This page assists in identifying and finding appropriate groupware.
Groupware - Is software designed to support a group of colleague working on a shared task. Groupware is an evolving concept that is becoming more than simply allowing multiple access to the same data. Groupware allows more efficient, computer-supported, communication, collaboration, and coordination for people working together on a project.
Groupware
Cybozu Office 3 http://cybozu.com/ Vendor Name: Cybozu Description:Cybozu office 3 is web-based groupware aiming at satisfying your office collaboration needs over the Intranet. The office package is a group of software including Scheduler, WebMail, Address Book, Cabinet, Sync, Facilities Scheduler, Whereabouts, Bulletin Board, Project, ToDo List and Forum. Cybozu requires a TCP/IP connection and will work over any Local Area or Wide Area Network. Cybozu runs on the server and will work with either Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer. They seem to have everything covered with this package. It was recently updated and can be downloaded over the internet and costs as little as $40 per user. A free sixty day demo version is available here. There is also an on-line demo.
eBRM 2000 http://www.actiontech.com Vendor Name: Action Technologies Description: eBRM 2000 is a product that facilitates client relationship management that acts as a interaction method for service firms that desire to increase customer satisfaction and to better utilize their resources by managing all revenue generating activities in one web-based application. eBRM2000 can help companies manage several activities including the work people do in handling inquiries, pursuing opportunities, generating proposals, reviewing contracts and managing engagements. Some of the benefits of this system are that clients can view the engagement status, complete schedules for all resourses, reducing time spent checking status of resourses, and automated comparisons of planned versus actual. eBRM 2000 requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or above, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server or Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, and MS SQL Server 7.0 as a database.
Facilitate version 6.0 http://www.facilitate.com Vendor Name: Facilitate.com Description:This is a multi-platform application that turns an ordinary web browser into a virtual meeting via the Internet. Multiple meetings and discussions can take place at the same time with this system. This system is a structured environment for group discussion with it prioritzing ideas and solutions to the problem. Facilitate allows for members of a meeting to all be there despite being across the globe. Participants view and respond to contributions from the whole group while creating an environment with a dynamic interchange of information. A few helpful downloads are also available.
Intranet Publisher http://www.exoplex.com Vendor Name: Expolex Description:Allows the members of a workgroup to organize, publish and re-use the information they generate as a routine part of their daily activities. Files are organized in Topics that may be published to shared servers for review by other members of your workgroup. This system is best suited for use by small workgroups that already have access to a LAN (Local Area Network) and the traditional Internet browsers.
Network Manager (VNM) http://www.vocaltec.com Vendor Name: VocalTec Communications Description:VNM for Windows NT is an operations, administration, management, and provisioning workstation for server elements of the VocalTec Ensemble Architecture (VEA). VEA ia a standard based software platform for IP communications networks. The Graphical User Interface for the VNM allows network administrators to manage and monitor all the VEA netork elements. The servers can be monitored and configured remotely, provisioning and alerts are received in real time for new users.
OnLine, MeetingEvent, MeetingRoom http://www.groupsystems.com/ Vendor Name: Group Systems Description:GroupSystems.com offers collaborative services that help companies get more information and change faster. GroupSystems OnLine enables your organization, partners, customers and other stakeholders to work together anytime from anywhere. This system allows organizations to brainstorm, decide key issues, organize information, prioritize, gain a consenus consensus, and get ready for action. GroupSystems is better than dicussion groups because it keeps people on track and produces results. It is designed to structure proprietary and industry best practices and create and repeat patterns of team interaction. A demonstration is available through GroupSystems. After calling them, GroupSystems can set up purchase of the OnLine service for a one-time use. They host the service and allow companies to conduct an important planning or work session electronically. A company can simply trial before purchasing any GroupSystems service.
PortworkX http://www.radnet.com Vendor Name: Radnet, Incorporated Description:PortalworkX is a powerful tool that maximizes the performance of your business relationships. This product covers a wide range of content, communications, and core business processes from a few underlying systems. It provides each user with a customized personal webpage that helps them organize their priorities and alerts them of important information. PortalworkX creates and manages critical cross-organizational business processes. The product gives users permisson to create secure, personal sites for other people to use. It also provides a set of interfaces for integrating existing data, other commercial software products, custom developed code and legacy applications.
PowWow http://www.tribal.com Vendor Name: Tribal Voice Description:PowWow allows you to communicate over the Internet in an easier and more enjoyable fashion. It is a fully integrated instant messaging, interactive communications and online community solution that features the only instant voice messaging and integrated voice chat capabilities available. It also consists of group chat, instant messaging, buddy lists, and real-time person-to-person communication. PowWow users can also use a bulletin board system, perform Web tours, and share files. The highly scalable distributed community server architecture (DCS) of PowWow, enables users to create, host, and moderate their own online communities. You can download the free PowWow 4.0 and begin communicating over the Internet.
Standard Workflow 2.0 http://www.avabiz.com/ Vendor Name: Avalon Business Systems Description:Avalon provides many prepackaged programs that use Lotus Notes to maximize business proficiency in a groupware setting. One of those is Standard Workflow 2.0. Standard Workflow 2.0 constructs the workflow system using a Visio chart and an Excel spreadsheet and then transfers the information to a Notes view. Avalon Business Systems also does consulting work, and has an impressive list of references.
Team Center 3.0 http://inovie.com Vendor Name: Inovie Software Description:The team center is a real-time interactive platform supporting product and services teams connecting in from anywhere, anytime, throughout the web. This system enables any number of people to work simultaneously on the same screen. The team center provides some of the following: Team Collaboration, Document sharing, Time collection, and approval. The system runs either Netscape or Microsoft browser application, or as a networked desktop application installed on the users computers.
TrustedDoc http://trustedweb.com Vendor Name: Secure Solutions Experts Description:This is a new e-Business product for SSE. The product utilises leading digital signature technologies to produce trustworthy digitally signed documents for use in e-Business settings. This allows you to not only identify the signatory and the authentication of the data that was signed, but it's Trusted Timestamp feature identifies the time of the signing. The secure archive also ensures validation of the document many years after the signing of it.
Web-4M http://www.jdhtech.com Vendor Name: JDH Technologies Description: This product transforms traditional chat rooms into multimedia forums for collaboration that are integrated with mail, news, and web documents and a distributed file system. This system operates over the Internet or intranets featuring the latest in browser communication. Web-4M eliminates software distribution, and reduces administration.