List of collaborative software
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This list is divided into proprietary or free software, and open source software, with several comparison tables among different product and vendors characteristics. It also includes a section of "projectware" or project collaboration software, which are combining with cloud computing
services to become a standard feature in an emerging category of computer software: collaboration platforms
. Please note that there is also a list of Wiki Software
and eventually some of the software products listed here still may overlap in both lists.
study 2010 and Forrester Research study 2009
Comparison of unified communications
Comparison of collaborative software
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
services to become a standard feature in an emerging category of computer software: collaboration platforms
Collaboration platform
An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels....
. Please note that there is also a list of Wiki Software
Wiki software
Wiki software is collaborative software that runs a wiki, i.e., a website that allows users to create and collaboratively edit web pages via a web browser. A wiki system is usually a web application that runs on one or more web servers...
and eventually some of the software products listed here still may overlap in both lists.
Collaborative software
The following are software applications or solutions including free software:- Accellion, private/public/hybrid cloud based collaboration solution
- AceProjectAceProject (Software)AceProject is a web-based project management software, owned by Websystems, Inc. The company is based in Quebec City, Canada. The product's interface is available in two languages: English and French. The product is a SaaS...
, web-based collaboration software for project management - Adobe AcrobatAdobe AcrobatAdobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
, gives synchronous and asynchronous review of PDFs - AirSetAirSetAirSet is a privately held consumer cloud storage company based in Berkeley, California, United States, their main product works via a web browser and various mobile platforms - History :...
, personal information management and private social network platform - Atmail, full server/client groupware software based on CalDAVCalDAVCalendaring Extensions to WebDAV, or CalDAV, is an Internet standard allowing a client to access scheduling information on a remote server. It extends WebDAV specification and uses iCalendar format for the data. The protocol is defined by RFC 4791...
- AxigenAXIGENAxigen, marketed as AXIGEN, is a mail server with groupware and collaboration functionalities. It supports SMTP/ESMTP, IMAP, POP3 and webmail services, and has an integrated mailing list server...
, messaging and collaborating software based on proprietary architectures such as Axigen: GrowSecure, SmartProcessing, UltraStorage - BasecampBasecamp (software)Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by 37signals and launched in 2004. The Ruby on Rails framework was extracted from the Basecamp project.-Features:...
, web-based project collaboration and management - BinfireBinfireBinfire is a privately held web-based collaboration and project management software company. The company's focus is providing Software as a service collaboration tools to small and medium-sized businesses working with remote teams.-History:...
, web-based project collaboration & management software for remote teams - BlogtronixBlogtronixThe software company Blogtronix LLC in Berkeley, California produces an enterprise social software suite, encompassing blogs, wikis, social networking, microblogging, real-time collaboration and document management...
, web-based suite combining groups, blogs, wiki, documents, multimedia, workflow and more - Box.netBox.netBox is an online File Sharing and Cloud Content Management service for enterprise companies. The company has adopted a freemium business model, and provides 5GB of free storage for personal accounts. A mobile version of the service is available for Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and WebOS devices...
, web-based collaboration and content management for enterprises - BSCW, Basic Support for Collaborative Work
- Cadac OrganiceOrganiceOrganice is a software suite for Engineering Document Management and Document Control and is entirely based on Microsoft SharePoint and .NET technology...
, SharePoint based document management and collaboration software for engineering companies - CadwebCadwebCadweb is a provider of electronic project management, project extranet, or construction collaboration technologies. The company is based in London, England, it was founded in 1995 and is among the longest-established of businesses in its field....
, web-based construction collaboration extranet, incorporating document management and drawing mark-up/review - CalliflowerCalliflowerCalliflower is an online web application and conference call provider that allows multiple users to dial in to a conference bridge, and to conduct web meetings, upload, share and review documents from remote locations.The service was developed by Iotum Inc...
, Web-based team document sharing, synchronous conferencing, online chatOnline chatOnline chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, that offers an instantaneous transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver, hence the delay for visual access to the sent message shall not hamper the flow of communications in any of the directions...
, whiteboardingWhiteboardingWhiteboarding is the placement of shared files on an on-screen shared notebook or whiteboard. Videoconferencing and data conferencing software often lets the user annotate the shared documents as on a physical whiteboard.... - CeloxisCeloxisCeloxis is a web-based project management software company based in India. Celoxis application combines management of projects, resources, issues, documents, time sheets, expenses, and collaboration to form one integrated application. Celoxis is available as SaaS and on-premise...
, web-based project collaboration and management software. - CerebroCerebro (software)Cerebro — is a software complex for media project management. Cerebro is mostly used by VFX-studios, videogame developers, advertisement, TV series production companies and web designers....
, software complex for media project management. Incorporating audiovisual reviewing and assets management. - ClearspaceClearspaceJive Engage is a commercial Java EE-based Enterprise 2.0 collaboration and knowledge management tool produced by Jive Software...
, web-based suite integrating forums, blogs, wiki, chat, VOIP - codeBeamerCodeBeamer (software)codeBeamer is a web based Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management tool for distributed software development, written in Java. It is developed and marketed by Intland Software. Its license is proprietary, but free versions and free hosting options are available...
, web-based collaborative Application Lifecycle ManagementApplication Lifecycle ManagementApplication Lifecycle Management is a continuous process of managing the life of an application through governance, development and maintenance...
software for distributed software development projects - CollabaCollabaCollaba is a communication and collaboration platform with a web portal and built-in servers for client applications.The product is owned by SYPECom Inc...
, integrated collaboration and communication platform server - CollaberCollaberCollaber is a collaboration software built on Eclipse Software RCP. Collaber Features include File sharing, Task management, Shared Calendar, Group Discussion. It contains Tools like Address Book, Backup Tool, Calendar, Chat, Discussion, Database, File Tool, Tasks, Notepad, Picture, Polls, Shared...
, EclipseEclipse (software)Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment and an extensible plug-in system...
-based client–server platform - Collanos WorkplaceCollanosCollanos Workplace is a proprietary teamwork software that ceased development in 2010.Installed on each team member’s computer, it builds a team environment and transparent knowledge store that allows to define and organize the content of project teams...
, server-less, cross-platform, P2PPeer-to-peerPeer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
collaborative software for teams working beyond enterprise platforms - CoMotionCoMotionThe CoMotion platform is a commercial product from General Dynamics C4 Systems that provides a synchronous and asynchronous collaborative workspace enabling data sharing, data visualization, and messaging. It allows potentially hundreds of users to collaborate live, sharing all or part of their...
, by General Dynamics C4S Viz is a multi-tiered client–server collaborative workspace system with extensive data visualization, annotation, and organizational tools - Contactizer Pro, by Objective Decision; decentralized collaborative sharing of contacts, tasks and events, for Mac OS X
- CreatelyCreatelyCreately is a cloud-based diagramming and design application service operated by Cinergix, Pty Ltd. It is built on Adobe's Flex/Flash technologies and provides a visual communication platform for virtual teams...
, collaborative online diagramming software used by teams around the world to communicate more effectively. - DebategraphDebategraphDebategraph is a web-based, collaborative idea visualization tool, focusing on complex public policy issues.It has been used by the White House, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office,, the Amanpour series on CNN, and The Independent newspaper and was named as one of the Best Websites for Teaching...
, web-based, collaborative idea visualization and deliberation - eE (editor)E Text Editor is a text editor for Microsoft Windows. Its notable features include a personal revision control system; branched, multi-level, graphical undo; and the ability to run TextMate bundles through the use of Cygwin.A Linux version is planned....
, collaborative editor which works as a live revision control systemRevision Control SystemThe Revision Control System is a software implementation of revision control that automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example programs, documentation, procedural graphics, papers, and form...
; uses an edit-and-commit style of collaboration - EditGridEditGridEditGrid is a Web 2.0 spreadsheet service. It offers both a free-of-charge service to personal users and a subscription service to organisations and is available on a number of partner sites and channels....
, online spreadsheet with access control and revision history support, which real-time update (RTU) feature allows multiple users to collaborate on one spreadsheet concurrently - EMCEMC CorporationEMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
DocumentumDocumentumDocumentum is an enterprise content management platform, now delivered by EMC Corporation, as well as the name of the software company that originally developed the technology. EMC acquired Documentum for $1.7 billion in December, 2003...
eRoomERoomeRoom is an on-line project collaboration, or collaborative software product from EMC Corporation. Originally developed by eRoom Technology Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, product features include e-mail management, calendaring, instant messaging, project plans, databases, and document...
, collaborative software provided via browser as on-premise or hosted - Fiesta, simple hosted group email
- FirstClassFirstClassFirstClass is a client/server groupware, email, online conferencing, voice/fax services, and bulletin-board system for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux...
, client/server groupware - FMYIFMYIFMYI , is a free web-based private social network tool developed by FMYI Inc. in Portland, OR.-Features:...
, free web-based, private social network for small to large size teams - GForge Advanced ServerGForgeGForge is a free software fork of the web-based project-management and collaboration software originally created for SourceForge, called Savane...
, distributed software development as a web based platform with many plugins to interact with Eclipse IDE and Microsoft Visual StudioMicrosoft Visual StudioMicrosoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft. It is used to develop console and graphical user interface applications along with Windows Forms applications, web sites, web applications, and web services in both native code together with managed code for all...
to handle full software life cycle - GlasscubesGlasscubesGlasscubes is an extranet service which includes web based project management tools and collaborative features. It was created by Office Fabric and was set up in November 2008 by Wayne Pope and received private funding in early 2009...
, extranet style service with collaboration tools: document sharing, secure workspaces, online discussions - Google Docs, web-based real-time collaboration: document, spreadsheet, and presentation editing
- GroveSiteGroveSiteGroveSite is a privately held online collaboration software company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company offers secure online workspaces, sometimes called hosted wikis, to small and medium-sized businesses, and to larger enterprises who need to collaborate securely outside the IT firewall...
, web-based collaboration suite with document sharing, file libraries, discussion threads and more. - HuddleHuddle (software)Huddle is a web-based team collaboration and project management application developed in the UK.Huddle is privately held and funded by Eden Ventures and Matrix Partners.-Features:...
, web-based team collaboration and project management; centered on virtual workspaces - HyperofficeHyperofficeHyperOffice is a privately held American corporation based in Rockville, Maryland, that offers web collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing, online database and email marketing applications to the small and mid sized business segment...
