Sendmail, Inc. Announces Sendmail Calendar Server
Apr 15th, 15:57 UTC
Sendmail Expands Email Offering to Include Scheduling and Calendaring Capabilities
Emeryville, Calif. - April 15, 2002 - Sendmail, Inc. a leading provider of
email solutions, today announced the release of the Sendmail Calendar Server
designed to provide enterprises and service providers with cost-effective,
advanced calendaring and scheduling technologies built to grow with an
organization's business. With the addition of the Sendmail Calendar Server,
the company now offers its customers a carrier-class, user-centric web and
wireless solution that provides the freedom to access and manage personal
calendars and group schedules from anywhere at anytime. Available
immediately, this new offering extends Sendmail, Inc.'s product portfolio
and provides the company with the opportunity to take advantage of the
growing collaborative application market.
"Enterprises need more than just e-mail -- they are demanding access to
advanced calendaring and scheduling functions anytime, from any device,"
said Joyce Graff, vice president/research director, Gartner. "In order for
calendar services to be effective they must seamlessly integrate with
existing systems and scale to accommodate the increasingly mobile
workforce."
The Sendmail Calendar Server is an advanced calendaring and scheduling
solution that provides web and wireless access and enables organizations of
all sizes to provide personal and group scheduling to its users. The
Sendmail Calendar Server is designed to increase productivity by effectively
coordinating and managing time with an individual or group while providing
the highest levels of security and scalability.
"Calendaring and scheduling are the most widely used collaborative functions
next to email," said Wiley Hodges, Director of Groupware Business at
Sendmail, Inc. "Adding these functions to our product line is a natural
progression for Sendmail, Inc. given our already established leadership in
the email market."
Engineered using industry standards, the Sendmail Calendar Server enables
powerful customization, integration and extensibility allowing organizations
to easily integrate with other collaborative applications or create custom
applications for specific business needs. In addition to standard Internet
protocols, the Sendmail Calendar Server also supports the XML, LDAP and SMS
standards. It features:
- Wireless access to real-time appointments, tasks and contacts via
WAP and i-mode
- Synchronization of appointments, tasks and contacts with a variety
of desktop and handheld personal information managers
- Conflict resolution by viewing other users' free/busy time to
resolve date conflicts, updating information instantaneously to maintain
appointments even in the largest of organizations
Pricing and Availability
As part of Sendmail's Integrated Mail Suite, Sendmail Calendar Server is
available immediately and offered with competitive per-user pricing.
(Submitted by Brian Proffitt of INT Media Group)
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