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Industry standards to which the product adheres. |
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Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
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Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
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Group Score:
60 out of 90
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
48 out of 90
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
48 out of 90
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
50 out of 90
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
44 out of 90
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
14 out of 90
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
40 out of 90
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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Support
for Standard Email Protocols |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
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12
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12
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Weighted
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16
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8
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Supported email systems: SMTP, MHS, Lotus Notes, Microsoft
Mail, and VINESmail. |
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SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, Message Disposition Notifications (read
receipts) Dynamic HTML and S/MIME are supported. |
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SMTP for mail notification, MIME. IMAP4 supported with
CorporateTime Outlook Connector product. |
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Notes: POP, IMAP, LDAP, NTTP, SMTP/MIME, X.509/SSL, S/MIME;
Domino: POP, IMAP, LDAP, NNTP, SMTP/MIME, X.509/SSL, S/MIME, IIOP,
COM. |
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MAPI and SMTP are supported. |
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SMTP is used for email event alert. |
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SMTP e-mail protocols are supported. |
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Integration
with LDAP |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
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12
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Yes, OnTime supports directory services from Windows NT
domain, NetWare Bindery, NetWare NDS, VINE Streettalk for NT, and
LDAP. |
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Yes, LDAP v3 is supported. |
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LDAP is supported through CorporateConnect for ISOCOR Global
Directory Server, CDS Global Directory Server, Netscape Directory
Server. |
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Yes, Notes supports LDAP v3 for directory lookups; Domino R5
supports LDAP for directory lookups and referrals. |
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Yes, AE SLAPD enables connection to a global LDAP directory
service for Meeting Maker v 5.5 and higher. |
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No. LDAP support is planned for 2nd Quarter 2000. |
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Supports LDAP and includes the LDAP Netscape Directory
Server. |
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ODBC
Support |
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Weighted
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0
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Weighted
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0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
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4
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No. |
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No. |
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No. |
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Yes, both directions; Notes can query other databases
through ODBC, and Notes data can be queried through
NotesSQL |
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No. |
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Supports standard JDBC drivers. |
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Berkeley database is bundled with the product. Users would
need custom API for ODBC calls to another database. |
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Calendaring
Standards |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
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16
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vCalendar and iCal. Also supports Vcal for Cut and paste
between products. In the desktop tool, simply click a button will
convert the appointment content to vCalendar format. In the web
client, user can cut and paste. |
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The product currently supports vCard, vCalendar and
iCalendar. |
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vCard, vCalendar and iCalendar are supported. CS&T is an
active member of the IETF's CALSCH Work Group and is co-authoring
emerging calendaring standards. |
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vCard available via web download; other calendar standards
planned for next release pending ratification by the IETF. |
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The product is vCalendar compliant. When the IETF reaches an
official agreement for the iCalendar standard, Meeting Maker Inc.
will adopt and incorporate all iCalendar standards and functionality
early on into the product. |
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None. |
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Supports standards such as iCalendar import/export, XML
import/export, iTIP/iMIP support for PUBLISH and CANCEL of events
and to-dos. Vendor states that next versions (iCS 5.x) will support
all of iTIP/iMIP for events and to-dos. |
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The
product's features that support World Wide Web functions. |
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Factor: Standard |
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Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
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Group Score:
42 out of 70
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
40 out of 70
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
42 out of 70
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
6 out of 70
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
42 out of 70
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
44 out of 70
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
18 out of 70
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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Thin
Client Capability |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
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12
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12
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Yes, other than the 32 bit client, OnTime also has a Web
Edition client that is a CGI application designed to run under any
NT Web Server and support CGI v1.1 or greater. |
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Yes. Outlook Web Access (OWA), Active Server Page scripts,
enables access to the Exchange Server from a frames-enabled
browser. |
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Yes, with near parity to the features of CorporateTime
native clients, CorporateTime for the Web can be used with most
popular browsers. |
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None. iNotes will provide users with flexible Web-based
access to critical applications. It will be available in the first
half of 2000. |
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Yes, the Java client runs in a standard browser to offer
interactive web-based scheduling. |
