iRadeon Dashboard Equips Business for Open Source Future

1 January 1970

iRadeon, a provider of on demand services for open source business applications, today announced the release of the iRadeon Dashboard, a powerful new tool designed to give the company's on demand subscribers integrated access to multiple open source Web applications. The iRadeon Dashboard eliminates the difficulties associated with running disparate open source applications by providing a user-friendly 'Webtop' environment with one-click access and a unified view of key data for Web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Project Management, Knowledgebase and Learning Management (eLearning) applications. Included in all of iRadeon's affordable subscription-based service plans, the Dashboard makes it possible for millions of businesses to add new productivity-enhancing collaborative technologies to their operations without the high cost of proprietary solutions or the complexity of pure open source.

The iRadeon Dashboard offers a powerful and low-cost alternative to proprietary on demand offerings such as Salesforce.com's APPExchange. With the Dashboard release, iRadeon customers will get a standard suite of four web applications (CRM, Project Management, Learning Management and Knowledgebase). Over time iRadeon plans to expand its on demand offerings, allowing clients to dynamically add additional open source applications to their Dashboard environments. The iRadeon Dashboard's integrated interface provides users with a single sign-on and centralized administration for each supported application. This seamless integration is essential for today's team-driven workplace, where applications like CRM and Project Management bring a valuable competitive edge through efficient collaboration.

"iRadeon's Dashboard is the new command center for our business," said Lou Lesko, CEO at Blinkbid.com. "By converging our open source CRM and Project Management systems, our people now have a centralized, easy-to-use tool for managing team activities in key parts of our business. As a small operation with a distributed team, the shared view of critical business information that Dashboard gives us is invaluable for making the important day-to-day decisions that move our company forward."

The iRadeon Dashboard is a component of the iRadeon Application Delivery System (iRADS), which also includes:

-- Auto Deployment System -- A unique feature that automatically deploys and configures customer applications, making them accessible within 10 minutes or less via a Web browser;

-- Firewall Protection -- Firewall protection is included and automatically deployed for all iRadeon on demand service plans;

-- SSL Encryption -- SSL encryption allows for secure transfer of data between client browsers and iRadeon servers;

-- Redundant Backup Protection -- iRADS automatically configures backup protection, securely storing 15 days of incremental data for client applications; and

-- Caching and Acceleration -- iRADS enhances Web application performance by deploying PHPAccelerator, the leading PHP caching and performance enhancement solution.

The iRadeon Dashboard delivers a host of critical collaborative features allowing organizations to increase the value of each individual application. All of the applications are accessed through a single sign-on, eliminating the need to remember multiple user names and passwords. Once signed on to the Dashboard, users have a personalized view of key business information such as upcoming calendar items, projects, tasks and more. With integrated document search capabilities, users can search both titles and text content of all Word and .PDF documents stored across multiple repositories. The Dashboard also offers interoffice chat capability for real-time collaboration. The flexible infrastructure of iRADS also makes it easy to integrate newly emerging open source technologies, allowing the iRadeon Dashboard to expand over time with an organization's needs.

"iRadeon's business model of customizing on demand services for proven open source technologies eliminates the high cost and complexity that once prevented smaller organizations from adopting business applications," said Rebecca Wettemann, vice president of research, Nucleus Research. "iRadeon Dashboard provides enterprise-class functionality at a significantly lower price than competitors, enabling small and medium businesses to take advantage of the benefits of collaborative technologies previously only available to large enterprises."

"The iRadeon Dashboard, combined with emerging open source technologies, is a true breakthrough that is leading the way for widespread adoption of Web applications by small and medium businesses," said Jeff Minich, vice president of strategy for iRadeon. "What Microsoft is planning to do with its Office Live offering over the next few years -- enhancing team productivity with collaborative Web technologies -- iRadeon is already doing today. We're addressing the needs of small and medium businesses by combining the power of open source applications with the simplicity and low cost of our unique on demand Webtop environment, making it the most accessible software as a service solution on the market today."

Availability and Pricing

The iRadeon Dashboard will be available on November 28, 2005 with plans starting at $45 per month for five users. Please visit www.iradeon.com for more information or call Melody Gardner at 866-247-3211.

About iRadeon (www.iradeon.com)

Founded in 1999, iRadeon provides on demand services for open source business software that deliver the benefits of enterprise applications such as CRM for a small fraction of the cost of proprietary vendors. With iRadeon's on demand services, companies can deploy open source business software via the Web without costly hardware investments, consulting or license fees. iRadeon is a privately-held company headquartered in Roseville, California.