WEB CROSSING, INC. ADDS DISCUSSIONS AND PLUG-INS TO WEB CROSSING EXPRESS
— Free, Integrated Web Crossing-based Web/Mail/FTP Server Now Includes
Low-volume License for Discussion Forums or Other Plug-ins —
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., February 25, 2004 — Web Crossing, Inc. today
announced Web Crossing Express, a free integrated Web Crossing Web/Mail/FTP
server platform, now includes a low-volume license for discussions and
plug-ins.
Available immediately, Web Crossing Express provides unlimited Web, FTP and
Email (POP/SMTP/IMAP) servers in Web Crossing’s core integrated
environment, and now includes an additional low-volume license for plug-ins
or discussions. Plug-ins are available for a extensive array of
functionality, such as discussions, Weblogs, RSS feeds, personal and shared
calendars, WebMail, wiki web, Neurons, and more. Additional information and
the Web Crossing Express download can be accessed at
(http://www.webcrossing.com/expr).
“Web Crossing Express is a powerful, integrated server platform for core
site functionality,” explained Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web
Crossing, Inc. “We’re excited to offer our legendary discussions and other
plug-ins to go with it. We think people will really enjoy how easy it is to
extend Web Crossing Express in a few clicks. Web Crossing Express can even
replace administration-heavy Apache/sendmail/IIS/Exchange setups with no
licensed traffic limits on fundamental Web/Mail/FTP functionality.”
Essential Server Needs in One Integrated Package Built on the core Web
Crossing engine, Web Crossing Express has all the robust user access
controls available in Web Crossing, plus Themes to wrap HTML pages and a
plug-in architecture for extensibility without programming.
With administration from any modern browser, Web Crossing Express is easy
to install and manage. Web Crossing Express requires no
operating-system-level user accounts, making it ultra-secure and less prone
to attack.
Web Crossing Express includes its own user database and essential HTTP,
HTTPS, POP/IMAP/SMTP and FTP, plus HTTP digest and basic authentication for
private areas, allow/deny connection control, and high-performance full
indexed search. A built in Themes Manager makes it easy to customize the
look of any Web Crossing Express site.
The plug-in architecture allows the system to quickly extend without
programming. Web Crossing Express also includes the WebFiles mirroring
system to managing server files by mirroring them into the file system
directly from a Web browser and automatically synchronizing them in
real-time.
Pricing and Availability
Web Crossing Express is available immediately for free as a software
license only, directly from (http://www.webcrossing.com/expr).
The Web Crossing Express license now provides unlimited use of Web
Crossing’s core integrated Web, FTP and Email server environment, plus a
100-pageviews/day license for plug-ins or discussions. Web Crossing Express
runs on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and other Unix
operating systems. Web Crossing Express can be upgraded as needed to Web
Crossing, priced on a traffic-based sliding scale model, without
reinstalling.
About Web Crossing, Inc.
Privately held, Web Crossing, Inc. is a leader in collaboration tools,
committed to providing high-quality software and related services at a fair
price. Award-winning Web Crossing is a scalable, tightly integrated
collaboration tool serving a broad-spectrum of functionality and serves
millions of pages per day at thousands of sites, including well-known, high
traffic sites as eBay.com, The NY Times, Salon’s TableTalk and Electronic
Arts. Team Crossing, Campus Crossing and Support Crossing are turnkey
solutions for the group collaboration, online education and technical
support markets respectively. Web Crossing Express is a free package,
offering superb server functionality for Web, email, and FTP services.
Available licensed or ASP, all Web Crossing software is easily customizable
and highly extensible without programming. Further information on can be
found at (http://www.webcrossing.com/).