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Yes, the product is 100 Java web-based. |
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Calendaring Systems that support iTIP/iMIP (methods PUBLISH
and CANCEL) can interoperate. |
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Web
Servers Supported |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
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4
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
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6
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Netscape Enterprise Server v3.51 and Microsoft IIS
4.0. |
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Microsoft IIS 4.0. |
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Netscape Enterprise/Fastrack, Microsoft IIS 4.0,
Apache. |
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Netscape Enterprise Server v3.51 and Microsoft IIS
4.0. |
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Microsoft IIS 4.0., Apache, Netscape, Microsoft Peer Web
Services. |
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Apache, Netscape and Microsoft IIS 4.0. |
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The Calendar Server is a web server. No additional web
servers are supported or required. |
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Web
Client Functionality |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Power users should use the desktop tool. The web client 's
interface and features are not as sophisticated as the desktop tool,
but has all the important functions in place. The choice of printout
is much more limited. User can not open multiple users calendars
(only one by one) . The user must create public calendars through
the desktop tool in order to view it from the web client. |
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OWA matches Outlook where possible providing users with the
important features of the product from the internet; weekly/daily
calendar views, schedule and respond to meeting requests, create
appointments or all day events, manage contacts, lookup names in the
address book, send email, access public folders on the server and
set preferences. Where possible, the user interface is consistent
with Outlook. |
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This version provides nearly all the functionality available
on the client version. It is designed to be a supplemental option
for users of full-function client software. Features include daily,
weekly and monthly agenda pages; the ability to create, edit and
delete meetings, day events, daily notes and tasks; access the
agendas of other users; online help and preference settings. The
user interface is icon based and consistent with the native client
where possible. |
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None. |
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Users have an important subset of features that are
available on the client; daily and monthly calendar views; create,
change and view meetings; respond to meeting invitations; conflict
resolution and auto-pick for scheduling. online help, to-do list and
address list are missing. But the user interface is colorful and
looks good; the application is easy to use and is a nice supplement
to the full-function client. |
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There is no desktop client. The web-client is evaluated in
the user functionality header section. |
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The product consists solely of a web-based product, thus
there are not client-server features and separate distinct web-based
features. |
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Basic
information about the product. |
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Factor: Standard |
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Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
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Group Score:
170 out of 280
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
162 out of 280
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
163 out of 280
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
182 out of 280
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
149 out of 280
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
146 out of 280
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
152 out of 280
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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General
Product Architecture |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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OnTime is server-based rather than email-based. OnTime was
designed to solve the enterprise group scheduling problem. Because
group scheduling is all about time, a client-server architecture
with real-time server-to-server communication and a distributed,
non-replicated database was chosen. With the OnTime Enterprise
architecture, each user's calendar is maintained by a specified
server instead of on the desktop. Also, each server acts as the
user's gateway to any other calendar across the
organization. |
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The software provides email, group scheduling and task and
contact management for 32-bit computers in a Microsoft Exchange
Server (MAPI) environment. When not connected to a server, the
configuration can be changed to Internet Mode for POP3/SMTP or IMAP4
email. |
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The product provides real-time client/server technology
through a distributed server architecture. The real-time protocol
allows users to share data across all servers with no replication.
All client/server and server-to-server communication use
TCP/IP. |
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Notes and Domino are designed around an object-oriented
database (NSF) which stores all messages/documents, forms, views,
agents, security, and design information for each application. The
client and server communicate via a remote procedure call over
TCP/IP or other protocols or via Internet standards running on those
same network protocols. |
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Meeting Maker is a three-tier client/server software that
supports independent protocols and cross-platform servers. The
product uses a distributed, replicated database, storing some
objects on the client. Hubs are used to interconnect multiple
servers. In a cross-platform environment, the product runs on either
TCP/IP or IPX protocol. In a single-platform environment, it runs on
TCP/IP, IPX protocols. Macintosh, UNIX, and Windows NT platforms
support AppleTalk. |
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Calendar server is a web server with Java servlet support
and connected to a relational database as backend storage. Java
Applet connects to calendar server via HTTP protocol. Java Web
Edition is being evaluated, however HTML client with full
functionality is also supported. |
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The calendar server is a web server for calendar
information. On the front end, it interfaces to a browser client
using the Web Calendar Access Protocol (WCAP), an open client server
protocol, over HTTP. The Calendar Server also interfaces to a set of
administrative tools, a directory service (LDAP by default), and a
database which stores the calendar information. The database is
bundled with the product. Core calendar services are insulated by a
Calendar Server Application Program Interface (CSAPI) that enables
application developers to add and change functionality to the
Calendar Server or change how it performs certain
operations. |
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Hardware
for Server |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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64MB or more of available RAM. 32 free disk space. TCP/IP
installed. |
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Intel Pentium 133-RISC-based System Alpha AXPTM processor.
