Today's highlights: Poco Barca; BlackBerry knitting; Worldwide Partners chooses WorkZone; Groove Networks and CASAHL; Winfessor SoapBox Server 2004;
- Poco Systems released Barca, a Windows-based email and PIM software client. Key features: calendar, notes, diary, tasks, today screen, shortcuts, and the email engine from PocoMail, its original email client. Barca is intended as a replacement for Microsoft Outlook. Product Features eMediaWire
- RIM is planning to 'stick to its knitting' with the BlackBerry, and not add a plethora of other features to its mobile email device. Customers want "best of breed devices", in the view of its co-CEO. The Globe and Mail
- New customer for the WorkZone collaboration tool from Trichys: Worldwide Partners, a marketing communications professional services company with 5000 staff in 56 countries. "In our extensive review of web-based collaboration services, the design of WorkZone specifically for agencies made it an excellent resource. Ease of use was the critical factor in our choice. WorkZone provides an intuitive interface that requires little training, a critical factor that helps serve the various languages and business cultures at the heart of our network." eMediaWire
- Groove Networks is partnering with CASAHL Technology to provide a bi-directional link between Groove Virtual Office 3, Groove's latest peer-to-peer collaboration software client release, and backend ERP and CRM applications. "A company could, for example, use the new connector software so that a new order placed in its Siebel CRM system will trigger a Groove workspace where authorized personnel could view relevant data about that customer." CRN
- Winfessor released the 2004 Standard Edition of its SoapBox Server, a .NET XMPP-based instant messaging server. Features: Active Directory and NT LAN Manager integration, Novell eDirectory integration, Sun ONE Directory Server integration, remote administration, reporting, policy management, and message archiving and auditing, among others. Available immediately. prnewswire.com
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