To publish a document on the Internet, a user simply creates a document with any application, stores the document in a GroupWise library, and makes this document available to the GroupWise WebPublisher account. GroupWise 5.5 also includes GroupWise WebPublisher, which makes Internet-based publishing and collaboration easy. This capability enables users to remain productive during network failures or at remote locations. With document echoing, users can have their most recently used or created files automatically copied to their local hard drive.
GroupWise 5.5 also includes a new document-management capability called document echoing. Full-text indexing is also available for users' e-mail messages, task lists, and calendars, making it easy to find any information fast. As a result, users can search for a specific file and for additional files that contain relevant information. Because GroupWise 5.5 uses full-text indexing, users can base search criteria on any text contained within a document as well as on standard document properties such as filename or creation date. With GroupWise 5.5, users can easily locate any file in the system. These users can enable document-management services for a particular application, create and save their document, and then disable document-management services. This added flexibility will also appeal to users who want to use document-management services only occasionally.
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This capability will be especially appealing to users who have never used document-management services and want to experiment with these services before taking full advantage of them. Users can enable or disable document-management services on a per-application basis.
GroupWise 5.5 gives users increased flexibility to determine when and how they will use document-management services. The document-management services in GroupWise 5.5 include document check-in and check-out, document sharing, concurrency control, version control, and archiving. Users can publish documents to coworkers and collaborate with team members. GroupWise 5.5 also provides granular security, making it easy to control who can edit, view, or check out documents. With the document-management services in GroupWise 5.5, users can keep track of the most current version of a document and determine who is working on the document. For example, without document-management services, users can share documents by making them available in shared folders or by e-mailing revisions back and forth. GroupWise 5.5 also eliminates the hassles often associated with sharing documents. Unlike its competition, GroupWise 5.5 does not require customized programming or excessive system administration to enable document-management services.
This article describes the major enhancements in GroupWise 5.5 and outlines its installation and management options.
In addition, GroupWise 5.5 includes many enhancements such as improved document-management services, native IP addressing, a new calendar interface, improved mobile communication, and the addition of GroupWise WebPublisher. Users can access their universal mailbox from a network workstation, remote client, or web browser. GroupWise 5.5 sports the familiar GroupWise user interface, making veteran users feel right at home when accessing their e-mail, calendar, task lists, and documents through their universal mailbox. GroupWise 5.5 also includes Novell's popular scheduling software, which allows users to publish their schedule and to view other users' schedules when setting up meetings. Like its predecessors, GroupWise 5.5 makes light work of sending, receiving, managing, and tracking e-mail messages. Not only will Novell's latest groupware offering appeal to the more than 16 million existing GroupWise users, but it will probably turn the heads of users in competing camps. With the release of GroupWise 5.5, Novell reaffirms its commitment to be a serious contender in the competitive groupware market.