, web-based online collaboration, messaging and project management; for small to medium sized firms - i-senseI-sensei-sense is a web based groupware solution mainly targeting small and medium-sized business. i-sense is designed as a modular platform product including solution packages for Customer relationship management and Enterprise resource planning ....
, full featured, web-based groupware; has organizer and collaboration, customer relationship and enterprise resource functions; free to non-commercial users, organizations - IBM Lotus Notes and DominoIBM Lotus DominoLotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an...
- IBM Lotus QuickPlaceIBM Lotus QuickPlaceIBM Lotus QuickPlace is a proprietary Web-based collaborative software application distributed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. Lotus QuickPlace is a self-service Web tool that provides non-technical professionals the ability to easily create a browser-accessible workspace to support a task,...
, name changed to Lotus Team Workspace in version 6.5.1 only - IBM QuickrIBM Lotus QuickrIBM Lotus Quickr is social team collaboration software, used by teams of people to share content. Lotus Quickr works inside and outside firewalls.Lotus Quickr can be described as three things:...
, replaces IBM Lotus QuickPlaceIBM Lotus QuickPlaceIBM Lotus QuickPlace is a proprietary Web-based collaborative software application distributed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. Lotus QuickPlace is a self-service Web tool that provides non-technical professionals the ability to easily create a browser-accessible workspace to support a task,...
; runs on DominoIBM Lotus DominoLotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an...
or WebSphereWebSphereIBM WebSphere refers to a brand of computer software products in the genre of enterprise software known as "application and integration middleware". These software products are used by end-users to create applications and integrate applications with other applications...
servers - IBM Workplace-branded products
- IBM Lotus SametimeIBM Lotus SametimeIBM Sametime is a client–server application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. Those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities...
- JotSpot, wiki supports calendars, spreadsheets, file repositories, photo galleries; made for ease of use
- Kerio Connect, mail and groupware server
- KnowledgeTreeKnowledgeTreeKnowledgeTree, Inc. is a provider of online document management software based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company also has an office in Cape Town, South Africa. The company's product, also called KnowledgeTree, makes use of the cloud computing platform from Amazon EC2...
, online document management and collaboration for mid-market businesses and enterprises. - Liferay, portal, web content management and social collaboration platform
- LiquidPlannerLiquidPlannerLiquidPlanner, Inc. is a project management software company based in Washington. The firm was founded in 2006 and launched their first release to a public beta in 2008....
, wiki-like pages, document sharing, twitter-like commenting - LucidChartLucidChartLucidChart is a web-based diagramming software. This software is notable because it is built on web standards such as HTML5 and Javascript and provides real-time collaboration for the creation of graphical content...
, collaborative diagramming and website/software prototyping, supports real time collaboration, built on web-standards - MavenlinkMavenlinkMavenlink is a cloud-based team collaboration and project management application, sometimes referred to as a Professional services automation software, developed in the United States. The company's SaaS platform enables professional services providers and their clients to efficiently manage their...
, web-based project collaboration and management - Microsoft Exchange ServerMicrosoft Exchange ServerMicrosoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
and the Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
client - Microsoft Windows LiveWindows LiveWindows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...
messenger, office web apps, skydrive, mail, ... - Microsoft Live Meeting
- Microsoft Office Live Communications ServerMicrosoft Office Live Communications ServerMicrosoft Lync Server is an enterprise real-time communications server, providing the infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, file transfer, peer-to-peer and multiparty voice and video calling, ad hoc and structured conferences and, through a 3rd party gateway or SIP trunk, PSTN...
- Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
desktop tools for collaboration - Microsoft Project Server
- Microsoft SharePointMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide...
Server and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation - Microsoft SharePoint Workspace, desktop collaboration application
- Microsoft Team Foundation ServerTeam Foundation ServerTeam Foundation Server is a Microsoft product offering source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking, and is intended for collaborative software development projects...
, developer collaboration platform - MindMeisterMindMeisterMindMeister is an online mind mapping software that allowed users to visualize their thinking using the proven mind mapping method.MindMeister is published by MeisterLabs Inc...
, collaborative mindmapping software that supports superior teamwork - MixedinkMixedinkMixedInk is a startup that provides web-based, collaborative writing software enabling large groups of people to create text that expresses a collective opinion, such as a mission statement, editorial, political platform, open letter or product review....
, combines collaborative editing with voting - NefsisNefsisNefsis CorporationType of Business Entity Private CompanyIndustryVideoconferencing, Web ConferencingFounded1998HeadquartersSan Diego, CA, USAKey peopleAllen Drennan, Founder, CTOSteven Peltier, CEOArea ServedWorldwideWebsite...
, multi-party online collaboration and video conferencing software for businesses - Novell GroupWiseNovell GroupWiseGroupWise is a messaging and collaborative software platform from Novell that supports email, calendaring, personal information management, instant messaging, and document management. The platform consists of the client software, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and the server...
- Oracle BeehiveOracle BeehiveOracle Beehive is collaboration platform software developed by Oracle Corporation that combines email, team collaboration, instant messaging, and conferencing in a single solution...
, combines email, team collaboration, and conferencing in one collaboration platform - Oracle WebCenterOracle WebCenterOwned by Oracle, Oracle WebCenter is a product built on top of the JSF based Oracle Application Development Framework. It contains a set of components for building rich web applications, portals, and team collaboration/social sites...
, Group Spaces - omNovia TechnologiesOmNovia TechnologiesomNovia Technologies is a software company that provides web conferencing solutions for realtime, rich-media online meetings, webinars, webcasts and eLearning sessions with two to 5,000 interactive participants. The company's headquarters is located in Houston, Texas...
, online meeting platform for collaborative meetings, eLearning, interactive training sessions - OwisOwis- Product Overview :OWIS is web based Enterprise content management system and collaboration suite developed by Orka . Basic features include:* Workflow management* Document management* Knowledge base* Calendaring* WEB Administration...
, workflow management, document management, knowledge base, calendar, IM and collaboration suite - PabloDrawPabloDrawPabloDraw is a text editor for Windows, designed for creating ANSI and ASCII art, similar to that of its DOS-based predecessors; ACiDDraw and TheDraw ....
, collaborative text and ANSIANSI artANSI art is a computer art form that was widely used at one time on BBSes. It is similar to ASCII art, but constructed from a larger set of 256 letters, numbers, and symbols — all codes found in IBM code page 437, often referred to as extended ASCII and used in MS-DOS and Unix environments...
/ASCII artASCII artASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters...
editing tool on Windows - PidocoPidocoThe Pidoco Usability Suite is a cloud-based collaboration software by Pidoco GmbH for creating, sharing and testing wireframes, mockups and prototypes of websites, mobile apps and enterprise software applications.- Pidoco Usability Suite :...
, cloud-based collaboration tool to create, share, test website and mobile app UI prototypes - Pivotal TrackerPivotal TrackerPivotal Tracker is software as a service for agile project management and collaboration. The product is developed by Pivotal Labs, an agile software engineering firm headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Colorado, and Singapore....
, agile project management and collaboration tool - PragmatiksPragmatiks- Pragmatiks :Pragmatiks is a SaaS platform developed by Trignos Inc. . Pragmatiks provides an extensible platform that allows users to create custom web application by integrating multiple modules in a drag and drop editor, called Spacelet™ Builder...
, web-based SaaS platform - ProjectSpacesProjectSpacesProjectSpaces is an extranet tool developed in March 2000, by Forum One Communications. It is offered as a hosted software as a service tool and is often compared to other products like Basecamp and SharePoint...
, online workspace tool for project and team collaboration - ProtoShareProtoShareProtoShare is a collaborative software tool from Site9, Inc. used for creating, reviewing, and refining website and web application prototypes. It enables individuals and companies to visualize project requirements by building website wireframes and application prototypes that team members and...
, web-based collaborative prototyping and review tool for interactive projects - PTC Windchill, web-based PLM, CAD, MS Windows and Office integrated,built by several modules for PDM, project/supplier/cost/compliance management, working on common database and user interface
- QontextQontextQontext is a venture of Pramati Technologies, and operates out of its offices in Mountain View, California and Hyderabad, India. The company is a global provider of on-demand social networking software for small to large multi-national companies and for ISVs seeking to add social features to their...
, enables communicating, sharing, and collaborating from inside common business applications like netsuiteNetSuiteNetSuite Inc. is the leading vendor of cloud-based Software-as-a-Service integrated business management software for mid-market enterprises and divisions of large companies, with over 10,000 organizations and a +$225 billion market cap...
, sugarcrmSugarCRMSugarCRM is a software company based in Cupertino, California. They produce the web application Sugar, also known as SugarCRM, which is a customer relationship management system that is available in both open source and Commercial open source applications.Sugar's functionality includes sales-force...
, Salesforce.comSalesforce.comSalesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site...
and more - CommunityZeroRamius CorporationRamius Corporation is a company incorporated in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a developer of online community and social networking systems for virtual collaboration and knowledge sharing.Its flagship product is a collaboration software called CommunityZero...
, online community systems for virtual collaboration and knowledge sharing - Saba SoftwareSaba SoftwareSaba enables organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization’s most mission-critical assets – its people...
, collaboration platform for holding online meetings and virtual classrooms - SamePageSamePageSamePage is an enterprise wiki application written in Java with a WYSIWYG user interface. Developed and marketed by eTouch Systems, SamePage is sold as a hosted/Software as a service or on-premise software solution for collaboration and knowledge management...
, Web-based enterprise wikiWikiA wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
for knowledge management and collaboration - SarosSaros (software)Saros is an Eclipse plug-in for distributed collaborative text editing that can support arbitrarily many participants at once.It can be used for a variety of purposes ranging from simple remote code review, over Remote pair programming, through to variants of Side-by-side programming with more than...
, collaborative text editing for Distributed Party Programming - SeefileSeefileSeeFile Software LLC is a software company based in Boston, MA, which produces and maintains the SeeFile Software, a media web server for Apple Macintosh computers....
