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About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 18:55

Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, e-mail, applications, software, Google, Microsoft

Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, collaboration, ceo, applications

Box to beef up IT administration features of cloud content management software

Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 13:00

Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, applications, software, Box.net

Horde 4.0 open source groupware, webmail suites released

After more than two years of development to Horde open source project has released version 4.0 of its integrated groupware and webmail suites.

By Rodney Gedda | 15 June, 2011 09:18

Tags: groupware, horde, open source, webmail

Sydney school marries Moodle with Live@edu

Sydney grammar school Redlands has opted for the Cloud-based Live@edu e-mail system over an on-premise system and integrated the open source Moodle learning management system with it in the process.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 April, 2011 12:08

Tags: cloud computing, education, E-learning, live@edu, Microsoft, Microsoft Live@edu, Moodle, open source, schools

Open source Horde groupware reaches version 4

After nearly three years of development the fourth generation of the Horde open source e-mail and groupware suite was released this week bringing with it a more modern code base and social networking features.

By Rodney Gedda | 08 April, 2011 11:20

Tags: e-mail, frameworks, groupware, horde, open source, php

Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid Lynx' released for social desktop, netbook

Canonical has released the next version of its Ubuntu Linux operating system, which takes aim at netbooks and social networking integration.

By Rodney Gedda | 30 April, 2010 08:48

Tags: canonical, kubuntu, Linux, netbooks, social networking, ubuntu

Open-Xchange adds integration with VoIP

Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange has integrated VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and social networking sites in the latest version of its e-mail server and client.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 March, 2010 06:13

Tags: groupware, integration, open source, Open-Xchange, VoIP

Zimbra customers applaud VMware acquisition

Zimbra customers, on an emotional roller-coaster ride since it was acquired by Yahoo, welcome VMware's plans to buy the open-source e-mail, calendar and collaboration software vendor.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 18 January, 2010 07:06

Tags: groupware, mergers and acquisitions, VMware, Yahoo, zimbra

Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client comes with tabs

Mozilla Messaging on Tuesday released version 3 of its Thunderbird e-mail client, which comes with a tabbed user interface and improved search features.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 December, 2009 06:25

Tags: e-mail, mozilla, Mozilla Messaging, Thunderbird

Open-Xchange integrates Facebook, Twitter with e-mail inbox

Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to open its e-mail inbox to messages from social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 25 November, 2009 07:12

Tags: e-mail, Facebook, LinkedIn, Open-Xchange, social networking, twitter

Microsoft to open Outlook's .pst file format

Microsoft has taken another step towards better interoperability between third-party groupware products by pledging to document its .pst file format used by Outlook to store personal data.

By Rodney Gedda | 27 October, 2009 09:58

Tags: interoperability, Microsoft, microsoft outlook, openchange

Open-Xchange adds push e-mail for mobile phones

Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange is launching OXtender for Business Mobility, which adds support for push e-mail to mobile phones that use Microsoft's ActiveSync protocol, it said on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 October, 2009 07:19

Tags: ActiveSync, groupware, mobile e-mail, Open-Xchange, push e-mail

Yahoo updates Zimbra's application platform

Yahoo has updated the application platform of its Zimbra messaging and collaboration suite, making it possible for developers to create more sophisticated gadgets that can be integrated with the product more deeply.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 01 October, 2009 05:19

Tags: e-mail, groupware, Yahoo, zimbra

New phishing attack chats up victims

With many who bank online now wary of phishing attacks, criminals are adding fake live-chat support windows to their Web sites to make them seem more real.

By Robert McMillan | 17 September, 2009 06:17

Tags: chat, fraud, instant messaging, jabber, phishing, security

Need open source e-mail security? Get it ASSP!

What is the best way to prevent spam and viruses from entering your inbox? According to its makers, the open source Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) server project takes the honours because of its design and feature set, and best of all it is free and cross-platform.

By Rodney Gedda | 30 April, 2009 11:09

Tags: antispam, antivirus, assp, clamav, e-mail, mta, perl, security, spam

OpenChange, KDE bring Exchange compatibility to Linux

Recent developments in the OpenChange and KDE open source projects are set to bridge a “missing link” in messaging and groupware compatibility from Microsoft's Exchange to open source clients.

By Rodney Gedda | 30 January, 2009 10:05

Tags: kde, microsoft exchange, openchange, pim, linux.conf.au

Small Sister project protects against e-mail snoops

The Small Sister open source privacy project has released a first beta of its SmallMail application, allowing individuals to send e-mail messages that can't be intercepted or traced by governments or snoops.

By Tom Sanders | 29 December, 2008 08:09

Tags: Little Sister

Thunderbird 3.0 reaches Beta 1, but still not complete

Mozilla Messaging Tuesday released the first beta for its open-source Thunderbird 3.0 e-mail client, with the company's chief executive calling the preview "far from typical" because its feature set still has not been set.

By Gregg Keizer | 11 December, 2008 08:26

Tags: messaging, Thunderbird

Open source identity: Horde lead developer Jan Schneider

Are you looking for an open source, Web-based e-mail and groupware suite with its own development framework, Ajax interface, more than 50 applications, an active developer community, and millions of end users all over the world? The Horde communication and collaboration suite may not be as well known as the big name commercial offerings, but according to lead developer and release manager Jan Schneider it has just as much to offer, and more.

By Rodney Gedda | 14 October, 2008 15:17

Tags: ajax, caldav, groupware, horde, open source identity, php, syncml, webdav

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