Funambol Scores High in Galoppini SOS Open Source Software Evaluation

REDWOOD CITY, CA, Apr 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
Funambol, the leading provider of open source mobile cloud sync and push
email software for billions of devices, today announced that it received
high grades in SOS Open Source, a methodology created by open source
strategist Roberto Galoppini to evaluate and select open source software.
SOS Open Source provides organizations with a clear methodology for
determining the level of risk of using specific open source software,
based on factors such as community and ease of code contributions. The
analysis rates each open source candidate based on strength (stable,
mature and backed by a viable community), level of support (by a
community or vendors) and potential for evolution (e.g. code quality).

"We are very pleased that Funambol rated highly according to the
Galoppini SOS open source evaluation," said Stefano Maffulli, Funambol
Community Manager. "This is an indication of the tremendous value
provided by our global mobile developer community."

"Most open source assessment methods take too long and lack objective
metrics, and are not that useful for determining the risk of building
solutions based on specific open source software," said Roberto
Galoppini, Open Source Strategist. "The SOS methodology uses automation
to provide a pragmatic, quick and easy way to assess open source software
with confidence."

To view a SlideShare about the SOS methodology and Funambol's rating,
please visit http://www.slideshare.net/galoppini/open-source-selection.
You can also read more about Roberto Galoppini's open source software
selection methodology at http://sosopensource.com/.

About SOS Open Source
SOS Open Source is an automated methodology to
assess open source projects. It gathers data from directories, forges and
meta-forges, and creates comprehensive information, intuitive metrics,
and content-specific heuristics to decide which is the most trustworthy
source of information.

About Roberto Galoppini
A computer industry insider of 17 years, Roberto
Galoppini has worked in hands-on roles as programmer and systems analyst
as well as founder of an open source firm in 2001, and founder of one of
the first open source consortiums in 2004. Since 2005, Roberto has helped
companies to design and implement open source strategies, both at a
business and technical level, including creating or joining communities.
He takes an active interest in several free/open source software
organisations, including serving on advisory boards. He writes almost
daily about open source business at his commercial open source blog:
http://robertogaloppini.net.

About Funambol
Funambol is the leading provider of mobile open source
cloud sync and push email for billions of phones. Funambol open source
software has been downloaded over three million times by 50,000
developers in 200 countries. The commercial version of Funambol has been
deployed by the largest device manufacturers, mobile operators, portals,
service providers and ISVs in the world, including AOL, 1&1, EarthLink
and CA, Inc. Funambol is headquartered in Redwood City, California with
R&D in Europe. For more information, please visit
http://www.funambol.com. You can also follow Funambol on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/funambol.

Media Contact
Hal Steger, Funambol
+1 650 701-1450 x105
hal@funambol.com

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