In an increasingly sovereignty-friendly context, BlueMind \u2013 publisher of its namesake open-source collaborative email suite \u2013 announces record prospects for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The BlueMind teams have been hard at work for three years on a new user experience-centred webmail and a sovereign, powerful videoconferencing service, improved handling of high data volumes and resilience including, among others, object storage support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pierre Baudracco, CEO of BlueMind, is confident: \u201cWith our new webmail, native Outlook support, videoconferencing features, BlueMind takes a further step towards reconciling sovereignty and uses. Collaborative email now has a sovereign alternative, and it\u2019s European !\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The current geopolitical context, Microsoft\u2019s monopolistic behaviour, pressure from customers who are growing resentful of vendor-locking, price increases (+20% in March 2022), can help further the issue of sovereignty and technological independence and the importance of a European alternative to O365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Email and office solutions are key. They are deployed across all company users and therefore influence the entire business\u2019s IT hardware and software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEveryone seems to finally realise the importance of having an alternative to O365 and the magnitude of the challenge. At BlueMind, this has been our mission all along. Today governements all over Europe<\/em> finally seem to be waking up and the collaborative community is making itself heard. All tech players want to add email to their offering and BlueMind is the only sovereign solution that\u2019s up to the job,\u201d <\/em>Pierre Baudracco adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021, BlueMind announced the development of its European ambitions as it moved into Germany. Pierre Baudracco argued that \u201cGermany was a rather natural choice. It\u2019s close to us, at the heart of Europe and shares our views on the urgent need for digital independence from US monopolies, in particular big tech.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, BlueMind relies on three strategic partners who have helped deploy the BlueMind solution for local clients in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Africa, BlueMind has just hired St\u00e9phane Kisaka, a senior executive in Congo, who will be supporting and promoting the BlueMind solution in Africa as demand for it grows. New partnerships are already in the pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To support the company\u2019s growth, BlueMind is making headway and has already hired six new employees with a variety of profiles (support, sales, developers, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n BlueMind focuses on its business as a software publisher. It relies on a strong and varied partner network to support its clients\u2019 deployment and hosting projects, no matter how diverse or challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recent additions to BlueMind\u2019s technological and commercial partners includes CHEOPS, Centaur and New Digital Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe alternative to O365<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Promising prospects in Germany and Africa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Growth means new hires<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A strong, expanding partner network<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n