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Enables teams to easily communicate and share information using the Joyent platform’s web mail, calendars, contacts, and files.
San Anselmo, CA — Joyent, a provider of web-based team collaboration software, has launched a hosted version of its software platform. Using only a web browser, teams access the Joyent online software platform to organize and share team files, calendars, contacts, and emails. Three monthly service plans are available: $15 for four users and 5 GB of storage; $50 for 10 users and 25 GB of storage; and $100 for 25 users and 100 GB of storage. Visit http://www.joyent.com/ for detailed service descriptions and sign up details.
“Joyent focuses on removing unnecessary complexity from technology so teams spend their valuable time achieving their goals, not wasting it wrestling with their computers,” says Joyent CEO David Young. “We have focused our development effort integrating modern organizational and notification technologies, such as […]

Original post by Jason Hoffman and software by Elliott Back

Combines recognized innovators in Web 2.0 team collaboration software and advanced hosting services to lead the industry shift to network-based applications.
San Anselmo CA — Joyent, a provider of web-based team collaboration software, has acquired TextDrive, an advanced application hosting solutions provider. The combination creates a company poised to lead the market in the shift to network-based applications.
“Joyent’s innovative, network-based collaboration software combined with TextDrive’s proven expertise in building high performance hosted solutions, creates a company delivering compelling network-based applications over a 100% reliable and scalable infrastructure,” said David Young, CEO of Joyent. “Joyent’s combined software and hosting capabilities now deliver a complete network-based application and infrastructure platform to our ISP, VAR, developer, and end-user customers.”
“We are thrilled with this strategic combination, a perfect fit that forges a company with the talent to deliver our customers elegant and powerful network-based applications,” said Dean Allen, former CEO of TextDrive and now President […]

Original post by Jason Hoffman and software by Elliott Back

We have been working on Joyent since January 2005, and it’s great, finally!, to be able to pull back the curtains on our work. We are proud of the work we’ve done and looking forward to seeing how this software will be adopted by our customers.
The basis of Joyent software is open-source software. Thanks to all the contributors and visionaries who have helped to build the many components Joyent is built on top of. We truly are standing on the shoulders of giants. Joyent will give back significant code contributions to the building blocks we have modified to bring you our breakthrough suite. Open-source software allows companies like Joyent to move quickly to provide our customers great solutions at amazing price points. With open-source, our R&D lab includes a cast of thousands.
Special thanks to the creators, contributors and maintainers of Ruby and Ruby on Rails. These projects have made the […]

Original post by Jason Hoffman and software by Elliott Back