Kolab Now
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Type of site
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Webmail, Groupware |
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| Available in | English, German, French |
| Owner | Kolab Systems AG |
| Website | kolabnow |
| Alexa rank |
 586,225 (December 2016[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | January 2013 |
| Current status | Online |
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Content licence
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Freeware, open-source |
Kolab Now is a web-based email and groupware service, based completely on free and open-source software. It is owned and operated by Kolab Systems AG and was formerly known as MyKolab.
Kolab Systems AG is the company behind the Kolab groupware suite. Founded in 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland, Kolab Systems has taken the place of the Kolab Konsortium which initially provided Kolab services primarily in German speaking areas from 2004 to 2010. It is also the largest contributor to the Roundcube web mailer project. The company's board of directors is composed of CEO Georg Greve, the founding president of Free Software Foundation Europe, the CEO of Swiss IT security specialist Dreamlab Technologies AG, Nicolas Mayencourt, and KDAB's managing director Till Adam. KDAB is one of the major contributors to the Qt Project.
Kolab Now, under the original name "MyKolab", was launched in January 2013 as a public beta release and became fully available later that year in August 1, as a paid service.
After documents detailing United States and British government mass surveillance programs like PRISM and Tempora were leaked by Edward Snowden in May 2013, US-based companies Lavabit and Silent Circle, under pressure of government agencies, decided to shut down their email services rather than run the risk of having to disclose personal data of their users. In turn, Pamela Jones, author of now-defunct legal site Groklaw, revealed her use of MyKolab in her farewell post. Jones' endorsement increased demand for MyKolab.
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