, Web-based interface for image collaboration - Smart Meeting Pro, a collaborative meeting software that connects two or more desktops/laptops or interactive whiteboards in the same meeting room, or across distances when using Smart Bridgit software. Users write over soft copy documents using digital ink and pass the document to the next interactive whiteboard or laptop
- Smart Bridgit, a data conferencing software that connects multiple parties across distances and allows users to share their desktop/laptop or interactive whiteboard screen with all participants. Smart Bridgit includesVoIP, webcam capability and digital ink
- SmartsheetSmartsheetSmartsheet is an online project management and crowdsourcing tool. It allows owners of information to comprehensively involve contributors through authenticated access, publicly-accessible published sheets, or via embeddable survey forms. Functionality is focused on the ability to organize, share,...
, Web-based workflow, collaboration management; information owners can involve contributors without needing them to use the application - SocialtextSocialtextSocialtext Incorporated is a company based in Palo Alto, California that produces enterprise social software, comprising an integrated suite of web-based social software applications including microblogging, user profile, directories, groups, personal dashboards using OpenSocial widgets, and shared...
, suite of web-based social softwareSocial softwareSocial software applications include communication tools and interactive tools. Communication tools typically handle the capturing, storing and presentation of communication, usually written but increasingly including audio and video as well. Interactive tools handle mediated interactions between a...
applications - SubEthaEditSubEthaEditSubEthaEdit is a collaborative real-time editor designed for Mac OS X. The name comes from the Sub-Etha communication network in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series....
, collaborative text editing on Mac OS XMac OS XMac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems... - Synovel CollabsuiteSynovel CollabsuiteSynovel Collabsuite is an open source Linux mail server with calendaring and chat features . The server also includes anti-spam, antivirus, email archival.User can access the features through Desktop client, Web or Mobile phone.- Features :...
, full messaging software for organizations with email, calendaring and instant messaging; with integrated server, web administration console, desktop client suite, web access - TelligentTelligent SystemsTelligent Systems, more commonly referred to as Telligent, is an enterprise collaboration and community software company. Founded in 2004, Telligent's U.S...
, enterprise community and collaboration platform with blogs, wikis, more enterprise 2.0 abilities - tmsEKPTmsEKPtmsEKP is a suite of content management, enterprise portal, organisational collaboration, document management, e-Learning, content syndication, human resource, project management and helpdesk software developed by The Media Shoppe....
, suite for content management, knowledge portal, organisational collaboration, document management, e-learning, content syndication, human resource, project management, helpdesk - Traction TeamPageTraction TeamPageTraction TeamPage is a proprietary enterprise 2.0 social software product developed by Traction Software Inc of Providence Rhode Island.TeamPage is one of the first products in the enterprise blog and wiki market, with Traction release 1.0 shipped in 1999....
, model focuses on collaboration within and among groups using a sophisticated permission model that aggregates multiple blog/wiki spaces using a web-based journal modeled on the principals of Douglas EngelbartDouglas EngelbartDouglas Carl Engelbart is an American inventor, and an early computer and internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on the challenges of human-computer interaction, resulting in the invention of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs...
's On-Line System (NLS) - TeamworkTeamwork (software)Teamwork is a web-based wide scoped project and groupware management tool developed by Open Lab, an Italian software house founded in 2001. It won the 17th Jolt Productivity Award in 2007 in the project management category....
, cross-platform software, integrates project management, issue tracking, groupware - TeamWox, web-based collaboration software, which includes the management of projects and tasks, document management, hrm, crm and help desk.
- Tonido WorkspaceTonidoTonido is a home server NAS software. Once installed on a computer, Tonido software makes that computer's files available remotely through the browser from the WAN. No port forwarding is required, as data is transmitted through Tonido's servers. Users can switch to not using Tonido's servers by...
, cross-platform collaborative software, synchronizes workspaces, allows web based guest access - TrackerSuite.NetTracker (business software)Tracker is a family of business software products, developed by Automation Centre. Each product includes applications for various business processes. While these products share a similar process framework, they differ in platform deployment.-Products:...
, Web based, modular software suite, with online workspace for project and IT service teams, organization calendar, document management, can use email for automated team notifications and e-newsletters - UbideskUbideskUbidesk is a web-based software that provides an online workspace for project collaboration. Provided as Software as a service, Ubidesk is platform independent and accessible via a web-browser without installing any application on the client side. Ubidesk offers file sharing, document...
, has collaborative online workspaces that help teams work together effectively with document collaboration, file sharing, task management - VignetteVignette (software)Vignette Corporation is a company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that offers a suite of content management, portal, collaboration, document management, and records management software. On May 6, 2009 Open Text Corporation announced they would buy Vignette for $310 million...
, content management system - WebExWebExWebEx Communications Inc. is a Cisco company that provides on-demand collaboration, online meeting, web conferencing and videoconferencing applications...
, web-based collaboration tools - WebTrainWebTrainWebTrain Communications provides web conferencing services for educational training, business meetings, presentation webinars and live auctions. WebTrain is a privately held Canadian company established in 1999.-History:...
, web-based collaboration for meetings, training, and education - WiggioWiggioWiggio is a privately held Web application company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The firm was co-founded in 2008 by CEO Dana Lampert, Rob Doyle Jr., and Derek Doyle as a company with a self-described focus on group collaboration, initially focusing on the college market.Lampert...
, web-based free group calendars, list-servs, messaging (texting, email, voice), shared document editing and versioning, meetings management (chat, teleconference) - WorkspotWorkspotWorkspot was the first GNU/Linux desktop Web Service, i.e. it provided Open Source personal computing without computer ownership. Launched in 1999, it was the first application service to make use of Virtual Network Computing. Workspot also hosted a free Linux Desktop demo using VNC: 'one-click to...
, web service providing Linux desktops, which can be shared securely via browser - WrikeWrikeWrike is an online tool and application service provider for project management and collaboration developed by Wrike Inc. The company was founded in 2006 and launched its first release to a public beta in 2007.- History :...
, tool for project management and collaboration - Writeboard, collaborative text editor
- Zing TechnologiesZing TechnologiesZing Technologies describes a proprietary collaborative software system for meeting and learning. There are two versions of the software, Anyzing and Zingthing. Both use a patented multi-cursor interface...
AnyZing and ZingThing, electronic learning and meeting system software for team rooms and networks
Notable and leading vendors
Based on Gartner's Magic QuadrantMagic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. According to Gartner, the Magic Quadrant aims to provide a qualitative analysis into a market and its direction, maturity and participants, thus possibly enabling a company...
study 2010 and Forrester Research study 2009
| Vendor | Gartner: Horizontal Portals 2010 | Gartner: Social Software 2010 | Gartner: Enterprise Content Management 2010 | Gartner: Unified Communications 2010 | Forrester Wave: Collaboration Platforms 2009 |
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| Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
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| IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
, leader | , leader | , leader | Challenger | , leader |
| OpenText | Challenger | Challenger | , leader | Strong performer | |
| Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems... |
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| SAP AG SAP AG SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software... |
, leader | Niche | Niche | ||
| Liferay | , leader | Niche | |||
| Avaya Avaya Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States... |
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| Cisco Cisco Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore... |
, leader | Contender | |||
| Jive Software Jive Software Jive Software is a software company in the social business software industry based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2001, Jive maintains additional offices in Portland, OR, Boulder, CO, Frankfurt, Germany, Tel Aviv, Israel, and London, UK.-Products:... |
, leader | Strong performer | |||
| Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services... |
Challenger | ||||
| Atlassian Atlassian Atlassian is a software company based in Sydney, Australia which makes business enterprise software, targeted at software developers. On 1 September 2010, the World Economic Forum announced the company as a Technology Pioneer for 2011.- Products :... |
Challenger | Strong performer | |||
| Hyland Software Hyland Software Hyland Software Inc. is the developer of the enterprise content management software suite called OnBase. Various applications of the suite are used by different industries, with the primary areas being healthcare, financial institutions, insurance, government, higher education and manufacturing... |
Challenger | ||||
| NEC NEC , a Japanese multinational IT company, has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government.... |
Challenger | ||||
| RedHat JBoss JBoss (company) JBoss is a division of Red Hat, Inc.. It specializes in open-source middleware software.The company profits from a service-based business model. JBoss employ a Professional Open Source business model where the core developers of projects make a living and offer their services... |
Challenger | ||||
| Alfresco Alfresco (software) Alfresco is a Free/Libre enterprise content management system for Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems. Alfresco comes in two flavours. Alfresco Community Edition is free software, LGPL licensed open source and open standards. Alfresco Enterprise Edition is commercially & proprietary... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Autonomy Corporation Autonomy Corporation Autonomy is a multinational enterprise software company with joint headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and San Francisco, USA and a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard. The company uses a combination of technologies born out of research at the University of Cambridge... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Covisint Covisint -History:Covisint was established in 2000 by a consortium of organizations General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler. In , Compuware Corporation acquired Covisint... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Day Software Day Software Day Software was an enterprise content management software company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts. Day Software was founded in 1993 in Basel, Switzerland.... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Drupal Drupal Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Huddle Huddle (software) Huddle is a web-based team collaboration and project management application developed in the UK.Huddle is privately held and funded by Eden Ventures and Matrix Partners.-Features:... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Interactive Intelligence | Visionarist | ||||
| Mitel Mitel Mitel Networks, is a high-tech company providing unified communications solutions for business. The company previously produced TDM PBX systems and applications but after a change in ownership in 2001 now focuses almost entirely on Voice-over-IP products.Mitel is headquartered in Ottawa,... |
Visionarist | ||||
| NewsGator | Visionarist | ||||
| Siemens Siemens Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Socialtext Socialtext Socialtext Incorporated is a company based in Palo Alto, California that produces enterprise social software, comprising an integrated suite of web-based social software applications including microblogging, user profile, directories, groups, personal dashboards using OpenSocial widgets, and shared... |
Visionarist | Strong performer | |||
| SpringCM Springcm SpringCM is an enterprise content management company that provides cloud document management and workflow solutions for businesses and other organizations... |
Visionarist | ||||
| SuccessFactors SuccessFactors SuccessFactors is an American-based company headquartered in San Mateo, California, with regional headquarters in London , Munich , Paris , Hong Kong and Tokyo . Other major offices are in Brisbane, Beijing, Jakarta, Manila, Bangalore and Boston... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Telligent | Visionarist | ||||
| Tibco Software Tibco Software TIBCO Software Inc. is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. TIBCO manages information, decisions, processes and applications in real-time for over 4,000 customers worldwide... |
Visionarist | ||||
| Novell Novell Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise... |
Niche | Strong performer | |||
| Traction Software Traction Software Traction Software, Inc. is a software company headquartered in Providence, RI, with an international presence in Tokyo via its partner Applied Knowledge Japan Co, Ltd. It is the creator of the widely used Traction TeamPage Enterprise 2.0 social software platform which participates in the... |
Niche | Strong performer | |||
| MindTouch MindTouch MindTouch, Inc., an open-source software-development company based in San Diego, California, USA, started in January, 2005 with offices in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Bellevue, Washington. It merged all its offices in San Diego in February 2007.-History:... |
Strong performer | ||||
| Vendor | Gartner: Horizontal Portals 2010 | Gartner: Social Software 2010 | Gartner: Enterprise Content Management 2010 | Gartner: Unified Communications 2010 | Forrester Wave: Collaboration Platforms 2009 |
General Information
| Name | Creator | Latest stable release | Stable release date | First public release date | Database backend | Licencing (OpenSource, Free, Open API, Proprietary) | Software product available | SaaS available |
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| Adobe LiveCycle Adobe LiveCycle Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite is a SOA Java EE-based server software product from Adobe Systems Incorporated used to build applications that automate a broad range of business processes for enterprises and government agencies... |
Adobe Adobe Adobe is a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material , which the builders shape into bricks using frames and dry in the sun. Adobe buildings are similar to cob and mudbrick buildings. Adobe structures are extremely durable, and account for... |
9 | Filesystem | Proprietary | ||||
| Alfresco Alfresco (software) Alfresco is a Free/Libre enterprise content management system for Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems. Alfresco comes in two flavours. Alfresco Community Edition is free software, LGPL licensed open source and open standards. Alfresco Enterprise Edition is commercially & proprietary... |
Alfresco Software Alfresco (software) Alfresco is a Free/Libre enterprise content management system for Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems. Alfresco comes in two flavours. Alfresco Community Edition is free software, LGPL licensed open source and open standards. Alfresco Enterprise Edition is commercially & proprietary... |