Server requires 32MB RAM, 500MB HD and CD-ROM. |
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Minimum 32MB RAM; 64MB or more recommended for computers
handling a large number of users; 50MB HD for operation, plus extra
space for log files; a browser for viewing online help; SMTP
Messaging Server for mail notifications. Up to 150MB HD space may be
necessary for installation. |
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128MB or more memory, 1G or more disk space and TCP/IP and
X.PC supported. |
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UNIX: Sun Solaris Ultra 5/10 or Ultra 30/60 System; 64MB RAM
and 20MB HD. Windows: 486 or higher with NT 4.0 or Win 95/98, 32MB
RAM and 40MB HD. Macintosh: PPC System 7 or higher; minimum 16MB
RAM, 20 MB HD; recommend PowerPC 7600 or greater. |
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Minimum: (WebServer) Pentium II class @ 350MHz w/ 128MB
memory, 4GB disk space; (Database) Pentium II class @350MHz w/256MB
memory, 6GB disk space. Recommended: (WebServer) Pentium III 500Mhz
w/256MB memory, 4GB disk space; (Database) Pentium III class @500Mhz
w/512MB, 12GB disk space. |
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According to the vendor, approximately 100MB free disk
space, 2MB disk space for each user, and 64MB RAM is required.
Optionally, RAID disk storage facilitates fast access. |
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Hardware
for Client |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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48MB or more of RAM. 32 MB or more of free disk space.
TCP/IP installed. |
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Pentium PC 75 MHz or higher. For Windows 95 or Windows 98:-
24MB RAM (16MB for OS and 8MB for Outlook). For Windows NT
Workstation v4.0 or later:- 40MB RAM (32MB for OS and 8MB for
Outlook). 153MB HD for typical installation; varies with
configuration. CD-ROM. VGA or higher-resolution monitor; Super VGA
recommended. |
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Windows 3.1, 95/98, NT; Intel x86, 5MB HD, 6MB RAM.
Macintosh 68K or PowerPC; System 7.1 or later, 7MB HD, 10MB
RAM. |
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32
MB or more of memory, 112 MB or more of disk space, TCP/IP and X.PC
supported on all platforms. |
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Windows: 486 or higher with Win NT 3.51 or 4.0, Win 95/98
16MB RAM and 5MB HD. Macintosh: Plus with Sys 7 or higher, 8MB RAM
and 6MB HD. UNIX: HP 9000 Series 700/800, SUN SPARC or Solaris;
HP-UX 9.01, Solaris 2.5.1 or higher; X11R5/Motif 1.2 or OpenWindows
3.0 10MB HD and 8MB RAM. |
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Minimum: Pentium II class 200Mhz, 64MB RAM (Windows 95 or
better) Recommended: Pentium II class 350Mhz, 128MB RAM. |
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The client is a web browser, Microsoft IE 4.0 or Netscape
Communicator 4.61, so any platform that runs a browser will
work. |
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Databases
Supported |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Btrieve on NT and NetWare, Soft Focus on Banyan
Vines. |
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Exchange can use the NT user database as its user
database. |
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The database is proprietary. |
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Lotus provides connectors to DB2, Sybase, Oracle,
PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, SAP R/3, and many other databases and ERP
systems. |
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The database is proprietary. |
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MSSql 6.5 or higher, Oracle 8/8i, Sybase Adaptive Server 5
or higher with JDBC support. |
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iPlanet Calendar Server uses the Berkeley database for the
calendar, sessions, and statistics. It is bundled with the product
and no other database is supported. |
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Product
Scalability |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
16
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The system is highly scalable. Multiple services work
seamlessly together to scale to the desired size. According to the
vendor, the largest client has over 45,000 calendars. |
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Vendor says each domain can support up to 10,000
users. |
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Vendor says scalable to accommodate 100,000 +
users. |
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Range from 10-30,000+ mailboxes on a single server,
depending on hardware and configuration. The largest installation
has over 200,000 users. |
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Vendor says a single environment can support over 25,000
connected users. |
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According to the vendor, the largest install base is 8000
users. |
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Vertical scalability; the vendor has tested with 4 CPU's and
over 1,000,000 users. Separating components, horizontal scalability,
has not been tested by the vendor. |
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Documentation |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Online documentation for administrator, desktop user and web
user. The guides are thorough, organized, and well
written. |
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A
booklet comes with the product but is insufficient to learn this
full-featured product. Product help provides more detail. Both the
user and technical person must seek support on the Microsoft website
or elsewhere. |
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A
user and administrator guide in PDF format are available for
downloading on the web. |
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Notes comes with complete documentation. Read Me file on
disk, and most documentation on can be found on the company web
site. |
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Documentation may be viewed online or downloaded in zip
format. The admin, user and install manuals can either be printed or
viewed in Acrobat Reader. The material is thorough and well
organized. |
