Novell GroupWise 8 Sets Benchmark for Web 2.0-Enabled Collaboration and Productivity
November 17 2008 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Collaboration solution delivers fully customizable, interactive
workspace with the broadest platform support at a lower total cost
of ownership compared with Microsoft Exchange WALTHAM, Mass., Nov.
17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell today announced the
availability of GroupWise(R) 8, the most flexible, cross-platform
e-mail and calendaring solution on the market. With the broadest
support for Windows*, Linux*, Mac* and the Web, GroupWise 8 gives
customers a complete personal productivity solution at a lower
total cost of ownership compared with Microsoft. This release
boosts personal productivity with a customizable dashboard that
allows users to interact with traditional tools such as e-mail,
calendar, contacts and task lists as well as leverage popular Web
2.0-enabled team workspaces, blogs, RSS feeds and applications.
Novell(R) GroupWise 8 is a comprehensive productivity solution that
brings information to the forefront, helping users to stay focused
and enabling organizations to remain competitive in today's
around-the-clock, global business climate. "With a focus on solving
the most important questions of human health in our communities,
our success hinges on seamless collaboration and communication
among our employees, students and partners," said Al Hidalgo,
Enterprise Systems support analyst at University
Hospitals/University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. "With
the latest release of GroupWise, UNM Hospitals will have an e-mail
and calendaring tool that interoperates with other e-mail systems
and lets our users access Web 2.0 applications without having to
leave their customized dashboard. This approach to collaboration
eliminates unnecessary steps and disruptions while helping our
users increase their overall productivity. With just two
administrators supporting 8,000 users, the low administration costs
of GroupWise help us to respond to economic challenges in this time
of fiscal restraint." GroupWise 8 gives customers a secure,
reliable collaboration solution at lower overall total capital
investment than the leading competitor, allowing organizations to
quickly realize value with a comparative ease-of-administration.
GroupWise 8 also delivers maximum flexibility with the broadest
platform support and the ability to run on multiple servers and
clients, including Windows, Linux, Mac and the Web. Additionally,
the fully customizable and interactive workspace enables users to
interact with Web 2.0 and team collaboration tools without leaving
their personalized dashboard, allowing them to monitor and manage
multiple tasks at a high-level while working at a detail level.
"Email continues to serve as the primary communication engine for
business, but organizations are recognizing the strategic value
that popular tools, like instant messaging, blogs, wikis and social
networking, bring to the table," said Mark Levitt, program vice
president, Collaboration and Enterprise 2.0 Strategies at IDC.
"Integrated collaboration environments such as Novell GroupWise 8,
that combine email, IM and Web 2.0 touch points, are well
positioned to address the demand for these newer forms of
communication as well as the increase in mobile workers and
telecommuting, to help simplify communication, maintain business
relationships and boost workforce productivity." GroupWise 8
Increases Productivity Focused on making users productive and
efficient, GroupWise 8 speeds communication and boosts
collaboration with the following new features and enhancements: --
Interactive home view - The personal productivity dashboard brings
Web 2.0 tools alongside traditional tools, allowing users to stay
focused on their work without having to jump between applications
to do their jobs. -- Support for hundreds of handheld devices -
Supports hundreds of mobile devices, including iPhone*, BlackBerry*
and Palm* to keep users connected and productive from anywhere. --
Enhanced calendar - Real-time calendaring with external publishing
capabilities helps users coordinate with internal parties, external
clients and contractors for an interconnected, seamless flow of
work. -- Robust contact management - Integrated contact management
allows users to embed relevant information like maps, photos and
personal details into the contact file, providing a single location
to help track, manage and build business relationships. -- Threaded
discussions - Simplifies e-mail threads and allows users to manage
communication quickly, efficiently and in the manner that works
best for them. -- Intuitive task management - Allows users to
prioritize tasks, add subtasks and visually track tasks through
completion. Users can also turn e-mails into tasks, saving them
time and effort moving action items received in e-mail directly on
to their task list. "Unified communication is fast becoming the
linchpin of any organization's operation, making innovative
collaboration tools essential for business success," said Kent
Erickson, senior vice president and general manager of Novell
Workgroup Solutions. "GroupWise 8, which builds on Novell's 20
years of experience delivering innovative e-mail solutions and
making IT work as one, offers customers the most flexible and
powerful personal productivity tools available today with more
security and reliability than any other solution on the market."
Availability GroupWise 8 is available for $143 per user license.
For more information about GroupWise, visit
http://www.novell.com/groupwise. About Novell Novell, Inc.
(NASDAQ:NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable
Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software
that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and
risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of
partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments,
allowing people and technology to work as one. For more
information, visit http://www.novell.com/. Novell and GroupWise are
registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. *All third-party trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Novell, Inc. CONTACT: Kerry
Adorno of Novell, +1-781-464-8042, , or Gene Carozza of PAN
Communications, +1-978-474-1900, , for Novell, Inc. Web site:
http://www.novell.com/ http://www.novell.com/groupwise
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