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| BizWiki CustomerVision BizWiki CustomerVision BizWiki was a wiki application, geared to medium- and large-sized businesses, that existed from around 2006 to 2008. It was developed and sold by CustomerVision, a company founded by Cindy Rockwell, Brian Keairns and Cliff Monlux.... |
CustomerVision CustomerVision BizWiki CustomerVision BizWiki was a wiki application, geared to medium- and large-sized businesses, that existed from around 2006 to 2008. It was developed and sold by CustomerVision, a company founded by Cindy Rockwell, Brian Keairns and Cliff Monlux.... |
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| Clearspace Clearspace Jive Engage is a commercial Java EE-based Enterprise 2.0 collaboration and knowledge management tool produced by Jive Software... (Jive SBS) |
Jive Software Jive Software Jive Software is a software company in the social business software industry based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2001, Jive maintains additional offices in Portland, OR, Boulder, CO, Frankfurt, Germany, Tel Aviv, Israel, and London, UK.-Products:... |
4.5 | Oracle, MS SQL, DB2, mySQL, Postgres | |||||
| Confluence Confluence Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems... |
Atlassian Atlassian Atlassian is a software company based in Sydney, Australia which makes business enterprise software, targeted at software developers. On 1 September 2010, the World Economic Forum announced the company as a Technology Pioneer for 2011.- Products :... |
3.4 | Proprietary | |||||
| Documentum Documentum Documentum is an enterprise content management platform, now delivered by EMC Corporation, as well as the name of the software company that originally developed the technology. EMC acquired Documentum for $1.7 billion in December, 2003... |
EMC EMC Corporation EMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his... |
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| Drupal Drupal Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and... |
Drupal Drupal Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and... |
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| GroveSite GroveSite GroveSite is a privately held online collaboration software company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company offers secure online workspaces, sometimes called hosted wikis, to small and medium-sized businesses, and to larger enterprises who need to collaborate securely outside the IT firewall... |
GroveSite GroveSite GroveSite is a privately held online collaboration software company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company offers secure online workspaces, sometimes called hosted wikis, to small and medium-sized businesses, and to larger enterprises who need to collaborate securely outside the IT firewall... |
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| Google Docs | Google Google Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program... |
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| Huddle Huddle (software) Huddle is a web-based team collaboration and project management application developed in the UK.Huddle is privately held and funded by Eden Ventures and Matrix Partners.-Features:... |
Huddle Huddle (software) Huddle is a web-based team collaboration and project management application developed in the UK.Huddle is privately held and funded by Eden Ventures and Matrix Partners.-Features:... |
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| IBM Connections IBM Lotus Connections IBM Connections is a proprietary Web 2.0 social software application developed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. The goal of Lotus Connections is to empower companies to be more innovative and help them execute more quickly by using dynamic networks of co-workers, partners and customers... Suite |
IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
3.0 | IBM DB2 IBM DB2 The IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is a relational model database server developed by IBM. It primarily runs on Unix , Linux, IBM i , z/OS and Windows servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse editions... |
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| IBM Lotus Domino IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an... |
IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
8.5.2 | Proprietary | |||||
| IBM Lotus Mashups Lotus Mashups Lotus Mashups is a Business Mashups editor developed and distributed by IBM as part of the IBM Mashup Center system. Lotus Mashups is intended for use in professional environments, such as corporations and governments.-Interface:... |
IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
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| IBM Lotus Notes | IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
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| IBM Quickr IBM Lotus Quickr IBM Lotus Quickr is social team collaboration software, used by teams of people to share content. Lotus Quickr works inside and outside firewalls.Lotus Quickr can be described as three things:... |
IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
8.5 | IBM Lotus Domino IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an... , IBM DB2 IBM DB2 The IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is a relational model database server developed by IBM. It primarily runs on Unix , Linux, IBM i , z/OS and Windows servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse editions... |
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| IBM Sametime IBM Lotus Sametime IBM Sametime is a client–server application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. Those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities... |
IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... |
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| Kolab Kolab Kolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic... |
The Kolab Kolab Kolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic... -Project and Kolab Kolab Kolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic... Systems AG |
2.2.4 | File/mail-based | |||||
| Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products... |
Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
2010 | Exchange DB | |||||
| Windows Live Windows Live Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require... |
Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
2011 | Cloud | |||||
| Live Meeting | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
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| Microsoft Lync Server | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
2010 | SQL Server or SQL EE | |||||
| Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of... |
Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
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| Microsoft Project Server | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
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| Microsoft SharePoint Foundation | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
2010 | SQL Server or SQL EE | Free, Open API | ||||
| Microsoft SharePoint Server | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
2010 | SQL Server or SQL EE | Proprietary, Open API | ||||
| Microsoft SharePoint Workspace | Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
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| Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server is a Microsoft product offering source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking, and is intended for collaborative software development projects... |
Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... |
2010 | SQL Server or SQL EE | |||||
| MovableType | Six Apart Six Apart Six Apart Ltd., sometimes abbreviated 6A, is a software company known for creating the Movable Type blogware, TypePad blog hosting service, and Vox. The company also is the former owner of LiveJournal. Six Apart is headquartered in Tokyo and is planning to open a new, U.S.-based office in New York... |
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| Nefsis Nefsis Nefsis CorporationType of Business Entity Private CompanyIndustryVideoconferencing, Web ConferencingFounded1998HeadquartersSan Diego, CA, USAKey peopleAllen Drennan, Founder, CTOSteven Peltier, CEOArea ServedWorldwideWebsite... |
Nefsis Nefsis Nefsis CorporationType of Business Entity Private CompanyIndustryVideoconferencing, Web ConferencingFounded1998HeadquartersSan Diego, CA, USAKey peopleAllen Drennan, Founder, CTOSteven Peltier, CEOArea ServedWorldwideWebsite... |
3.72 | Cloud | |||||
| NewsGator | NewsGator | |||||||
| Novell GroupWise Novell GroupWise GroupWise is a messaging and collaborative software platform from Novell that supports email, calendaring, personal information management, instant messaging, and document management. The platform consists of the client software, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and the server... |
Novell Novell Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise... |
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| Oracle Beehive Oracle Beehive Oracle Beehive is collaboration platform software developed by Oracle Corporation that combines email, team collaboration, instant messaging, and conferencing in a single solution... |
Oracle Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems... |
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| Oracle WebCenter Oracle WebCenter Owned by Oracle, Oracle WebCenter is a product built on top of the JSF based Oracle Application Development Framework. It contains a set of components for building rich web applications, portals, and team collaboration/social sites... |
Oracle Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems... |
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| Ramius Ramius Corporation Ramius Corporation is a company incorporated in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a developer of online community and social networking systems for virtual collaboration and knowledge sharing.Its flagship product is a collaboration software called CommunityZero... |
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| Saba Centra | Saba Software Saba Software Saba enables organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization’s most mission-critical assets – its people... |
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| SAP NetWeaver Portal | SAP SAP AG SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software... |
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| Teaming | Novell Novell Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise... |
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| Socialtext Socialtext Socialtext Incorporated is a company based in Palo Alto, California that produces enterprise social software, comprising an integrated suite of web-based social software applications including microblogging, user profile, directories, groups, personal dashboards using OpenSocial widgets, and shared... |
Socialtext Socialtext Socialtext Incorporated is a company based in Palo Alto, California that produces enterprise social software, comprising an integrated suite of web-based social software applications including microblogging, user profile, directories, groups, personal dashboards using OpenSocial widgets, and shared... |
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| SpringCM Springcm SpringCM is an enterprise content management company that provides cloud document management and workflow solutions for businesses and other organizations... |
SpringCM Springcm SpringCM is an enterprise content management company that provides cloud document management and workflow solutions for businesses and other organizations... |
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| SuccessFactors SuccessFactors SuccessFactors is an American-based company headquartered in San Mateo, California, with regional headquarters in London , Munich , Paris , Hong Kong and Tokyo . Other major offices are in Brisbane, Beijing, Jakarta, Manila, Bangalore and Boston... |
SuccessFactors SuccessFactors SuccessFactors is an American-based company headquartered in San Mateo, California, with regional headquarters in London , Munich , Paris , Hong Kong and Tokyo . Other major offices are in Brisbane, Beijing, Jakarta, Manila, Bangalore and Boston... |
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| TeamWox | MetaQuotes Software Corp. MetaQuotes Software MetaQuotes Software Corp is a software company that produces online trading platform MetaTrader 4 more commonly known as MT4. It specializing in the development of software for financial markets and is registered in Cyprus but founded and primarily based in Russia. Its main product MT4 is used by... |
1.0 | Firebird Firebird (database server) Firebird is an open source SQL relational database management system that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix. The database forked from Borland's open source edition of InterBase in 2000, but since Firebird 1.5 the code has been largely rewritten .... |
Free, Proprietary | ||||
| Telligent | Telligent Systems Telligent Systems Telligent Systems, more commonly referred to as Telligent, is an enterprise collaboration and community software company. Founded in 2004, Telligent's U.S... |
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| Traction TeamPage Traction TeamPage Traction TeamPage is a proprietary enterprise 2.0 social software product developed by Traction Software Inc of Providence Rhode Island.TeamPage is one of the first products in the enterprise blog and wiki market, with Traction release 1.0 shipped in 1999.... |
Traction Software Traction Software Traction Software, Inc. is a software company headquartered in Providence, RI, with an international presence in Tokyo via its partner Applied Knowledge Japan Co, Ltd. It is the creator of the widely used Traction TeamPage Enterprise 2.0 social software platform which participates in the... |
5.2 | NoSQL Journal, Oracle | Proprietary | ||||
| Tibco | Tibco Software Tibco Software TIBCO Software Inc. is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. TIBCO manages information, decisions, processes and applications in real-time for over 4,000 customers worldwide... |
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| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | Tiki Software Community Association | 8.1 | November 2011 | October 2002 | MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... |
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| TrackerSuite.Net Tracker (business software) Tracker is a family of business software products, developed by Automation Centre. Each product includes applications for various business processes. While these products share a similar process framework, they differ in platform deployment.-Products:... |
Automation Centre Tracker (business software) Tracker is a family of business software products, developed by Automation Centre. Each product includes applications for various business processes. While these products share a similar process framework, they differ in platform deployment.-Products:... |
3.6 | SQL Server | |||||
| TWiki TWiki TWiki is a Perl-based structured wiki application, typically used to run a collaboration platform, knowledge or document management system, a knowledge base, or team portal... |
TWiki TWiki TWiki is a Perl-based structured wiki application, typically used to run a collaboration platform, knowledge or document management system, a knowledge base, or team portal... |
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| Vignette Collaboration Vignette (software) Vignette Corporation is a company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that offers a suite of content management, portal, collaboration, document management, and records management software. On May 6, 2009 Open Text Corporation announced they would buy Vignette for $310 million... |
Vignette Vignette (software) Vignette Corporation is a company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that offers a suite of content management, portal, collaboration, document management, and records management software. On May 6, 2009 Open Text Corporation announced they would buy Vignette for $310 million... |
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Comparison of unified communicationsUnified communicationsUnified communications is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging , presence information, telephony , video conferencing, data sharing , call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified...