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There is an incomplete on-line User Guide, Installation
Guide, and FAQ. |
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Installation, administration, and evaluation guides are
available online in PDF format. Additional help files are available
online. Documentation is sufficient, however, help files would
benefit from the addition of an index and search capability. There
is also a public newsgroup. |
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Language
Availability |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Supported languages are German and French. |
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Unicode text encoding standard is utilized. More than 80
languages are available. |
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Windows client supports English, French, Finnish, Swedish,
German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian-Portuguese, Dutch. Web
client supports English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Korean.
Server supports UTF-8 encoding for international character
sets. |
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languages, including: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. |
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English only; double-byte and multi-byte characters are
supported in the native client. |
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English only. |
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The product is available in English and will be available in
French (March 2000), German (March 2000), Japanese (April 2000), and
simplified Chinese (May 2000) according to the vendor. |
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Software
Availability by Country |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Score:
8
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Support offices are worldwide. |
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With over 60 offices worldwide, the software is available
all over the world. Two mirror sites of the microsoft.com servers -
in London and Tokyo - provide international customers with fast
access to downloads and technical support. |
|
Products are available and supported worldwide and are also
available through local reseller channels in Europe and Asia
Pacific. |
|
Support offices are worldwide |
|
The vendor has a North American and West Coast US sales
office along with sales and distribution offices in the UK and
throughout Continental Europe. |
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Offices in England and North America. |
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Downloads and support are available worldwide. |
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Product
Positioning |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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OnTime is web-based and cross-platform compatible. Anyone in
the organization can view or update calendar information from the
desktop, at home, or on the road and in real time. |
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Microsoft Outlook 2000 provides a single location for
organizing and managing all your day-to-day information, from email
and calendars to contacts and task lists. |
|
CS&T/Lexacom is the world leader in calendaring
technology for the corporate internet and wireless markets. Based in
Montreal, Canada, the company markets its products and services
worldwide to corporations, educational institutions, and service
providers like Web Portals, ISPs, ASPs, Telcos and wireless
operators. |
|
Notes and Domino are the world's most popular messaging and
collaborative infrastructures. With over 56 million users, Notes and
Domino provide email, calendaring, collaborative applications,
workflow, and enterprise integration through applications developed
in a variety of languages including Basic, Java, COM, LotusScript,
and more. There are over 20,000 Lotus business partners delivering
solutions and services for Notes and Domino worldwide. |
|
Meeting Maker is a leading real-time, cross-platform
enterprise calendaring and scheduling solution installed on over
700,000 desktops at major corporations and academic institutions
worldwide. |
|
TimeCruiser offers a versatile web-based solution where
users can post events, schedule facilities, coordinate schedules,
collaborate on group events and share time-sensitive
documents. |
|
The calendar server is a web server for calendar
information. On the front end, it interfaces to a browser client
using the Web Calendar Access Protocol (WCAP), an open client server
protocol, over HTTP. The Calendar Server also interfaces to a set of
administrative tools, a directory service (LDAP by default), and a
database which stores the calendar information. The database is
bundled with the product. Core calendar services are insulated by a
Calendar Server Application Program Interface (CSAPI) that enables
application developers to add and change functionality to the
Calendar Server or change how it performs certain
operations. |
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Public
or Private Company |
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Weight: 1 |
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Public. |
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Public. |
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Private. |
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Public - division of IBM. |
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Private. |
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Private. |
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iPlanet is a join venture of AOL and Sun Microsystems, both
of which are publicly owned companies. |
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Vendor
References in Primary Markets |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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OnTime customers include: The Hartford, Alcatel, Circuit
City, CVS, US Postal Service, US Census Bureau. |
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Companies with major installations of Office 2000 are
Nabisco, Boeing, Turner Broadcasting, Credit Suisse First Boston, JD
Edwards, Wesleyan School. A customer list is maintained on the
company Web site. |
|
BT
Cellnet, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., UC Berkeley, UC
