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Media & Blog Coverage: Archive

December 2007

Video interview with Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capobianco

Spiderlessweb, December 20, 2007

Walking the Tightrope

ISP-Planet, December 11, 2007

November 2007

1&1 Internet Adds Mobile Support For Open-Xchange Based SaaS Solution

Customer Press Release, November 28, 2007

Funambol to develop open source mobile messaging app for Android

Network World, November 19, 2007

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capobianco:
Linux Is Mobile's Future

TechNewsWorld, November 16, 2007

Funambol To Sync With Google's Android

InformationWeek, November 15, 2007

Funambol develops open source push email & PIM sync client

Google Phone, November 15, 2007

iPhone Not for British Businesses

BusinessWeek, November 13, 2007

Google Android gets positive early reviews

Network World, November 13, 2007

iPhone gets wireless Outlook synchronisation

ZDNet, November 9, 2007

Funambol challenges iPhone lock with open source app

ZDNet, November 9, 2007

Funambol Offers Free Over-The-Air Contacts Sync

iPhone blog, November 9, 2007

New iPhone app from Funambol does contact syncing cloud-style

CNET crave blog, November 7, 2007

What Does Google's Android Mean For The Open Source Community?

InformationWeek, November 6, 2007

October 2007

Google phone, Motorola Razr2 will finally catapult role of open source, Linux in mobile market

ZDNet, October 30, 2007

Web hoster 1&1 to offer push email via Funambol

Reuters, October 16, 2007

Do You Want Ads with that E-Mail?

WirelessWeek, October 1, 2007

September 2007

The Melting Pot: Segmenting today's open source community

Enterprise Open Source Magazine, September 27, 2007

In the Loop: Make Sure You—And Your Gadgets—Know What's Going On

Entrepreneur Magazine, September, 2007

August 2007

Closing in on Open Sync

WirelessWeek, August 15, 2007

The five phases of maturity for open source software ecosystems

Open Source Unleashed (Alex Fletcher's blog), August 14, 2007

SpikeSource CEO: Linux all grown up

InfoWorld, August 10, 2007

July 2007

Mobile Email by Consumers To Take Off, Says Frost & Sullivan

Online Media Daily, July 20, 2007

Interview with Funambol CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco

iPhone Matters, July 19, 2007

1st OTA contacts application for the iPhone

Dive Deep into the Mobile World..., July 10, 2007

Linux-Based OpenMoko 'Anti-iPhone' Debuts

InformationWeek, July 9, 2007

Mobile Open Source and Sync in an iPhone Era:
Scott Mace Interviews Funambol CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco (Podcast)

ITConversations, July 6, 2007

Funambol invites mobile phone owners, including new iPhone owners, to join its new myFUNAMBOL portal

MobileVillage, July 3, 2007

Bought an iPhone? Fortunately you can afford to sync it with myFunambol

CNET, July 2, 2007

Over-the-air mobile contacts app for iPhone

MacNN, July 2, 2007

New iPhone Applications Announced by Funambol

AC The People's Media Company, July 2, 2007

June 2007

Funambol is ahead of the curve with the Honest Public License

ITBusinessEdge, June 27, 2007

The Open Source CEO: Fabrizio Capobianco

The Open Road (CNET Blog), June 20, 2007

How-To (Beta): Syncronize your Pocket PC (Windows Mobile 5) with Google Calendar for Free

User blog, June 20, 2007

Sync Outlook, Thunderbird, a PDA, and your Smartphone

jhcore.com (Blog), June 10, 2007

"Funambol, in my mind, is the clear winner of syncing solutions. Cross-platform, open source, free, nice UI, remote syncing, and solid performance."

Interview with Edoardo Schepis, Funambol Java ME Tech Lead

360Mobile.us, June 4, 2007

CEOs Weigh in on Latest IDC Open Source Research

InfoWorld, June 4, 2007

May 2007

Funambol provides address book sync to EarthLink

Linux.com, May 22, 2007

Funambol updating open source e-mail service

RCRWireless News, May 21, 2007

Funambol mobilizes the earth(link)

InfoWorld, May 21, 2007

Funambol upgrades open source BlackBerry rival

Network World, May 15, 2007

RIM Outage Makes Case for Openness

WirelessWeek, May 3, 2007

April 2007

Blackberry Dependency Re-evaluated After RIM Service Outage

InformationWeek, April 21, 2007

Democracy Hits the Mobile Phone

Wireless Week, April 19, 2007

Open source email lands on commodity mobiles

Computerworld/PC World, April 2, 2007

March 2007

Un equilibrista per la posta (Italian)