features
| Name | E-Mail Server | Faxing | Instant messaging Instant messaging Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet... |
Telephony Telephony In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other.... |
Videoconferencing Videoconferencing Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously... |
Web conferencing Web conferencing Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. Most vendors also provide either a recorded copy of an event, or a means for a subscriber to record an event. The service allows information to be shared simultaneously, across geographically... |
Data conferencing Data conferencing Data conferencing refers to a communication session among two or more participants sharing computer data in real time. Interaction and presentation devices such as a screen, keyboard, mouse, camera, etc. can be shared or be able to control each other computer... |
Application sharing Application sharing Application sharing is an element of remote access, falling under the collaborative software umbrella, that enables two or more users to access a shared application or document from their respective computers simultaneously in real time... |
Electronic meeting system Electronic meeting system An electronic meeting system is a type of computer software that facilitates creative problem solving and decision-making of groups within or across organizations. The term was coined by Jay Nunamaker et al. in 1991. The term is synonymous with Group Support Systems and essentially synonymous... |
Synchronous conferencing Synchronous conferencing Synchronous conferencing is the formal term used in science, in particular in computer-mediated communication, collaboration and learning, to describe online chat technologies. It has arisen at a time when the term chat had a negative connotation... |
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| IBM Sametime IBM Lotus Sametime IBM Sametime is a client–server application and middleware platform that provides real-time, unified communications and collaboration for enterprises. Those capabilities include presence information, enterprise instant messaging, web conferencing, community collaboration, and telephony capabilities... |
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| IBM Lotus Domino IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an... |
with integrated Sametime | with integrated Sametime | with integrated Sametime | with integrated Sametime | with integrated Sametime | with integrated Sametime | ||||
| Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products... |
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| Microsoft Office Live Communications Server Microsoft Office Live Communications Server Microsoft Lync Server is an enterprise real-time communications server, providing the infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, file transfer, peer-to-peer and multiparty voice and video calling, ad hoc and structured conferences and, through a 3rd party gateway or SIP trunk, PSTN... |
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| Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide... |
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| Name | E-Mail Server | Faxing | Instant messaging Instant messaging Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet... |
Telephony Telephony In telecommunications, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other.... |
Videoconferencing Videoconferencing Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously... |
Web conferencing Web conferencing Web conferencing refers to a service that allows conferencing events to be shared with remote locations. Most vendors also provide either a recorded copy of an event, or a means for a subscriber to record an event. The service allows information to be shared simultaneously, across geographically... |
Data conferencing Data conferencing Data conferencing refers to a communication session among two or more participants sharing computer data in real time. Interaction and presentation devices such as a screen, keyboard, mouse, camera, etc. can be shared or be able to control each other computer... |
Application sharing Application sharing Application sharing is an element of remote access, falling under the collaborative software umbrella, that enables two or more users to access a shared application or document from their respective computers simultaneously in real time... |
Electronic meeting system Electronic meeting system An electronic meeting system is a type of computer software that facilitates creative problem solving and decision-making of groups within or across organizations. The term was coined by Jay Nunamaker et al. in 1991. The term is synonymous with Group Support Systems and essentially synonymous... |
Synchronous conferencing Synchronous conferencing Synchronous conferencing is the formal term used in science, in particular in computer-mediated communication, collaboration and learning, to describe online chat technologies. It has arisen at a time when the term chat had a negative connotation... |
Comparison of collaborative softwareCollaborative softwareCollaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...
features
| Name | Wikis | Web publishing | Calendaring software Calendaring software Calendaring software is software that minimally provides users with an electronic version of a calendar. Additionally, the software may provide an appointment book, address book, and/or contact list. These tools are an extension of many of the features provided by time management software such as... |
Project Management Project management Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value... |
Workflow system | Document Management | List Management | XML Forms Management and workflow | Discussion | Blogs | Surveys Statistical survey Survey methodology is the field that studies surveys, that is, the sample of individuals from a population with a view towards making statistical inferences about the population using the sample. Polls about public opinion, such as political beliefs, are reported in the news media in democracies.... |
Time Tracking | Business Intelligence Business intelligence Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes.... |
Charting | Bookmarking, Tagging, Rating and Comments | Social Software Social Software In philosophy and the social sciences, social software is an interdisciplinary research program that borrowsmathematical tools and techniques from game theory and computer science in order to analyze and design social procedures... |
Enterprise search Enterprise search Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.-Enterprise search summary:... |
Office suite Office suite In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers... |
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| Google Apps Google Apps Google Apps is a service from Google providing independently customizable versions of several Google products under a custom domain name. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including: Gmail, Google Groups, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and... |
, Sites Google Sites Google Sites is a structured wiki- and web page-creation tool offered by Google as part of the Google Apps Productivity suite.- History :Google Sites started out as JotSpot, the name and sole product of a software company that offered enterprise social software. It was targeted mainly at... |
, Sites Google Sites Google Sites is a structured wiki- and web page-creation tool offered by Google as part of the Google Apps Productivity suite.- History :Google Sites started out as JotSpot, the name and sole product of a software company that offered enterprise social software. It was targeted mainly at... |
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| IBM Connections IBM Lotus Connections IBM Connections is a proprietary Web 2.0 social software application developed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. The goal of Lotus Connections is to empower companies to be more innovative and help them execute more quickly by using dynamic networks of co-workers, partners and customers... |
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| IBM Lotus Domino IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an... |
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| IBM Quickr IBM Lotus Quickr IBM Lotus Quickr is social team collaboration software, used by teams of people to share content. Lotus Quickr works inside and outside firewalls.Lotus Quickr can be described as three things:... |
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| Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products... |
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| Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of... |
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| Microsoft Sharepoint Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide... |
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| Microsoft Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server Team Foundation Server is a Microsoft product offering source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking, and is intended for collaborative software development projects... |
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| Traction TeamPage Traction TeamPage Traction TeamPage is a proprietary enterprise 2.0 social software product developed by Traction Software Inc of Providence Rhode Island.TeamPage is one of the first products in the enterprise blog and wiki market, with Traction release 1.0 shipped in 1999.... |
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| Name | Wikis | Web publishing | Calendaring software Calendaring software Calendaring software is software that minimally provides users with an electronic version of a calendar. Additionally, the software may provide an appointment book, address book, and/or contact list. These tools are an extension of many of the features provided by time management software such as... |
Project Management Project management Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value... |
Workflow system | Document Management | List Management | XML Forms Management and workflow | Discussion | Blogs | Surveys Statistical survey Survey methodology is the field that studies surveys, that is, the sample of individuals from a population with a view towards making statistical inferences about the population using the sample. Polls about public opinion, such as political beliefs, are reported in the news media in democracies.... |
Time Tracking | Business Intelligence Business intelligence Business intelligence mainly refers to computer-based techniques used in identifying, extracting, and analyzing business data, such as sales revenue by products and/or departments, or by associated costs and incomes.... |
Charting | Bookmarking, Tagging, Rating and Comments | Social Software Social Software In philosophy and the social sciences, social software is an interdisciplinary research program that borrowsmathematical tools and techniques from game theory and computer science in order to analyze and design social procedures... |
Enterprise search Enterprise search Enterprise search is the practice of making content from multiple enterprise-type sources, such as databases and intranets, searchable to a defined audience.-Enterprise search summary:... |
Office suite Office suite In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers... |
Comparison of targets
| Name | Public Public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individuals, and the public is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science,... |
Intranet Intranet An intranet is a computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization. The term is used in contrast to internet, a network between organizations, and instead refers to a network... |
Extranet Extranet An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes. An extranet can be viewed as an extension of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company, usually partners, vendors, and suppliers... |
Personal Sites | Team Sites | Developer Software developer A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management... |
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| IBM Connections IBM Lotus Connections IBM Connections is a proprietary Web 2.0 social software application developed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. The goal of Lotus Connections is to empower companies to be more innovative and help them execute more quickly by using dynamic networks of co-workers, partners and customers... |
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| IBM Lotus Domino IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and a custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. It can be used as an... |
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| IBM Lotus QuickPlace IBM Lotus QuickPlace IBM Lotus QuickPlace is a proprietary Web-based collaborative software application distributed by the Lotus Software division of IBM. Lotus QuickPlace is a self-service Web tool that provides non-technical professionals the ability to easily create a browser-accessible workspace to support a task,... |
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| Name | Public Public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individuals, and the public is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science,... |
Intranet Intranet An intranet is a computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization. The term is used in contrast to internet, a network between organizations, and instead refers to a network... |
Extranet Extranet An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside, for specific business or educational purposes. An extranet can be viewed as an extension of a company's intranet that is extended to users outside the company, usually partners, vendors, and suppliers... |
Personal Sites | Team Sites | Developer Software developer A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management... |
Standard client–server software
- Access GridAccess GridAccess Grid is a collection of resources and technologies that enables large format audio and video based collaboration between groups of people in different locations. The Access Grid is an ensemble of resources, including multimedia large-format displays, presentation and interactive...
