fruux

Fruux is a cross-platform operated by the Münster GmbH fruux synchronization service. The service allows its users address books, calendars and todo lists to automatically keep up to date on various terminals.

Fruux uses encrypted SSL communication, and supports the resolution of sync conflicts if data on more than one device were changed simultaneously.

Value Proposition

The service has similarities to services like iCloud and Plaxo. The focus of fruux lies on the synchronization of address books, calendars and to- do lists between a plurality of terminals. Support since 2011 fruux the synchronization of calendars on iOS and other CalDAV - compatible terminals, as well as the address book synchronization to iOS and other CardDAV - compliant devices.

Background Art

The service is operated entirely on Amazon Web Services ' infrastructure. The company uses Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS to the nginx web server to operate. For the versioning of application code, among other Amazon S3 used. Furthermore fruux Amazon RDS used for database management, as well as Amazon Simple Email Service (SES ) for e- mails. As a framework for WebDAV SabreDAV it comes to use.

Position in the market

Fruux must face strong competition products such as iCloud position yourself as a cross-platform service on the market. In May 2012, the Company published enabled for device management and works (as of 2012) to a team version in order to differentiate their product from the competition. A study published in August 2012 function for the sharing of calendars allows users to invite other users into an existing tree calendar and to assign individual permissions ( read-only/read-write ) - this functionality is a first look at the planned rates for teams.

In March 2012, could fruux secure a six-figure cited by the High-Tech Startup Fund funding round.