Santa Barbara. A customer list is maintained on the company
Website. |
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GM, Baxter Healthcare, 3M, Prudential Insurance, State
Street Bank. And most major consultancies, insurance companies,
banks, healthcare companies, and more on a worldwide
basis. |
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Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Cadence Design, Synopsis, Bea
Systems, amazon.com, Qualcomm, GTE Internetworking, NASA, University
of Michigan. A customer list is maintained on the company Web
site. |
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The US Army, US Navy, Ericsson, Tennessee Department of
Transportation, Bell Canada, University of Alberta, Telecom
Malaysia, National Equity Fund, Quantum, Compuware Austria and
Eastern Europe, MCI WorldCom. |
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Information currently unavailable from vendor. They plan to
announce references by the middle of March, 2000. |
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GroupWare
Product |
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Weight: 1 |
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
3
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3
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No. |
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Yes. Outlook is a GroupWare product that integrates email
and personal information management over an intranet or the
internet. |
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No. |
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Yes, according to Lotus, Notes/Domino invented the GroupWare
category. |
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No. |
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No. |
|
No. The product facilitates scheduling meetings and supports
e-mail, but does not password protect documents or support telephone
utilities, e-newsletters, or file distribution. |
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Third
Party Product Support |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Yes, it can integrate with other calendaring products, such
as Microsoft Outlook, via the TrueSync functionality, |
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Yes. Exchange Server enables connectivity and directory
replication of Microsoft Mail, Lotus cc:Mail, X.400, Lotus Notes,
Lotus Domino v4.6, IBM OfficeVision/VM, Novell GroupWise, SNADS and
Unix SendMail. |
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The product supports most email servers for notification;
use of Outlook as a client is also supported. |
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Yes, connectors are available to Exchange and Outlook as
well as a variety of mobile/CE devices. |
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No. |
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No. |
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Calendaring systems that support iTIP/iMIP (methods PUBLISH
and CANCEL) can interoperate. |
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Consulting
by Vendor |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Open Text provides professional services to develop and
deliver an entire application from start to finish. Cost is $1,500
per day plus expenses. |
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Yes. Authorized Premier Support jointly provides support
services by Microsoft and their MCSC providers. The service includes
offerings that meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses
and larger enterprise customers. |
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Yes, technical consulting ranges from deploying small work
groups to enterprise-wide usage for major international
corporations. |
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Lotus Profession Service can assist in such critical areas
as knowledge management, value chain innovation, electronic
communities, and process innovation. Other key consulting services
include enterprise messaging, infrastructure planning, legacy and
enterprise resource planning (ERP). |
|
On-site consulting and upgrade assistance is available;
project planning and management for deployments, upgrades and
migrations. |
|
TimeCruiser Computing Corporation's consulting services
group provides high-level service for developing and implementing
web applications. |
|
Consulting service are available through Sun Professional
Services. |
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Client
Programming API |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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None. |
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Yes. Visual Basic, Microsoft C/C++ and any language that
supports Microsoft Active X are supported. |
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Yes. CAPI can be used to customize the user experience on
the client. It can be used to add, delete and modify calendar
events. |
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C++, LotusScript, @functions, @commands and other Notes
specific functions. |
|
The product uses a set of C and C++ libraries that provide a
standard API across platforms; scriptable commands in the Admin
program may be called via the API, including: the addition,
modification, and deletion of all account types. |
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Java. |
|
According to the vendor, one can extend the functionality of
the server through the use of the Calendar Server API or CSAPI. The
Web Calendar Access Protocol (WCAP) may also be used to extend the
functionality of the client. WCAP is the protocol that clients use
to communicate with the Calendar Server. |
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Administrative
Functions |
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The
features and functionality that facilitate the management of the
product. |
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Factor: Standard |
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| |
|
Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
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|
Group Score:
172 out of 260
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
180 out of 260
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
150 out of 260
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
