Creators of Popular Outlook Plug-in Provided with Key Resources in New Developer Program Established by Microsoft to Deliver Innovative Solutions for Businesses of All Sizes

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Xobni, the popular Microsoft Office Outlook search and relationship plug-in, today announced that in recognition of its industry leading innovation on the Microsoft Office Outlook platform, it has been selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark One program, a unique invitation-only program designed to accelerate the growth of high potential startups through a One-on-One relationship with Microsoft Corp. In November 2008, Microsoft BizSpark was launched as a global program offering software, support and visibility to early stage startups. Microsoft BizSpark One is the latest expansion of the BizSpark program.

The amount of information and number of relationships people have to manage is spiraling out of control and workers are being forced to spend significant time at work searching for details that are critical to a company's success. Since launching in 2007, Xobni has delivered the most advanced search and relationship-management solutions available for Microsoft Office Outlook. With more than 3 million downloads, Xobni is used by employees in more than 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies.

"We're thrilled that Microsoft has selected Xobni to join the BizSpark One program," said Jeff Bonforte, Xobni CEO. "Our goal is to continue to improve the experience within Microsoft Office Outlook, so people can quickly find information and access other high-value relationship content directly from their inbox."

With Xobni, users quickly find critical information buried deep in their inbox, along with key attachments, contact information, calendar invites, and more. The average Xobni user saves more than 30 minutes a week, according to a recent Xobni survey, giving a measurable boost to productivity levels over time.

"We are delighted that Xobni has been selected to join Microsoft BizSpark One, the latest expansion of the BizSpark program," said Dan'l Lewin, corporate vice president of Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft. "They have made a tremendous impact in changing the way people manage email relationships and we look forward to seeing them bring more innovative ideas to our mutual customers."

Xobni recently released a solution specifically designed for businesses of all sizes, Xobni Enterprise. The new solution is easy to deploy and provides the framework for businesses of all sizes to create and implement enterprise extensions for high-value services, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Dynamics and company profile information via LDAP or internal company Web sites. Xobni Enterprise features include:

• Centralized Deployment and Management: Web-based portal lets customers manage user profiles, groups and access to Xobni Extensions
• Custom Extensions: Rich API and Software Development Kit help customers build custom extensions for enterprise applications, third party websites and portals bringing relevant enterprise data into Outlook based on the sender
• Corporate Directory Integration: Retrieve corporate profile information from LDAP/Active Directory services
• Expanded Search Capabilities: Appointments, tasks & archived PSTs are available in search results
• Productivity Enhancements: Each Xobni user's massive contact database can now be accessed from the auto-complete feature in the Outlook compose window
• Enterprise grade support
  

About Xobni

Xobni is a San Francisco startup that shifts the focus of your email from one-by-one messages to the valuable relationships they reveal. Xobni is a relationship management tool that offers lightning fast search and organization of your inbox. The company was founded in the spring of 2006 by Adam Smith and Matt Brezina, launched to private beta in September 2007 and opened to the public in May 2008. Xobni is funded by Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Cisco Systems, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, Atomico Investments, BlackBerry Partners Fund and others. For more information, go to xobni.com.

    Paul Loeffler on behalf of Xobni
    paul@sutherlandgold.com
    (510) 593-6765

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