, for audio and video based collaboration - Citadel/UXCitadel/UXCitadel/UX is a collaboration suite that is descended from the Citadel family of programs which became popular in the 1980s and 1990s as a bulletin board system platform. It is designed to run on open source operating systems such as Linux or BSD...
, with support for native groupware clients (KontactKontactKMail supports folders, filtering, viewing HTML mail, and international character sets. It can handle IMAP, IMAP IDLE, dIMAP, POP3, and local mailboxes for incoming mail. It can send mail via SMTP or sendmail...
, Novell EvolutionNovell EvolutionEvolution or Novell Evolution is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions. It has been an official part of GNOME since version 2.8 in September 2004...
, Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
) and web interface - CoFFEECoFFEECoFFEE is an open source software for computer supported collaborative learning in a digital classroom. Unlike most CSCL envirmonments, CoFFEE is not designed for and indeed does not currently support distance learning, but is rather focused on facilitating group interaction within the...
, educational discussion support system, based on EclipseEclipse (software)Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment and an extensible plug-in system... - Cyn.inCyn.inCyn.in is an Open Source enterprise collaborative software built on top of Plone a content management system written in the Python programming language which is a layer above Zope. Cyn.in is developed by Cynapse a company founded by Apurva Roy Choudhury and Dhiraj Gupta which is based in India...
- eGroupWareEGroupWareEGroupware is free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists....
, with support for native groupware clients (KontactKontactKMail supports folders, filtering, viewing HTML mail, and international character sets. It can handle IMAP, IMAP IDLE, dIMAP, POP3, and local mailboxes for incoming mail. It can send mail via SMTP or sendmail...
, Novell EvolutionNovell EvolutionEvolution or Novell Evolution is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions. It has been an official part of GNOME since version 2.8 in September 2004...
, Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
) and web interface - Group-OfficeGroup-OfficeGroup-Office is a PHP based dual license commercial/open source groupware product developed by Dutch company Intermesh. The Open Source version, GroupOffice Community, is licensed under the AGPL, and is available via SourceForge...
- KolabKolabKolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic...
, various native PIMPersonal information managerA personal information manager is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. The acronym PIM is now, more commonly, used in reference to Personal information management as a field of study...
clients - LibreSourceLibreSourceLibreSource is a collaborative development platform for open-source software, groupware, community interaction, electronic archiving and Web publishing....
- OBM GroupwareOBM GroupwareOBM OBM is a groupware, under GPL v2 licence, which allows users to store, organize and share appointments, contacts, emails, links, documents and add-ons like project management / planning....
- OpenGroupware.orgOpenGroupware.orgSOGo is an Open Source collaborative software server with a focus on simplicity and scalability...
- phpGroupWarePhpGroupWarephpGroupWare, formerly known as webdistro, is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP and part of the DotGNU project. It provides about 50 web-based applications including a Calendar, Addressbook, an advanced Projects manager, Todo List, Email, and File manager.The calendar supports repeating...
- ScalixScalixScalix is an e-mail and groupware server that runs on Linux, licensed under the Scalix Public License .Scalix provides e-mail, group calendaring and other collaborative software, which are standard in groupware...
- SOGoSogoSogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...
, integrated email, calendaring with Apple iCal, Mozilla Thunderbird and native Outlook compatibility - SpicebirdSpicebirdSpicebird is a personal information manager based on Mozilla Thunderbird's code developed by an Indian company called . It is free and open source software....
, integrated email, calendaring and chat; Windows and Linux - ZarafaZarafa (software)Zarafa is the name of an European open source collaborative software, developed in Delft, the Netherlands. The company that develops Zarafa, previously known as Connectux, is also called Zarafa. The Zarafa groupware provides email storage on the server side and brings its own Ajax-based mail client...
- ZimbraZimbraZimbra Collaboration Suite is a groupware product created by Zimbra, Inc., located in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was purchased by Yahoo! in September 2007, and subsequently purchased by VMware on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The software consists of both client and server components...
Groupware: Web based software
- BricolageBricolage (software)Bricolage is a content management system written in the Perl programming language.Bricolage has been described as an Enterprise Class CMS, competitive in features and capability to high end, high cost proprietary products...
, content management system - CollabtiveCollabtiveCollabtive is a web-based project management software published as free software.It strives to provide an open source alternative to proprietary tools like Basecamp or ActiveCollab.-History:...
, web-based project management software - DimdimDimdimDimdim was a software company that provided a web-based platform for realtime, rich-media collaboration and meetings. Dimdim provided free web conferencing service where users could share desktops, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam. It has been compared to the WebEx 2.0...
, Web meetings - DotNetNukeDotNetNukeDotNetNuke is an open source web content management system based on Microsoft .NET technology.DotNetNuke was written in VB.NET, though the developer has shifted to C# since version 6.0. It is distributed under both a Community Edition BSD-style license and commercial proprietary licenses as the...
, also called DNN: module based, evolved from ASP 1.0 demo applications - eGroupWareEGroupWareEGroupware is free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists....
, a free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises - EtherPadEtherPadEtherpad is a web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document, and see all of the participants' edits in real-time, with the ability to display each author's text in their own color...
, collaborative drafting with chat - Feng Office Community Edition
- Group-OfficeGroup-OfficeGroup-Office is a PHP based dual license commercial/open source groupware product developed by Dutch company Intermesh. The Open Source version, GroupOffice Community, is licensed under the AGPL, and is available via SourceForge...
- HordeHorde (software)Horde is a PHP-based Web application framework.It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package , a wiki and a time and task tracking software.-Horde Email Platform:...
- Jumper 2.0Jumper 2.0Jumper 2.0, is an open source web application script for collaborative search and knowledge management powered by a shared enterprise bookmarking engine that is a fork of KnowledgebasePublisher[]. It was publicly announced on 29 September 2008,...
, collaborative search engine and knowledge management platform - KolabKolabKolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic...
, integrated HordeHorde (software)Horde is a PHP-based Web application framework.It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package , a wiki and a time and task tracking software.-Horde Email Platform:...
web frontend - Ourproject.orgOurproject.orgOurProject.org is a web-based collaborative free content repository. It acts as a central location for the construction and maintenance of social/cultural/artistic projects, providing web space and tools, and focusing in free knowledge. It claims to extend the ideas and methodology of free...
, has wiki, forums, mailing lists, FTP, SSH, subdomains, hosting, ddbb, email alias, backups, CVS/SVN, task management - phpGroupWarePhpGroupWarephpGroupWare, formerly known as webdistro, is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP and part of the DotGNU project. It provides about 50 web-based applications including a Calendar, Addressbook, an advanced Projects manager, Todo List, Email, and File manager.The calendar supports repeating...
- PragmatiksPragmatiks- Pragmatiks :Pragmatiks is a SaaS platform developed by Trignos Inc. . Pragmatiks provides an extensible platform that allows users to create custom web application by integrating multiple modules in a drag and drop editor, called Spacelet™ Builder...
, web-based SaaS platform - Simple GroupwareSimple GroupwareSimple Groupware is a groupware package written in PHP. It uses the MySQL database . It contains a calendar system, an email client, an inventory system, and a number of other features. Simple Groupware is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.The software contains about 30,000 lines of...
- SOGoSogoSogo Co., Ltd. is a department store chain that operates an extensive network of branches in Japan. It once owned stores in locations as diverse as Beijing in China, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Taipei in Taiwan, Jakarta, Medan, Bandung & Surabaya in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Singapore,...
, integrated email, calendaring with Apple iCal, Mozilla Thunderbird and native Outlook compatibility - Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, has wiki, forums, calendar, ticket system, workflow engine
- Tine 2.0Tine 2.0Tine 2.0 is an open source business software package covering the software categories groupware and Customer Relationship Management , released under the terms of the agpl license....
- TonidoTonidoTonido is a home server NAS software. Once installed on a computer, Tonido software makes that computer's files available remotely through the browser from the WAN. No port forwarding is required, as data is transmitted through Tonido's servers. Users can switch to not using Tonido's servers by...
, free collaborative software with workspace synchronizing, Web access from personal desktop; cross-platform - ZarafaZarafa (software)Zarafa is the name of an European open source collaborative software, developed in Delft, the Netherlands. The company that develops Zarafa, previously known as Connectux, is also called Zarafa. The Zarafa groupware provides email storage on the server side and brings its own Ajax-based mail client...
, full MAPI MS Exchange replacement for Linux, GPL - ZimbraZimbraZimbra Collaboration Suite is a groupware product created by Zimbra, Inc., located in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was purchased by Yahoo! in September 2007, and subsequently purchased by VMware on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The software consists of both client and server components...
Other
- AlfrescoAlfresco (software)Alfresco is a Free/Libre enterprise content management system for Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems. Alfresco comes in two flavours. Alfresco Community Edition is free software, LGPL licensed open source and open standards. Alfresco Enterprise Edition is commercially & proprietary...