188 out of 260
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
140 out of 260
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
98 out of 260
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
114 out of 260
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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Administrative
Approach |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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It
can be centralized or decentralized. Use a combination, where the
majority of the services are administered locally but there are
remote sites that do their own administration. The Admin Client can
manage all services from anywhere. User can be assigned
administration privileges on both service-by-service and
user-by-user basis. Admin rights are determined by the NOS admin
rights or by OnTime assigned Admin rights. |
|
Administration depends on the Windows NT domain model
implemented. The complete trust domain is a good model to distribute
administration; the multiple master domain model is good for
centralized administration; remote administration is possible with a
RAS client. |
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For a network of servers, one central server is responsible
for creating and deleting the connections among the servers and
nodes. All other administration, such as user addition and node
addition, can be done by anyone on the network provided they have
the proper passwords; with NT, the NT Admin GUI can also be used to
administer nodes. |
|
Administration can be centralized or decentralized; most
functions can be delegated to individuals or groups. Remote
management via Domino Administrator or web-based UI. Domino
Administrator can manage one or multiple Domino servers
simultaneously. The interface is task-based, tabs represent logical
grouping admin tasks. |
|
The architecture of Meeting Maker requires a centralized
approach to its administration. The vendor also recommends
centralizing and standardizing the physical hardware. |
|
Single Administration Center Java applet accessible via web
browser. However, administrative function is limited. Administrator
can maintain User, Calendars, Password and Site id. There is no help
file or manual available. |
|
The administrator can make changes to the Calendar Servers
configuration. Another distinct administrator governs the associated
Directory Server and all servers under it's control including the
Calendar Server and Administration Server. The following tasks can
be managed via command line utilities: starting/stopping the
calendar server, back-up/restore the calendar server,
create/modify/delete calendars, users, and components.
Administrators can also view statistics and user session
information. Create/modify/delete user commands are also available
via the Netscape Console 4.1, however, the product would benefit by
making all commands accessible from the console. |
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Access
Control |
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|
Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
|
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
12
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User password is protected by internal encryption. The Admin
sets the Default access for all users, but this can be changed by
the calendar owner. The Admin cannot keep the calendar owner from
changing any of these settings. The Admin can select users to be
added to OnTime from their existing directory service, be it Novell,
Microsoft, Banyan or LDAP. The desktop client will query the source
directory and validate the login and password using the network
login. User has one less name and password to remember. |
|
Exchange uses Windows NT security to authenticate users.
Using RPC encryption or SSL over SMTP, data moving between the
client and servers is encrypted. The type of encryption used depends
on the client. NT user login can be disabled. |
|
Access is by username and password. The disable login
feature applies to all users and is used for database maintenance
and backup. |
|
Two-factor certificates are used for authentication and
access control. Any data point - field, document, database, server -
can be granted/denied access. Users can be locked out through groups
or password validation. |
|
Access is by username and password. User login is disabled
by the operating system. |
|
User password is protected by internal encryption. Calendars
are protected with Access Control List. |
|
Netscape Console 4.1 is used to enable and disable access to
the administration server. Administrators can also control access by
creating/editing/deleting user accounts. |
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| |
|
User
Management |
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| |
|
Weight: 4 |
|
Weighted
Score:
32
|
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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|
Automatically create a user from existing Windows NT user
directories. Resynchronize what was changed in the directory such as
marital status. Administrator can disable the user login and a log
out message will be sent to users. |
|
Depending on whether the user has an NT account, users are
added by the Windows NT User Manger or the Exchange Server
Administrator Program; both accounts have the same name. User
profile, groups, logon hours, password, dialing and account
expiration information is entered and maintained from the User
Manager for Domains application. |
|
With CorporateTime Server Administrator program, users can
be entered manually or imported from an existing LDAP server. Users
can be updated or deleted through the program's GUI interface. User
business and personal information, password and wireless
notification information is maintained here. |
|
User management is done through the Domino Administrator.
Administrator can change user names and add/delete users. It has a
unique capability to register users from other directory sources
including Windows NT, LDIF, cc:Mail, Exchange, Netscape Mail, or
GroupWise. ID format can be defined by customer. Ongoing sync with
NT possible. Third party products provide sync with NDS. |
|
Users are added from Meeting Maker Admin. User personal and
business information, preferences for work days and hours,
read/write or read-only delegation privileges are maintained here.
