conversations (further teamXchange) supports BlackBerry

VIPcom is the first provider to add BlackBerry support to its platform-independent conversations groupware solution.

Munich, February 05, 2009 – VIPcom, a leading developer of communications and group-ware solutions for Linux, Windows and Unix operating systems (www.vipcomag.de), has 
released BlackBerry Connector, an add-on for its Microsoft Exchange alternative 
conversations . 
With this extension, it is not only possible to benefit from mobile email ad-ministration, but also from mobile synchronization of appointments, contacts and notes. 
Both Outlook and e.g. the alternative easy-to-use conversations con:nect web front-end (www.wilken.de) automatically transfer appointments, contacts and tasks stored on the conversations server in the office to connected BlackBerrys. Appointments can be created and edited on the BlackBerrys themselves, including the ‘free & busy’ option to help to plan your time effectively and ensure that you never lose track of your schedule or your col-leagues. Contacts and tasks are always at hand while the MAPI implementation from conversations ensures permanent synchronization (push technology) and data consistency. 

The BlackBerry MAPI connector is an add-on for the BlackBerry Enterprise server and BlackBerry Professional to transport data between devices and the conversations server. 

The latter is linked to MAPI-compatible groupware clients such as Outlook, making mobile corporate communications possible - completely independent of wherever you are located. 

“BlackBerry support raises the appeal of our conversations groupware solution for all Outlook users wanting to move away from Microsoft Exchange,” says Klaus Frese, managing director of VIPcom. “For years now, our MAPI implementation of conversations and PAPAGENO uni-fied messaging product have proven the stability and reliability of our server platform. The BlackBerry Connector demonstrates this reliability in the mobile area too,” adds Wolfgang Socher, head of the company’s development division. 

conversations is the only Microsoft Exchange alternative for Linux, Unix and Windows featuring an almost complete implementation of the MAPI protocol. 

This means that Outlook actions are not translated by plug-ins into other protocols and forwarded to various alternative back-ends but are converted directly using push technology, ensuring not only raised stability and compatibility, but scalability as well. Well-documented program interfaces and a powerful Java interface give system and development partners an outstanding platform to connect their own applications to. This effort is underscored by the VIPcom’s significant contributions to the development of “OpenMapi” middleware (www.openmapi.org), and open-source plat-form-independent MAPI implementation aimed at connecting any number of clients and ap-plications to groupware solutions like conversations. The Ulm-based OSBL team at Wilken took the conversations Java interface as the basis for a powerful web client to effectively add functions to the conversations palette (for more information visit http://osbl.wilken.de/wiki/index.php/con:nect). 


conversations is available for all current Linux distributions and Windows and can be used at no cost in a five-user license for Linux. Licenses for Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, System z and System p are available on request. 
The BlackBerry Connector comes as part of the conversations Enterprise Version for ten users with an annual subscription price of 30 euros per user.

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