Il Mondo, March 30, 2007

Red Hat CEO praises GPL 3 changes

CNET, March 29, 2007

The GPL Has No (Networked) Future

Linux Magazine, March 29, 2007

Open Source Developer Funambol Finds Mobile E-mail Users Seek Interoperability, Lower Costs

TMCnet, March 26, 2007

As Mobile Phones Grow More Complex, Carriers Insist on Fewer Operating Systems

The New York Times, March 12, 2007

Wireless: Operating systems present problems for mobile phone makers

International Herald Tribune, March 11, 2007

January 2007

Funambol Shows Portal and Java Email Client at 3GSM (Free Article Synopsis)

Computerwire, January 25, 2007

Italians Go Mobile-Global with Funambol

CMSWiRE, January 19, 2007

Delivery and packaging: Making it count

Open Source Unleashed (Alex Fletcher, Entiva Group Analyst), January 17, 2007

Italian Open Source projects: Funambol (Interview with Funambol CEO Fabrizio Capobianco)

Commercial Open Source Software, January 15, 2007

Remote sync your smartphone with SyncML and Funambol

SmallNetBuilder, January 15, 2007

Two principles of successful open source businesses

InfoWorld, January 14, 2007

December 2006

SIMchronise keeps in syncing Funambol

NewsForge, December 26, 2006

Fast email, push for everybody (English & Italian, PDF)

Corriere della Sera (Italy's top daily newspaper), December 18, 2006

November 2006

Java's Open Source Stirs Waters

Wireless Week, November 17, 2006

For Funambol, open source software makes business sense

NewsForge, November 15, 2006

Sun's Surprising Openness / Sun Microsystems' Surprising Openness

BusinessWeek / NewsFactor, November 14, 2006

Working With Open Source Developers and Communities

InfoWorld, November 14, 2006

October 2006

Balancing Open Source and Commerce

ENTERPRISE Open Source Magazine, October 19, 2006

When You Are Born Global: Between Italy and Silicon Valley (In Italian)

Il Sole 24, October 5, 2006

September 2006

Who Says Open Source Does Not Pay?

IT Business Edge (Blog, Lora Bentley), September 8, 2006

Open source offers new corporate responsibility twist

ZDNet (Blog, Dana Blankenhorn), September 7, 2006

Open Source Firm Funambol Announces Bounties For Its Community Code Sniper Program

Enterprise Open Source Magazine, September 6, 2006

Funambol launches Community Code Sniper Program

InfoWorld (Blog, Dave Rosenberg), September 6, 2006

Vivapop launches boutique web calendar using Funambol's sync technology

TechCrunch (Blog, Marshall Kirkpatrick), September 6, 2006

August 2006

Toward an honest GPL

ZDNet (Blog, Dana Blankenhorn), August 15, 2006

Funambol's "Honest Public License"

InfoWorld (Blog, Matt Asay), August 14, 2006

Extending the GPL for application service providers

NewsForge, August 14, 2006

"Honest" Open Source License Aims to Close GPL Loophole

VNUnet, August 14, 2006

July 2006

Open-Sourcing Mobile Email - Funambol is out to run Microsoft and RIM off the road

Red Herring, July 24, 2006

Middleware can protect your company's e-mail

CommsDesign (Article by Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol), July 13, 2006

Bi-weekly Podcast covering all mobile computing topics - featuring Funambol CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco (Direct link to podcast)

Mobile Computing Authority, July 9, 2006

Funambol Banking on Open Source to Navigate Wireless E-Mail Maze

RCR Wireless News, July 3, 2006

June 2006

Acrobazie in Sincrono (In Italian)

Data Manager Online, June 8, 2006

May 2006

"Digital Hub in the Great West" Interview with Funambol CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco (In Italian; Direct link to interview)

Project4U, May 31, 2006

Mobile work zone ahead: Better wireless options are spurring a building boom of mobile applications

Federal Computer Week, May 29, 2006

Podcast series with Funambol CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco (Direct link to podcast)

Red Herring / StreetIQ, May 26, 2006

Il Software di Funambol tra Pavia e California

Il Corriere della Sera, May 22, 2006

April 2006

Interview with Funambol CEO, Fabrizio Capobianco

Wall Street Reporter, April 27, 2006

"Going Mobile With Funambol" research report

Entiva Group, April 26, 2006

Red Herring Releases Short-List of Finalists for the "Red Herring 100 North America" Awards