Optionally the LDAP/Meeting Maker gateway is able to propagate most
user specific information. |
|
For each user, name, password and email address are
maintained in the database. Administrator can add, update, remove
users and create calendars for users. |
|
The database can be restored or backed-up via command line
utilities by the administrator. Command line utilities can be used
to create, delete, enable or disable users. The Administrative
Console can also be used to create and delete users. |
|
| |
|
Group
and Proxy Management |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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|
Weighted
Score:
0
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|
|
Administrator can create and maintain public workgroup that
can be used by users. Administrator can edit member list by select
from the user list. It is very easy. The limitation per user for
public/private group is 32,000. |
|
Public groups are created by the Exchange Server
administrator. |
|
The administrator creates public groups. |
|
Through Domino Administrator's user manager. Administrator
can edit a group, delete a group and use the manage groups tool to
add and remove group members. Can be delegated to anyone, with or
without administrative access. |
|
Public groups are created and managed from Meeting Maker
Admin; delegation for each user can be assigned by the
administrator. |
|
Within each Site administrator can create public User
Groups. |
|
The current version of Calendar Server does not support LDAP
groups. Group calendars are actually maintained as calendars with
multiple owners. Groups will be supported in the next version of
Calendar Server (iCS 5.0). |
|
| |
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Resource
Management |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
16
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
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|
Administrator can easily create/update/delete resources like
a user with proper create resource role. There are two types of
resources: Room and Others(a car, a PC, etc). Administrator can set
owner option and enter available times on each day (ex. disable
Saturday and Sunday) in the availability setting. Do not allow this
resource to be double-booked and access rights can be set. |
|
The Outlook resource administrator manages resources from
within Outlook. Options to automate scheduling resources are auto
accept requests and process cancellations; auto decline conflicting
requests; auto decline recurring events. |
|
Resources are managed in the CorporateTime Server
Administrator program. Book rooms and resources on a first-come,
first-served basis or manage by a designate. |
|
Conference rooms and resources are managed in a separate
database through the Domino administrator. They can have automatic
processing, be managed by an individual, or be set so that certain
users can automatically reserve and others have to be
approved. |
|
Resources are added and managed from Meeting Maker Admin.
Resources can be rooms or equipment. Add as many resources as you
have registered users. With a 10-user Meeting Maker network, 10
resources and 10 users are allowed. Assign a read/write proxy to a
resource to access the resource s calendar and respond to meeting
proposals on the resource's behalf or automate resource management
via implementing first-come/first served option. |
|
Administrator creates a calendar for the resource and
assigns proper permission to people who will book the resource. User
can do all the booking himself to the resource calendar on line. It
lacks the integration with the meeting calendar and user can not
choose required resources from a selection list. |
|
It
is possible to create a calendar for each resource to schedule
resources and make that calendar read and write accessible to all
users. |
|
| |
|
Time
Zone Conversion |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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|
|
The time zone support is based on the timezone settings of
the server on which the OnTime service resides. Administrator can
override the default setting on a service by service basis. The
original time is set according to the time zone of the meeting
originator's service, the corresponding time in the other time zone
will be set accordingly. Can be automatically adjusted to
accommodate daylight savings time. |
|
Yes. When scheduling meetings in other time zones, the
meeting organizer's time zone is the reference point. When
organizing a meeting and displaying free/busy time for invitees from
other time zones, their busy times adjust to display correctly in
your time zone. |
|
Yes. Entries with users in other time zones are converted to
each users local time. |
|
Yes, can adjust times in Notes as user moves from time zone
to time zone. |
|
Servers are time-zone-specific. When servers with different
time zones are attached to a hub, the hub translates the time data
passing through it to match the time zone of the server receiving
the data. |
|
Java version automatically adapts to client's time zone.
HTML version allows users to select time zone settings. |
|
Calendar Server supports a pre-packaged list of 91 timezones
included within the configuration files. Timezones can be modified
or added, but it is not recommended by the vendor. |
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Posting
Holidays |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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|
Standard Holidays come pre-defined by default. Admins and
users can create more or remove the default Holidays. Administrator
can create a model calendar which incorporates different sets of
holidays (for different countries) as needed. |
|
National and international holidays are easily imported by
each Outlook client. |
|
Each node has it's own holidays; they are entered manually
through the client software; user must have authorization. |
|
Lotus ships 16 standard holiday groups (such as French or
United States). Administrator can create customized holiday group
(such as one for part time users). Notes user needs to import the
holiday group based on need (such as by country). Holidays
automatically fill the appropriate dates in the user
calendar. |
|
Holidays are server specific and not reoccurring. A holiday
must be defined, separately, for each server, for every instance.
