Enterprise Mail/Collaboration Requirements

Hi folks, Complements of our own Greg Shipley, Ron Anderson, and Lori MacVittie, I've compiled a short list of requirements and products our editors have considered for their own lab and production networks. To find favor with our editors, an...

February 14, 2003

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Hi folks,

Complements of our own Greg Shipley, Ron Anderson, and Lori MacVittie, I've compiled a short list of requirements and products our editors have considered for their own lab and production networks.

To find favor with our editors, an enterprise collaboration tool must:

  • It must have a robust group calendar/scheduling solution

  • It must allow some users to use other e-mail systems

  • It must have the option of supporting web clients for calendaring,as not all of our staff runs Win32, and we have no plans on migrating non-Win32 users.

  • It must have a usable interface

  • It should not require MS IIS, as we've had enough security problems with IIS already.

  • It should have PDA sync abilities

  • It must be a product that wasn't coded poorly (back to the security problem). We'd prefer something that not only has security features, but something that was DESIGNED to be secure.

  • It should be cost-effective for small organizations

  • Not requiring Win32 as a hosting platform would be nice (Linux would be ideal)

  • It must not suck.


And here are some of the products our editors are considering or using


We'd like to hear from you. Given the above requirements, which messaging/collaboration solution would you recommend?

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