Market Wire, April 5, 2006

March 2006

Vendors Ease Mobile Device Data Interchange

TechNewsWorld, March 28, 2006

Open Source will drive 'push' e-mail - this year's killer app - on mobile devices

Sys-Con Australia, March 22, 2006

SpikeSource Announces 14 Leading ISV Applications Certified on SpikeSource Infrastructure Stacks

Yahoo! Finance, March 20, 2006

RIM's St. John's rival

The Globe and Mail, March 13, 2006

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo-Boston to Feature Mobile Linux Focus

Yahoo! Finance, March 9, 2006

RIM's Payoff Spells Trouble for Enterprises

eWeek, March 6, 2006

February 2006

Choices abound for mobile email

PC World, February 17, 2006

Congress Is In Session: The Latest from 3GSM

Mobile Enterprise Magazine, February 16, 2006

ePLDT inks deal with US firm on mobile content offer

BusinessWorld, February 16, 2006

Mobile show to signal no end to innovation

ComputerWorld (New Zealand), February 16, 2006

Wireless sync service seeks to address cell phone theft

INQ7.net, February 16, 2006

Mobile email fills inboxes

ComputerWeekly, February 15, 2006

3GSM World Congress not just for carriers

SD Times, February 15, 2006

Open source email on the move

IT Business Edge, February 14, 2006

Access announces new Linux Palm OS

LinuxWorld, February 14, 2006

ePLDT adopts Funambol's mobile open source platform

Digital Media Asia, February 14, 2006

ePLDT adopts Funambol's open source platform

Digital Media Europe, February 14, 2006

Funambol pushes open source email

ComputerWeekly, February 13, 2006

Mobile email made easy

eWeek, February 13, 2006

Alternative push e-mail solutions on the market

MSNBC, February 13, 2006

3GSM kicks off in Barcelona

PC Advisory, February 12, 2006

An Open-Source Cure for BlackBerry's Woes

eWeek, February 10, 2006

Mobile Email Monoculture Fades

Unstrung, February 10, 2006

Funambol releases open source push email, supports mobile Linux devices

SYS-CON Belgium, February 10, 2006

There are some very interesting things going on at Funambol

MobilePhoneDevelopment (Blog, Simon Judge), February 9, 2006

What's coming at 3GSM

TechWorld, February 9, 2006

Mobile push email - a growing business

Mobile Monday Italy, February 9, 2006

Funambol adds push email to open source mobile software

Datamonitor NewsWire, February 8, 2006

Funambol as BlackBerry Server Replacement

InfoWorld (Blog, Tom Sullivan), February 8, 2006

Funambol pushes open source mobile email

DesktopPipeline, February 8, 2006

Open source push email available also for PocketPC

MS Mobiles, February 8, 2006

Funambol adds push email to open source mobile software

RedOrbit, February 8, 2006

Funambol releases v3 of open source push email product

TelecomPaper (Subscription Only), February 7, 2006

Funambol pushes open source email

PDAStreet, February 7, 2006

Funambol announces release of Funambol v3

WirelessWeek: News Briefs, February 7, 2006

Mobile push email goes open source

Silicon.com (UK), February 7, 2006

Open source BlackBerry alternative

CIO (Blog, News Rriter Al Sacco), February 7, 2006

Funambol releases first open source push email product

BlackBerry Cool, February 7, 2006

Funambol as BlackBerry server replacement

InfoWorld (Blog, Dave Rosenberg) , February 7, 2006

Firm pushes open source BlackBerry alternative

NewsForge, February 7, 2006

Open source pushes email to Windows mobile devices

WindowsforDevices, February 7, 2006

Open source pushes email to Linux mobile devices

LinuxNews, February 7, 2006

Funambol releases first open source push email product for deployment with carriers, enterprises

SYS-CON, February 7, 2006

Alternative for Exchange Server

HTC Wizard (blog), February 7, 2006

Free Push email software for all mobile devices!

