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Architosh Staff (info@architosh.com)
18 Jun 2002
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Calmeno: True Contender to MS Exchange with Mac Support
As many organizations know all too well, Microsoft can be very unfriendly to Macintosh and UNIX clients (and forget about Linux) with its large business systems software, such as the ubiquitous MS Exchange. Enter Calmeno.
Calmeno, from Weblicon Technologies AG, of Berlin, Germany, has brought to market a true contender for Exchange.
What Does Calmeno Do?
Calmeno, [is] a complete Messaging and Personal Information Management (PIM) system for Small to Medium Enterprises. Calmeno is the first PIM with full mobile access and over-the-air synchronization for PDAs and SyncML-enabled mobile phones.
Calmeno features wireless access to corporate Email, calendar, contacts and tasks anytime, anywhere and from any device. Contrary to feature-overloaded competitors, Calmeno provides an extremely easy-to-use interface tailored to small organizations. In contrast to Microsoft Exchange, Calmeno is based entirely on open industry standards such as IMAP, LDAP and SyncML, runs on industry-strength UNIX operating systems and supports Windows, Macintosh and Linux clients.
"Calmeno is the first PIM system which is platform independent, truly based on open standards and has full integration with mobile devices and wireless synchronization." -- Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO and Founder, Weblicon Technologies AG
Users can use a simple browser to access their Email, calendar, address book and to-do list. Best of all, they can send SMS messages to contacts in the address book or activate SMS reminders for appointments. The advanced Java client runs on multiple platforms and supports drag & drop like a traditional desktop application. Calmeno has mobile access built-in from the start - for example, users can access their Email on the road using any WAP enabled mobile phone. For more information visit them on the Web.
Architosh Analysis: Calmeno is one of a growing number of new software communication technologies which aim to dismantle the "headlock" MS Exchange has on the corporate market. In contrast to MS Exchange, Calmeno is easy to setup and immune to the widespread viruses targeted at Microsoft Outlook. Additionally, Calmeno is based on open-industry standards and is aimed at superior support of heterogeneous platform environments. Thus, it is an ideal candidate for enterprises of all sizes looking to provide flexible futures to a wide range of mobile devices and client-side operating systems. Furthermore, Weblicon Technologies can provide customized solutions of the Calmeno environment as it has done with some of its largest European customers like KPN Mobile (see here).
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