Peter Helfenstein Collanos Featured in The Writer magazine

March 31st, 2009 by Peter Helfenstein

Collanos Workplace is featured in the May issue of  The Writer magazine. Unfortunately, the article “Great Software For Writers That Won’t Cost A Dime -And you don’t have to be a techie to put these applications to work” by Scott Rhoades is not available online to nonsubscribers.

The Writers magazine

It mentions using Collanos for three things:

  • a writers group,
  • collaboration between two or more writers on a project,
  • and synchronizing files between computers such as a desktop and laptop.

“What writers groups do in places like Yahoo! Groups can be done in a more organized and secure fashion in Collanos Workplace. A critique group or collaborators can share their files, exchange messages, work together on tasks, and track changes. Even if you don’t have a writers group, you can use Workplace to keep your projects current on more than one computer.

Perhaps best of all, you’re not tied to your desktop. If you use a laptop or dial-up connection, or if you simply want to avoid the barrage of distractions from the Internet, you can work off-line. Any changes that you or others in your group make while you’re writing offline will be updated next time you go online.”

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Peter Helfenstein Collanos Nominated at CeBIT for the IT INNOVATION PRIZE in two Categories

March 4th, 2009 by Peter Helfenstein

At CeBIT 2009, Collanos and Translumina Networks will be launching LumiMagic, which is a cost-effective Linux box combining the functions of a VoIP telephone switchboard, network router, and WLAN access point. When integrated into a Collanos collaboration network, it offers companies and their partners a comprehensive communications and collaboration platform. The latest versions of Collanos Workplace and Collanos Phone will also be on display. Making its first appearance at the CeBIT (Booth A56/Hall 13) as part of the “Triple Play & more” consortium, Collanos will be exhibiting its software for electronic team collaboration among multiple organizations.

LumiMagic VoIP PBX

Collanos and Translumina Networks launch the LumiMagic telephone switchboard for SMBs

LumiMagic epitomizes the SMB (small and medium-sized businesses) telephone switchboard of the future. Oriented to the needs of SMBs, the compact, cost-effective Linux box combines the services of a VoIP telephone switchboard, network router, and wireless LAN access point in a single package. The innovative integration of the telephone switchboard into a Collanos collaboration network provides a company’s employees with the most direct communication paths and comprehensive teamwork support – all at low cost and regardless of their individual locations.

Every employee and every Collanos user at a supplier, partner, or customer location can be integrated into the company’s communications and collaboration network. Employees can thus be reached via their company phone number, and when it comes to their collaborative work with others within or outside the company, they can take advantage of functions geared toward team information sharing, instant messaging, telephone conferences, and project management. In doing so, telephony as well as Internet-based collaboration with every other employee and Collanos user worldwide is free of charge. Phone connections to the public telephone network are very inexpensive thanks to the typical low-cost VoIP telephone rates.

New Collanos Version

To be introduced at the CeBIT, Collanos’ latest Version 1.4.0.2 features many new functions and enhancements. New Premium services have been added to Collanos Workplace and Collanos Phone. For example, all users can now be reached at their own Collanos phone number from any public telephone.

Collanos Receives Dual Nominations for the 2009 IT INNOVATION PRIZE.

Collanos has been nominated for the “2009 IT INNOVATION PRIZE” at this year’s CeBIT for its innovative solution geared especially toward small and medium-sized businesses. That puts Collanos in the top three in the “Unified Communications” and “Special Awards – Switzerland” categories. The winners will be announced on March 5 at the official CeBIT awards ceremony.

Prices and Availability

Collanos Software products are free of charge and can be downloaded at http://www.collanos.com. Prices for LumiMagic vary depending on the package ordered and start at Euro 129 plus a monthly flat rate of Euro 19.

About Triple Play & more

”Triple Play & more” is a consortium of companies operating in the telecommunications and multimedia industries. Their areas of activity include construction, operations, maintenance, and financing of multimedia platforms as well as the development and sales of telecommunications and interactive multimedia services that are consolidated on telephony, broadband Internet, and television end devices.

In addition to companies of the Translumina Group (Translumina Networks, Comitas, Lambdastream, three60mobile), Triple Play & more also includes Collanos Software, CTModule, NetModule, AareNet, MHM and BlueBit.

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Peter Helfenstein Collanos auf der CeBIT in zwei Kategorien für den INNOVATIONSPREIS-IT nominiert (German)

March 4th, 2009 by Peter Helfenstein

Collanos und Translumina Networks lancieren mit LumiMagic auf der CeBIT 2009 eine kostengünstige Linux-Box, welche die Funktionen von VoIP Telefonzentrale, Netzwerkrouter und WLAN Access Point kombiniert. Integriert ins Collanos [...] Continue Reading…

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Franco Dal Molin Collanos Workplace 1.4.0.2 is available

February 21st, 2009 by Franco Dal Molin

Get the illustrated PDF version of the Collanos Workplace 1.4.0.2 Release Notes (15 pages, with many screen shots).

This is a combined release note. It covers three different Collanos [...] Continue Reading…

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Franco Dal Molin Glimpsing Into Collanos’ Future: What’s Next

January 28th, 2009 by Franco Dal Molin

We are constantly being asked about new features, if and when they would be incorporated into the solution offering. Additionally, we are getting also many great suggestions and features [...] Continue Reading…

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Peter Helfenstein Team – It’s Time to Talk

January 28th, 2009 by Peter Helfenstein

Collanos Workplace 1.4. integrates Collanos Phone’s voice functions. Three voice services are now available to teams.
1. Call Your Contacts/Members for Free
You can call any other Collanos user for free, [...] Continue Reading…

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Pawel Szczesny Collanos Workplace and Scientific Collaboration

January 21st, 2009 by Pawel Szczesny

For some time already I was looking for a tool that would eliminate a need for sending files back and forth between people collaborating on the same project.

While I’m [...] Continue Reading…

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Peter Helfenstein Collanos Wins “Red Herring 100 Global” Award

January 21st, 2009 by Peter Helfenstein

Swiss startup Collanos Software receives prestigious award in San Diego
Collanos Software, the developer of Collanos Workplace that allows teams to collaborate electronically over the Internet, was a winner of [...] Continue Reading…

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Peter Helfenstein Collanos gewinnt “Red Herring 100 Global” Auszeichnung (German)

January 21st, 2009 by Peter Helfenstein

Schweizer Start-up Collanos Software in San Diego mit dem prestigeträchtigen Award ausgezeichnet
Collanos Software, Anbieterin von Collanos Workplace für die elektronische Zusammenarbeit von Teams im Internet, hat den Red Herring [...] Continue Reading…

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Claudia Poggiolini Team Spotlight: beteo – Inexpensive Long-Distance Calls Worldwide

January 19th, 2009 by Claudia Poggiolini

beteo profits from combining Collanos Workplace and Collanos Phone with LumiPBX
From day one, the young and innovative consulting firm beteo AG has used an outsourced LumiPBX phone system developed [...] Continue Reading…

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