, enterprise content management system: document management, workflow, and portal - Drupal FrameworkDrupalDrupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...
, open source content management framework: document management, web pages, attachments, forums, photos, social profiles, collaboration tools - eXo PlatformEXo PlatformeXo Platform is an open source, open standard, Enterprise-scale portal, content management system and WebOS for Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems. The eXo Platform project started in 2003 as an implementation of the first portlet API . eXo Platform is developed using Java technology...
, suite for enterprise content management (DMS, WCM, workflow) and collaboration (mail, instant messaging, shared calendars, address books) - KnowledgeTreeKnowledgeTreeKnowledgeTree, Inc. is a provider of online document management software based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company also has an office in Cape Town, South Africa. The company's product, also called KnowledgeTree, makes use of the cloud computing platform from Amazon EC2...
, document management system: document management, workflow, portal - Liferay Enterprise Portal, open source enterprise portal: document management, wiki, social tools, workflow
- LogicalDOCLogicalDOCLogicalDOC is an Free/Libre document management system that is designed to handle and share documents within an organization.LogicalDOC is a content repository, with Lucene indexing, jBPM workflow, and a set of automatic import procedures....
, document management system: document management, workflow - MySource Matrix, enterprise Web content management system from SquizSquizSquiz is an open source software services company, founded in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1998. The company produces the enterprise content management system , Squiz Matrix .-Business model:...
- Nuxeo EPNuxeoNuxeo delivers an open source document management application built with a complete, modular and extensible open source platform for enterprise content management. Other packaged applications built with the platform provide solutions for digital asset management and case management...
, enterprise content management system: document management, workflow - OpenKMOpenKMOpenKM is an Free/Libre document management system that provides a web interface for managing arbitrary files. OpenKM includes a content repository, Lucene indexing, and jBPM workflow...
, open source document management system: document management - ResourceSpaceResourceSpaceResourceSpace is an open source Digital Asset Management system originally developed for Oxfam. It has been released under a BSD-style license. It requires PHP, MySQL, and the GD Graphics Library, and works with most web server software such as Apache....
, digital asset management - ScoopScoop (software)Scoop is a content management system originally developed by Rusty Foster. Scoop's focus is on collaborative publishing, and its feature set is geared toward encouraging user contributions and participation. Scoop is written in Perl and runs via mod_perl on Apache web servers with a MySQL database...
Web-based software
- AssemblaAssemblaAssembla is a collaborative project management service for open-source and commercial software. The service rents development applications to other companies online, reducing the cost of software development.-History:...
, online workspaces for distributed team; project management and collaboration tools, bug and issue tracking, wikis, real-time team room - BinfireBinfireBinfire is a privately held web-based collaboration and project management software company. The company's focus is providing Software as a service collaboration tools to small and medium-sized businesses working with remote teams.-History:...
, has Project collaboration, project management, content management and web 2.0 social media elements for distributed teams - CeloxisCeloxisCeloxis is a web-based project management software company based in India. Celoxis application combines management of projects, resources, issues, documents, time sheets, expenses, and collaboration to form one integrated application. Celoxis is available as SaaS and on-premise...
, web-based project collaboration and management software. - CodeBeamerCodeBeamer (software)codeBeamer is a web based Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management tool for distributed software development, written in Java. It is developed and marketed by Intland Software. Its license is proprietary, but free versions and free hosting options are available...
, has project management, wiki, document management, issue tracking, version control management - Central DesktopCentral DesktopCentral Desktop, Inc. is a privately held collaboration software company that is headquartered in Pasadena, California. The company's primary focus is providing a Software-as-a-Service collaboration tool to small and medium-sized businesses. The company and its products are most often compared to...
, has project management, wiki, file upload, review and approve, calendar, document management - dotProjectDotProjectdotProject is a web-based, multi-user, multi-language Project Management application. It is open-source software, free for any use and is maintained by an open community of volunteer programmers.-Structures and Features:...
- DeskAwayDeskAwayDeskAway is a Software as a Service application for team-based project management and collaboration developed by Synage Software Pvt. Ltd. located in Mumbai, India...
, has project and task management, milestone, issues, wiki-style document management, task lists, file sharing, internal blogs, calendar, contacts, messaging, personal email reminders and reports - eGroupWareEGroupWareEGroupware is free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists....
- Feng Office Community Edition
- Fle3Fle3Fle3 is a Web-based learning environment or virtual learning environment. More precisely Fle3 is server software for computer supported collaborative learning ....
- GroveSiteGroveSiteGroveSite is a privately held online collaboration software company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company offers secure online workspaces, sometimes called hosted wikis, to small and medium-sized businesses, and to larger enterprises who need to collaborate securely outside the IT firewall...
, online collaboration, project and document management; online relational database - HordeHorde (software)Horde is a PHP-based Web application framework.It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package , a wiki and a time and task tracking software.-Horde Email Platform:...
- MavenlinkMavenlinkMavenlink is a cloud-based team collaboration and project management application, sometimes referred to as a Professional services automation software, developed in the United States. The company's SaaS platform enables professional services providers and their clients to efficiently manage their...
, web-based project collaboration and management, integrates with Google Apps - MindquarryMindquarryMindquarry is an open source collaborative software geared towards small and medium-sized workgroups. Mindquarry attempts to strike a balance between features and ease-of-use. The application offers four tightly integrated modules: Teams, Files, Wiki, and Tasks.Mindquarry consists of two...
, has document synchronizing, wiki, task management - phpGroupWarePhpGroupWarephpGroupWare, formerly known as webdistro, is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP and part of the DotGNU project. It provides about 50 web-based applications including a Calendar, Addressbook, an advanced Projects manager, Todo List, Email, and File manager.The calendar supports repeating...
, has a project collaboration module - Plone, content management
- PragmatiksPragmatiks- Pragmatiks :Pragmatiks is a SaaS platform developed by Trignos Inc. . Pragmatiks provides an extensible platform that allows users to create custom web application by integrating multiple modules in a drag and drop editor, called Spacelet™ Builder...
, web-based SaaS platform - project.netProject.netProject.net is an open source, enterprise scale project management application for Microsoft Windows and Unix operating systems. Project.net is commercial open source. Support and training are available from Project.net Inc. of Bedford, Massachusetts....
- Projectplace, full suite of collaborative project tools
- RedmineRedmineRedmine is a free and open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. It includes calendar and Gantt charts to aid visual representation of projects and their deadlines. It supports multiple projects...
, for software projects includes issue tracking, wiki, basic file and document management with hooks to major version control systems: SVN, Git, etc. - Saba SoftwareSaba SoftwareSaba enables organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization’s most mission-critical assets – its people...
, Saba Social is enterprise social networking and collaboration software - Simple GroupwareSimple GroupwareSimple Groupware is a groupware package written in PHP. It uses the MySQL database . It contains a calendar system, an email client, an inventory system, and a number of other features. Simple Groupware is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.The software contains about 30,000 lines of...
- TracTracTrac is an open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. The program is inspired by CVSTrac, and was originally named svntrac due to its ability to interface with Subversion. It is developed and maintained by Edgewall Software....
, has wiki, document management, ticket system and version control system - TeamLabTeamLabTeamLab is an open-source platform for project management and business collaboration developed by Ascensio System, a Latvian-based vendor of open source solutions. TeamLab is written in ASP.NET and licensed under GNU GPLv3 license...
, has forums, blogs, bookmarks, photos, wiki, issue tracking, task management, instant messaging, mobile version - web2projectWeb2projectweb2project is a web-based, multi-user, multi-language Project Management application. It is an open-source software and free for any uses and is maintained by an open community of volunteer programmers.-Structures and Features:...
, a dotproject fork with active current development and some innovations: subprojects, etc. - WiserEarthWiserEarthWiserEarth.org is a user-generated online community space for the social and environmental movement , tracking the work of non-profits around the world...
, social network and database that include an open-source Groupware
Other
- Croquet projectCroquet ProjectThe Croquet Project was an international effort to promote the continued development of the Croquet open source software development kit for creating and delivering deeply collaborative multi-user online applications....
