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Kolab 3 released
[ https://kolabsys.com/news/kolab-3-now-available-freedom-a... ] Kolab 3 Now Available: Freedom and Collaboration in the Cloud The new major version of the Kolab Groupware Solution has been released today. Version 3 of the proven groupware solution includes many benefits for users who are looking for an intuitive and effective way of collaborating through the cloud, wherever they may be. The users of the hundreds of thousands of Roundcube installations will feel right at home in Kolab, because they have effectively been enjoying a sneak preview of the new Kolab Web Frontend, which has driven much of the Roundcube releases in the past years. But Roundcube is only one of the Open Source technologies that Kolab Systems has helped advance as part of their ongoing development effort to provide a trustworthy groupware experience that truly deserves being called open. Bring Your Own Device complements the web client: There is now full support for mobile productivity on the iPhone, iPad, Android or any of the other modern mobile platforms. Access to all is available on the road wherever you are even if you did not bring your laptop. The award winning architecture of Kolab has been improved further and taken to the next level: Private Cloud, Corporate Cloud, Public Cloud or just plain Enterprise Server? Kolab can do it all, with or without additional middleware. All functional components can be scaled separately based on current requirements. This way Kolab is highly resource effective and elastic, with flexible reactions scaling up and down that so far have not met their limit: The dream of every ISP or large corporation. High-availability as well as disaster recovery is also easily implemented with Kolab technology, including support from Kolab Systems. Professional users will love the new web administration front-end. Extremely powerful and fully extensible it is making use of the new server configuration API. This API allows configuration through any kind of administrative infrastructure and provides unlimited integration options. This makes Kolab particularly useful for ISPs who want to provide the Kolab experience to their customers. “Kolab has been breaking new ground from day one. With version 3 we have built further upon the principles of always incorporating the best technologies and pushing them further, becoming part of the overall drive to excellence in this new, open world of software freedom,” says Georg Greve, Kolab Systems CEO. “If you are looking for a groupware solution you can trust with your data, hosted under your control, with all the benefits of the cloud, but none of the dangers, we would be happy to provide you with the professional services such a scenario requires.” If you are interested in how far Kolab has come and how it started, please check out the article “Revamping the first open source groupware” [1] at Red Hat's OpenSource.com Community Service. For more in-depth information on the release of Kolab 3, head over to the community website [2]. [1] http://opensource.com/government/12/12/open-source-groupware [2] http://kolab.org/news/2012/12/17/final-version-kolab-3.0-... About Kolab Systems Kolab Systems AG is an Open Source Independent Software Vendor (ISV) developing, maintaining, supporting and providing a wide range of services around the Kolab Groupware Solution. Fully committed to Open Source / Free Software and Open Standards, it is the global competency leader and custodian for a process open to community participation. The results of that process reach our customers as a quality assured solution that brings all the benefits of true Open Source. Part of a company group that excels in security and cross platform solutions, Kolab Systems is prepared to provide you with the level of mission critical data integrity you deserve. Learn more about Kolab Systems at http://kolabsys.com To automatically receive announcements and updates from Kolab Systems, please subscribe to our media release mailing list: https://lists.kolabsys.com/mailman/listinfo/press Contact: Torsten Grote Email: <grote -- AT -- kolabsys.com> _______________________________________________ Press mailing list Press@lists.kolabsys.com https://lists.kolabsys.com/mailman/listinfo/press (Log in to post comments)
Also see: Taking Control of the Cloud and Escaping the Monopoly with Kolab 3 Posted Jan 15, 2013 14:30 UTC (Tue) by greve (subscriber, #8385) [Link]
Also see: Taking Control of the Cloud and Escaping the Monopoly with Kolab 3 Posted Jan 16, 2013 9:35 UTC (Wed) by rvfh (subscriber, #31018) [Link]
This blog gives no answers.
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 15, 2013 21:33 UTC (Tue) by Del- (guest, #72641) [Link]
Thanks for a fantastic release! I will have to test the new Debian packaging soon too, really looking forward to spending time fiddling with kolab set-up again :-) The roundcube web-interface looks very nice, a substantial step forward. I warmly encourage everybody with an interest for groupware servers to give kolab a spin, it is one of the master pieces of free software, and it has been a safe vessel for my mails for several years.
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 16, 2013 0:05 UTC (Wed) by xxiao (subscriber, #9631) [Link]
sort of like a thunderbird online version? how does it compare to redmine?
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 16, 2013 3:22 UTC (Wed) by markatto (subscriber, #70420) [Link]
I believe that this is closer to exchange or zimbra than either of those.
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 16, 2013 7:12 UTC (Wed) by Del- (guest, #72641) [Link]
It is a drop-in replacement of Exchange, i.e., a groupware server. On the client side Kontact has been a steady companion for many years, but you will also find Thunderbird plugin and commercial Outlook plugins. There has been various experiences with the plugins, but I am not sure what the current status is. Kontact support is excellent, and always has been.
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 16, 2013 7:41 UTC (Wed) by Lukehasnoname (subscriber, #65152) [Link]
Well, It's like Exchange (server-side) with an equivalent of Outlook Web Access, right? I think that's what the parent is getting at: A web-based email/calendar client along with the server stack, all nice and tidy.
Which is awesome. I will play with this in the weekend.
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 16, 2013 12:19 UTC (Wed) by TRS-80 (subscriber, #1804) [Link] You might also be interested in SOGo, which does webmail, calendar (web and CalDAV) and contacts (web and CardDAV). Interestingly it's also descended from a groupware suite (OpenGroupware.org), but is more focused on those three things. It can also act as an Exchange server for Outlook in the latest version.
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 16, 2013 17:08 UTC (Wed) by Del- (guest, #72641) [Link]
> Well, It's like Exchange (server-side) with an equivalent of Outlook Web Access, right?
Yes, as I wrote in my first post it has a web-interface. Contrary to owa, this web-interface actually follow wed standards and has full functionality across browsers. However, I wanted to point out that just like with Exchange you have a full groupware server, with a full featured client with the name of Kontact. The web hasn't really taken over yet, very few prefer owa over outlook. Kolab supports both imap and pop3 for mail, it is for calender, scheduling and contacts you need Kontact or plugins (no carddav or caldav yet I believe). Read more about client options here:
Indeed, awesome it is :)
Kolab 3 released Posted Jan 17, 2013 21:05 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]
Is anyone else having trouble installing this on Ubuntu, since the package repo listed in the HTML docs (http://mirror.kolabsys.com/pub/ubuntu/kolab-3.0/) doesn't seem to actually exist, for Lucid, Precise, or any other release?
Seriously Disappointed Posted Jan 22, 2013 21:43 UTC (Tue) by daglwn (subscriber, #65432) [Link]
I was really excited to finally have an integrated groupware suite that would work with Kontact.
Until I found out it *requires* postfix.
On Debian, exim is standard and I have spent many hours tuning an exim config so it works just right for me (greylisting, spamassassin, etc.). I do not want to throw away all of that and learn a new MTA.
The mailing list archives for Kolab are depressing. There is zero interest in working with anyone who asks about exim support.
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