Close
  • Latest News
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Applications
    • Applications

    Kubi Continues E-mail Collaboration Quest

    By
    Matthew Hicks
    -
    October 15, 2003
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Kubi Software Inc. on Tuesday launched a new version of its software for adding collaboration workspaces to enterprise e-mail clients, as well as a new server product.

      Kubi, of Lincoln, Mass., provides collaboration software that runs within Microsoft Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes. It creates project workspaces, which its calls “Kubi Spaces,” where participants can share documents and manage tasks that appear within the e-mail clients.

      With the new Kubi Client 1.1, Kubi added greater customization of the home view of its collaborative workspaces, better integration with the calendars in Outlook and Notes, and more flexibility in who can lead a project space.

      The increased calendar integration, for example, allows users to view an aggregated view of regular Outlook or Notes appointments along with events from their Kubi workspaces, said Nina McIntyre, vice president of marketing at Kubi. The latest version also allows a leader of a workspace to transfer leadership or add additional leaders.

      “Were just leveraging everything you already know about e-mail,” McIntyre said. “Kubi is an important solution to the pain of trying to collaborate in e-mail.”

      Along with the client software upgrade, Kubi announced the availability of Kubi Server, first detailed in June. With the server product, enterprises can centrally manage Kubi Spaces. It provides storage, synchronization and replication of workspaces and can run on existing or dedicated Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino servers.

      To date, Kubi has run only in a client mode, where collaborators connect peer-to-peer and data is replicated across machines, McIntyre said. Enterprises can choose whether to deploy Kubi in the client mode or with the server product.

      “A number of organizations dont want local storage and individual users machines,” McIntyre said.

      With the server product, enterprises can now offer Web-based access to Kubi workspaces leveraging Exchange or Domino, something not available in the client-only mode.

      Kubi Client 1.1 requires Windows XP, 2000 or 98 SE and is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2002 or 2000 as well as Lotus Notes 6.01 and higher and Lotus Notes 5.0.6a and higher. Pricing for the client software starts at $5,000 for as many as 25 users.

      Kubi Server requires Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and either Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or IBM Lotus Domino (6.01 and higher or 5.06a and higher). For the server product, pricing begins at $5,000 for 100 users and requires separate Kubi Client licenses.

      Kubi Client also is available for a 30-day trial when someone outside an organization is invited to participate in a project workspace. Those guests can use the full functionality during the trial, but afterwards they are limited to the specific workspace to which they were invited unless they purchase a full license, Kubi officials said.

      Discuss this in the eWEEK forum.

      Matthew Hicks
      As an online reporter for eWEEK.com, Matt Hicks covers the fast-changing developments in Internet technologies. His coverage includes the growing field of Web conferencing software and services. With eight years as a business and technology journalist, Matt has gained insight into the market strategies of IT vendors as well as the needs of enterprise IT managers. He joined Ziff Davis in 1999 as a staff writer for the former Strategies section of eWEEK, where he wrote in-depth features about corporate strategies for e-business and enterprise software. In 2002, he moved to the News department at the magazine as a senior writer specializing in coverage of database software and enterprise networking. Later that year Matt started a yearlong fellowship in Washington, DC, after being awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship for Journalist. As a fellow, he spent nine months working on policy issues, including technology policy, in for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He rejoined Ziff Davis in August 2003 as a reporter dedicated to online coverage for eWEEK.com. Along with Web conferencing, he follows search engines, Web browsers, speech technology and the Internet domain-naming system.
      Get the Free Newsletter!
      Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for top news, trends & analysis
      This email address is invalid.
      Get the Free Newsletter!
      Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for top news, trends & analysis
      This email address is invalid.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Latest News

      Zeus Kerravala on Networking: Multicloud, 5G, and...

      James Maguire - December 16, 2022 0
      I spoke with Zeus Kerravala, industry analyst at ZK Research, about the rapid changes in enterprise networking, as tech advances and digital transformation prompt...
      Read more
      Applications

      Datadog President Amit Agarwal on Trends in...

      James Maguire - November 11, 2022 0
      I spoke with Amit Agarwal, President of Datadog, about infrastructure observability, from current trends to key challenges to the future of this rapidly growing...
      Read more
      IT Management

      Intuit’s Nhung Ho on AI for the...

      James Maguire - May 13, 2022 0
      I spoke with Nhung Ho, Vice President of AI at Intuit, about adoption of AI in the small and medium-sized business market, and how...
      Read more
      Applications

      Kyndryl’s Nicolas Sekkaki on Handling AI and...

      James Maguire - November 9, 2022 0
      I spoke with Nicolas Sekkaki, Group Practice Leader for Applications, Data and AI at Kyndryl, about how companies can boost both their AI and...
      Read more
      Cloud

      IGEL CEO Jed Ayres on Edge and...

      James Maguire - June 14, 2022 0
      I spoke with Jed Ayres, CEO of IGEL, about the endpoint sector, and an open source OS for the cloud; we also spoke about...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2022 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×