HandheldLearning, February 7, 2006

Email Gets Open-Source Push

Unstrung, February 7, 2006

New technologies, services, and gadgets at 3GSM World Congress

InfoWorld, February 7, 2006

Open-source mobile server adds push email to challenge BlackBerry et al

PC Pro, February 6, 2006

Firm pushes open-source BlackBerry alternative

CNET, February 6, 2006

Enterprises Get More Mobile E-Mail Choices

eWeek, February 6, 2006

Funambol offers open source push e-mail

InfoWorld, February 6, 2006

Funambol Mobile Open Source: Harness the power of mobile phones, PDAs, and wireless devices

MobilityToday, February 6, 2006

Itanium's image problem

InfoWorld (blog, Tom Sullivan), February 6, 2006

Open source push email

MobileTechReview, February 6, 2006

January 2006

Putting Open-Source to Work in Mobile Application Development, (Opinion by Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol)

ComputerWorld, January 24, 2006

Putting Open-Source to Work in Mobile Application Development

InfoWorld (Blog, Dave Rosenberg), January 24, 2006

CA to develop sw products using mobile technology

IT Observer, January 13, 2006

CA to use Funambol technology

NewsForge, January 11, 2006

CA licenses Funambol open source mobile app server

InfoWorld (Blog, Dave Rosenberg), January 10, 2006

CA To Develop Software Products for Managing Mobile Devices Utilizing Funambol Technology

LinuxPR, January 10, 2006

Can open source crack the mobile case

ZDNet, January 10, 2006

CA To Develop Software Products for Managing Mobile Devices Utilizing Funambol Technology

LinuxElectrons, January 10, 2006

The News Beat

InfoWorld (Blog, Tom Sullivan), January 10, 2006

CA licenses Funambol's mobile technology

InfoWorld, January 10, 2006

December 2005

The Coming Explosion of Mobile Enterprise Applications

MC Showcase, December 29, 2005

Wireless World: Reports of BlackBerry demise premature

United Press International, December 23, 2005

Tightrope Walker

Science Magazine, December 9, 2005

November 2005

Financing in America, Engineering in Milan (In Italian)

Il Sole 24 Ore, November 25, 2005

That's Linux on the line

BusinessWeek, November 22, 2005

Open source with the help of mobile phones (In French)

Les Echos, November 16, 2005

OSBC - Open Source 2.0: New kids on the block

InfoWorld, November 15, 2005

HiT partners with Funambol to connect databases with cell phones

IT Jungle, November 8, 2005

Funambol announces the beta launch of its Sync4j portal

MobileVillage, November 5, 2005

Open-source startups throw coming-out party

InformationWeek and CRM, November 2, 2005

The Venture Capital reluctance toward Linux

Lxer, November 2, 2005

Funambol opens portal, looks to push e-mail

InfoWorld and LinuxWorld, November 1, 2005

Funambol's open source portal to deliver wireless data synchronization regardless of user location or platform

TMCnet, SymbianOne and Wireless Developer Network, November 1, 2005

August 2005

Proprietary mobile email protocols are likely to fall victim to the open source movement

ComputerWorld, August 29, 2005

The Italian Funambol targeting Nasdaq

Finanza e Mercati, August 26, 2005

IBM and the seeds of revolution

The Street.com, August 22, 2005

Funambol, the Mobile Open Source Software Company, Secures $5 Million Funding Round

TMCnet, August 17, 2005

Recent Fundings

San Jose Mercury News, August 10, 2005

Open Source Goes Wireless With Funambol's $5M Series A Round

Venture Wire and NY Times DealBook, August 8, 2005

Funambol announces initial funding

InfoWorld - ComputerWorld - LinuxWorld.com, August 8, 2005

March of the Penguin

San Jose Mercury News, August 8, 2005

An open-source resource

Technology Review, August 8, 2005

Open source device sync specialist nets $5M funding

LinuxDevices.com, August 8, 2005

Funambol raises $5M

The Deal, August 8, 2005

Mobile open source software firm lands $5m funding

Computer Business Review, August 8, 2005

Funambol erhält fünf Mio. Dollar Finanzspritze (In German)

PresseText, August 8, 2005

Mobile open source software firm lands $5m funding

O'Reilly OSDir.com, August 8, 2005

LinuxWorld: Funambol announces funding

InfoWorld, August 8, 2005

June 2005

Funambol and Nokia collaborate on mobile open source solution

Forbes.com, June 27, 2005

Funambol and Nokia collaborate on mobile open source solution

MobilityLoop, June 27, 2005

Funamboln and Nokia collaborate on mobile open source solution

TMCNet, June 27, 2005

Funambol and Nokia collaborate on mobile open source solution

EEProductCenter, June 27, 2005

Funambol and Nokia collaborate on mobile open source solution

EE Times, June 27, 2005

March 2005

JBoss holds first developer conference

eWeek, March 1, 2005