate Systems, the leader in scalable carrier-class Rich Media solutions, announced the first enterprise class server and client communications platform for Apple OS X — giving faithful Mac users the freedom to rid themselves of PCs entirely. The company’s new Pronto! Dashboard brings together all forms of Internet Communications — from e-mail and IM, to chat, rich media, and groupware — in a sleek, fast, easy-to-manage, intuitive user interface.

With Pronto!, CommuniGate addresses an underserved market need in the Mac world for high-performance, scalable, business-ready e-mail and communication solutions. Pronto! provides unbeatable effectiveness across OS X on both the server and client side. When installed on an Apple Mac mini®, CommuniGate can support 16,000 users — breathing new life into older hardware platforms. By tapping into the power of Adobe Flash® and Adobe Flex™ 2 technology, Pronto! provides an extremely stable and secure platform to support even the most demanding, bandwidth-intensive tasks of ad agencies, design houses, and other creative firms.

Easily scalable to support any deployment size, Pronto! promotes team collaboration and increases employee productivity by unlocking e-mail and other productivity tools from the desktop. Whether they’re in the office, at home, or on the road, employees can access e-mail and project files, schedule team meetings, and call colleagues directly from the integrated Pronto! Interface. For maximum flexibility, users can access Pronto! from any web browser without the need to install client software.

The launch of Pronto! provides a Rich Media interface for the CommuniGate Pro Internet Communications platform, a performance-driven platform that combines VoIP, data communications, and collaboration services. As the industry’s most scalable IP communications platform, CommuniGate Pro continues to set record benchmarks for performance and scalability. Pronto! interfaces with CommuniGate Pro via the XIMSS API (XML Interface for Messaging, Scheduling, and Signaling). This revolutionary API enables ISPs and Enterprises to rapidly develop and design UIs, build portals, interface with cable modems, and link to external applications and services — all without any complex coding or protocol requirements.

Pronto! features include:

• Fully featured E-mail Application
• Calendaring
• Contacts management
• Secure Instant Messaging
• Presence
• VoiceMail Management and Calling Preferences
• RSS Feeds and management
• MyPhotos
• MyVideos
• MyMusic
• Portability to any Flash 9 Player on Windows, OSX, Linux
• Highly secure binary that runs in memory space not browser cache
  

The CommuniGate Pro Enterprise Suite, including Pronto!, is available today, free for the first five users, making it a smart choice for small businesses or the home office network. For installations over five users, the CommuniGate Pro Enterprise Suite is priced starting at US$849 for 25 users. ISP and Carriers can contact sales@communigate.com for pricing information.

About CommuniGate Systems
Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems develops carrier-class Internet Communications software for broadband & mobile service providers, enterprises, and OEM partners worldwide. Over 125 million subscribers including 45 million voice customers rely upon CommuniGate Systems products for their voice and data communication today. CommuniGate Systems is the most trusted & financially stable vendor which maintains the highest customer satisfaction levels in the Rich Media Communications industry. CommuniGate Systems provides flexibility, performance, scalability, with the benchmark proven architecture that remains un-challenged in the industry. Our open development environment with simple APIs delivers extensible flexibility with a unique clustering technology for 99.999% uptime for the most demanding application environments. CommuniGate Systems has over 175 members in its partner network worldwide.

Download CommuniGate Pro today and join the initiative to drive interoperability of Unified Communications and convert nearly 2 billion e-mail accounts to a single identity for all forms of Internet Communications. For more information, go to www.communigate.com