Novell released version 8 of GroupWise, its email and calendaring platform, and added a plethora of new capabilities.

“Novell today announced the availability of GroupWise 8, the most flexible, cross-platform e-mail and calendaring solution on the market. With the broadest support for Windows, Linux, Mac and the Web, GroupWise 8 gives customers a complete personal productivity solution at a lower total cost of ownership compared with Microsoft. This release boosts personal productivity with a customizable dashboard that allows users to interact with traditional tools such as e-mail, calendar, contacts and task lists as well as leverage popular Web 2.0-enabled team workspaces, blogs, RSS feeds and applications. Novell GroupWise 8 is a comprehensive productivity solution that brings information to the forefront, helping users to stay focused and enabling organizations to remain competitive in today’s around-the-clock, global business climate.“

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