, collaborative virtual environment - Open Wonderland, open source Java toolkit to make collaborative 3D virtual worlds
- Wiki engines: see List of wiki software
- Realtime editors: see Collaborative real-time editor
Comparison
| Name | Mail transfer agent | Mail storage type | IMAP server | IMAP shared | Calendar format | Calendar shared | IM server | WebDAV | Web UI | Contacts shared | Files shared | Web admin UI | Antivirus | Spam filter | Notes |
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| Axigen AXIGEN Axigen, marketed as AXIGEN, is a mail server with groupware and collaboration functionalities. It supports SMTP/ESMTP, IMAP, POP3 and webmail services, and has an integrated mailing list server... |
Mobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync ActiveSync ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,... , Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... GUI, multiplatform, Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... connector with online/offline modes |
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| Bynari Bynari Insight Family of products is a collaboration suite of products that consists of open source components and proprietary development, by Bynari, that runs on Linux.... |
Mobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync ActiveSync ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,... , Ajax webapp, Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... connector |
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| Citadel/UX Citadel/UX Citadel/UX is a collaboration suite that is descended from the Citadel family of programs which became popular in the 1980s and 1990s as a bulletin board system platform. It is designed to run on open source operating systems such as Linux or BSD... |
Custom | Berkeley DB Berkeley DB Berkeley DB is a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data. Berkeley DB is a programmatic software library written in C with API bindings for C++, PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and most other programming languages... |
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| Collaber Collaber Collaber is a collaboration software built on Eclipse Software RCP. Collaber Features include File sharing, Task management, Shared Calendar, Group Discussion. It contains Tools like Address Book, Backup Tool, Calendar, Chat, Discussion, Database, File Tool, Tasks, Notepad, Picture, Polls, Shared... |
Client–server architecture; for Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... , Mac OS X Mac OS X Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems... , Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... |
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| Expresso Livre Expresso Livre The Expresso Livre is a collaborative software that gathers functions of electronic mail, calendar, contacts center, workflow and messenger developed by Celepar starting from the German tool Egroupware version 1.0.007. The basics provided modules are:... |
Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
IMAP server dependent | Cyrus Cyrus IMAP server The Cyrus IMAP server differs from other IMAP server implementations in that it is generally intended to be run on sealed servers, where normal users cannot log in. The mail spool uses a filesystem layout and format similar to the Maildir format used by other popular email servers such as qmail,... or any IMAP server |
on Linux- any external | Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... GUI, integrates with: mobile devices (Z-Push, Funambol), any IMAP client |
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| Group-Office Group-Office Group-Office is a PHP based dual license commercial/open source groupware product developed by Dutch company Intermesh. The Open Source version, GroupOffice Community, is licensed under the AGPL, and is available via SourceForge... |
Custom Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
IMAP server dependent | Synchronizes with: Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... , iPhone IPhone The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007... , Android, Symbian Symbian Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user... , Palm OS Palm OS Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management... , Pocket PC Pocket PC A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system... , other SyncML SyncML SyncML is the former name for a platform-independent information synchronization standard. The project is currently referred to as Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management... or ActiveSync ActiveSync ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,... clients |
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| Horde Horde (software) Horde is a PHP-based Web application framework.It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package , a wiki and a time and task tracking software.-Horde Email Platform:... |
Sendmail Sendmail Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet.... , SMTP |
Cyrus Cyrus IMAP server The Cyrus IMAP server differs from other IMAP server implementations in that it is generally intended to be run on sealed servers, where normal users cannot log in. The mail spool uses a filesystem layout and format similar to the Maildir format used by other popular email servers such as qmail,... , others |
integrates into Kolab Kolab Kolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic... , has SyncML SyncML SyncML is the former name for a platform-independent information synchronization standard. The project is currently referred to as Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management... -interface |
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| i-sense I-sense i-sense is a web based groupware solution mainly targeting small and medium-sized business. i-sense is designed as a modular platform product including solution packages for Customer relationship management and Enterprise resource planning .... |
Sendmail Sendmail Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet.... , SMTP |
Any IMAP server | Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... GUI and Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... integration |
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| Jumper 2.0 Jumper 2.0 Jumper 2.0, is an open source web application script for collaborative search and knowledge management powered by a shared enterprise bookmarking engine that is a fork of KnowledgebasePublisher[]. It was publicly announced on 29 September 2008,... |
Enterprise bookmarking Enterprise bookmarking Enterprise bookmarking is a method for Enterprise 2.0 users to tag, organize, store, and search bookmarks of both web pages on the Internet and data resources stored in a distributed database or fileserver... engine, uses peer and social network Social network A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social... ing principles to tag and link distributed data resources for universal search regardless of vendor, format, or location |
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| Kolab Kolab Kolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic... |
Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
Runs on almost all Unix/Linux; integrated Horde Horde (software) Horde is a PHP-based Web application framework.It offers applications such as the Horde IMP email client, a groupware package , a wiki and a time and task tracking software.-Horde Email Platform:... webfrontend, SyncML SyncML SyncML is the former name for a platform-independent information synchronization standard. The project is currently referred to as Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management... and ActiveSync ActiveSync ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,... (via internal Z-Push Z-push Z-Push is an open source implementation of the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol which is used to synchronize email, personal contacts and other items between a central server and a mobile device... ), and serves most common PIM-clients such as Kontact Kontact KMail supports folders, filtering, viewing HTML mail, and international character sets. It can handle IMAP, IMAP IDLE, dIMAP, POP3, and local mailboxes for incoming mail. It can send mail via SMTP or sendmail... , Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... (with connector plug-in) and others. |
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| Open Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Server is an open source project sponsored by Open-Xchange, Inc., developing collaboration software; i.e. email, calendaring, address book, etc. Product offerings based on Open-Xchange Server are marketed under the brand of Open-Xchange Server and various other names, e.g. 1&1... - Xchange Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Server is an open source project sponsored by Open-Xchange, Inc., developing collaboration software; i.e. email, calendaring, address book, etc. Product offerings based on Open-Xchange Server are marketed under the brand of Open-Xchange Server and various other names, e.g. 1&1... |
Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
IMAP server dependent | Cyrus Cyrus IMAP server The Cyrus IMAP server differs from other IMAP server implementations in that it is generally intended to be run on sealed servers, where normal users cannot log in. The mail spool uses a filesystem layout and format similar to the Maildir format used by other popular email servers such as qmail,... or any IMAP server |
Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... GUI, Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... integration, tasks module |
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| Feng Office Community Edition | Sendmail Sendmail Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet.... , SMTP |
Database Database A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information... or File system File system A file system is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store, retrieve and update data, as well as manage the available space on the device which contain it. A file system organizes data in an efficient manner and is tuned to the... |
Any IMAP server | Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... GUI Gui Gui or guee is a generic term to refer to grilled dishes in Korean cuisine. These most commonly have meat or fish as their primary ingredient, but may in some cases also comprise grilled vegetables or other vegetarian ingredients. The term derives from the verb, "gupda" in Korean, which literally... ; runs on any operating system Operating system An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system... with Apache Apache HTTP Server The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache , is web server software notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009 it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone... , PHP PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document... and MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... , e.g., Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... , Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... , Mac OS Mac OS Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface... ); commercial support via Feng Office Feng Office Feng Office is a Software Development Company known for developing Feng Office Collaboration Platform and associated services:* Feng Sky is Feng Office on Demand provided as SaaS* Feng Onsite is Feng Office platform installed in External Servers... |
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| OpenGroupware | Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
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| PhpGroupWare PhpGroupWare phpGroupWare, formerly known as webdistro, is a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP and part of the DotGNU project. It provides about 50 web-based applications including a Calendar, Addressbook, an advanced Projects manager, Todo List, Email, and File manager.The calendar supports repeating... |
Quite similar to eGroupWare EGroupWare EGroupware is free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists.... |
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| Qontext Qontext Qontext is a venture of Pramati Technologies, and operates out of its offices in Mountain View, California and Hyderabad, India. The company is a global provider of on-demand social networking software for small to large multi-national companies and for ISVs seeking to add social features to their... |
Collaboration via wiki Wiki A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include... , blog Blog A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in... , discussion, microblogging Microblogging Microblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregate file size... , quiz, surveys, shared bookmarks, and integrating with browser based tools like Salesforce.com Salesforce.com Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site... |
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| Simple Groupware Simple Groupware Simple Groupware is a groupware package written in PHP. It uses the MySQL database . It contains a calendar system, an email client, an inventory system, and a number of other features. Simple Groupware is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.The software contains about 30,000 lines of... |
SMTP | IMAP server dependent, Database Database A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information... |
Synchronizes with: Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... , Symbian Symbian Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user... , Pocket PC Pocket PC A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system... , mail notifications, document preview |
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| Synovel Collabsuite Synovel Collabsuite Synovel Collabsuite is an open source Linux mail server with calendaring and chat features . The server also includes anti-spam, antivirus, email archival.User can access the features through Desktop client, Web or Mobile phone.- Features :... |
Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
Maildir | Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... based server with web administration panel; client software for Windows Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... and Linux Linux Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds... ; rich Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... -based web access |
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| taskmind (SaaS) | Free (taskmind Free), runs on all browsers; standalone clients for Windows, Mac OS X, iPad, iPhone | ||||||||||||||
| Teamwork (software) Teamwork (software) Teamwork is a web-based wide scoped project and groupware management tool developed by Open Lab, an Italian software house founded in 2001. It won the 17th Jolt Productivity Award in 2007 in the project management category.... |
relies on existing SMTP | synchronizes with clients | Synchronizes with: Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... , Google calendars, mail; full project management module |
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| Tonido Workspace Tonido Tonido is a home server NAS software. Once installed on a computer, Tonido software makes that computer's files available remotely through the browser from the WAN. No port forwarding is required, as data is transmitted through Tonido's servers. Users can switch to not using Tonido's servers by... |
Free, for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux; built-in web server allows P2P synchronizing similar to Microsoft Groove and usual guest workspace access via Ajax based WebUI | ||||||||||||||
| Tine 2.0 Tine 2.0 Tine 2.0 is an open source business software package covering the software categories groupware and Customer Relationship Management , released under the terms of the agpl license.... |
Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... or any other SMTP Server |
SQL SQL SQL is a programming language designed for managing data in relational database management systems .... |
DBMail or other IMAP-server | Uses external IMAP server; synchronizes with: Symbian Symbian Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user... , Palm OS Palm OS Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management... , Pocket PC Pocket PC A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system... , other ActiveSync ActiveSync ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,... clients |
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| Zarafa Zarafa (software) Zarafa is the name of an European open source collaborative software, developed in Delft, the Netherlands. The company that develops Zarafa, previously known as Connectux, is also called Zarafa. The Zarafa groupware provides email storage on the server side and brings its own Ajax-based mail client... |
Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... , Exim Exim Exim is a mail transfer agent used on Unix-like operating systems. Exim is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, and it aims to be a general and flexible mailer with extensive facilities for checking incoming e-mail.... , Qmail Qmail qmail is a mail transfer agent that runs on Unix. It was written, starting December 1995, by Daniel J. Bernstein as a more secure replacement for the popular Sendmail program... , Sendmail Sendmail Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet.... , others |
MySQL MySQL MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My... , optional attachments on filesystem |
Ajax Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... WebAccess, online and offline Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... compatibility, fully ActiveSync ActiveSync ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,... compatible using Z-Push Z-push Z-Push is an open source implementation of the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol which is used to synchronize email, personal contacts and other items between a central server and a mobile device... (Symbian Symbian Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user... , Pocket PC Pocket PC A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system... , iPhone IPhone The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007... (firmware 2.X), Nokia Nokia Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki... (mail4Exchange)), integrates with AD Active Directory Active Directory is a directory service created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems. Server computers on which Active Directory is running are called domain controllers.... and LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network... , own serverside integration framework Z-Merge |
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| Zimbra Zimbra Zimbra Collaboration Suite is a groupware product created by Zimbra, Inc., located in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was purchased by Yahoo! in September 2007, and subsequently purchased by VMware on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The software consists of both client and server components... |
Custom Postfix Postfix (software) In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA.... |
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See also
- Comparison of wiki softwareComparison of wiki softwareThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of wiki software packages.-General information:-Target audience:-Features 1:-Features 2:-Installation:-See also:* List of wiki software* List of wikis* Wiki farm...
- List of wiki software
- List of wiki farms
- Comparison of project management software
- Collaborative editorCollaborative editorA collaborative editor is a form of collaborative software application that allows several people to edit a computer file using different computers. There are two types of collaborative editing: real-time and non-real-time...