They may be generated as either flexible or not, blocking or
enabling free time for each specific day. |
|
Holidays are maintained by a separate calendar per country,
etc. |
|
Holidays can be scheduled on each individual calendar by
each user. Or, an administrator can create a central holiday
calendar to which users can subscribe and enter on top of their
existing calendars. |
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| |
|
Importing
and Exporting Calendar Data |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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OnTime provides batch utilities for Importing data from
other calendar programs. There is no export for an entire database.
The user interface provides for individual import and
export. |
|
Yes. The Outlook Import and Export Wizard helps move
existing information between Outlook and over 20 popular programs,
including all Office products, comma and tab delimited files, Lotus,
Netscape and Eudora. |
|
Yes. Calendar data may be exported in HP100LX Palmtop,
HP200LX Palmtop, vCalendar, comma and tab delimited formats. Import
is the same plus Schedule+1.x and 7.x. |
|
Yes, Notes provides import and export utilities. |
|
Yes. Calendar data may be exported to Casiolink, HP95LX,
Newton, Psion 3a and text format. Additional device export is
available via direct sync to any device that is compliant with the
Palm Computing Platform. A text file may be imported into the notes
area of any activity window. |
|
None. |
|
Calendars can be imported or exported in the following
formats: XML, ICAL. |
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| |
|
Move
Users Between Servers |
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Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
12
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User can move one or all calendars to another OnTime
Service, and can move users from supported platform to another.
Moving users/resources/workgroups to different platforms/services is
easy through drag-and-drop action. Admins also have the capability
of changing a users validation source from one supported source to
another. This ensures calendar data is preserved when a company
changes directory source. |
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Exchange Server provides utilities to move a mailbox (user)
between servers in the same site and to move a user to a new
site. |
|
A
server utility is provided to move a user from one node to
another. |
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Through the admin client, a simple drag-and-drop action
moves user's mail, reconfigures directory down to user's Notes
client automatically. |
|
Yes. Import and Export can be used to move users between
servers; or use the Move Users feature to move user accounts between
servers that are connected to the same hub. |
|
None. |
|
An
administrator can backup a user's calendar and restore it on another
system. |
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Calendar
Data Purge and Archiving Capabilities |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Yes, the OnTime administrator can purge an entire database.
In addition, user can select a date range of data to be
purged. |
|
Yes. With Outlook items may be archived manually or
automatically by the user. Items are considered old when they reach
the age specified by the user. With AutoArchive, old items can
either be deleted or moved. |
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Using a utility the administrator can remove old events and
tasks from agendas in the database. |
|
Yes, Notes R5 includes a built-in archiving facility, which
is available to all databases. User can have Notes (or a Domino
server) automatically move documents to a separate database based on
criteria user establish. Archive/purge interval can be set by user
or administrator on a per-user or per-server basis. |
|
From Meeting Maker Admin, the administrator can purge items
before a certain date. |
|
None. |
|
Using the command line utilities, existing databases can be
deleted if they are not in use. Calendars can also be exported or
backed-up for archival purposes. Events or to-dos can be selectively
removed by an administrator. For example, remove all events more
than 12 months old. |
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Administrative
Tools |
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Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
12
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The product has full logging and tracing capabilities on the
server and the client. It uses Windows NT performance monitor tool.
OnTime provides statistics of current host session such as overall
uptime, utilization, and response time. A log file is provided with
a diagnostics dialog box. |
|
Exchange Server includes the Server Monitor, the Link
Monitor, the Message Tracker; NT's Performance Monitor tool can be
used to chart or log the performance and activity of the server
services; while NT's Event Viewer records any problems in running
the application. |
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Over 40 utilities come with the server administrator
program. Daily and monthly maintenance procedures are outlined in
the administrator's guide. Log files are a useful starting point for
troubleshooting problems related to operations or performance. For
NT, NT's Performance Monitor and Event Viewer may be
utilized. |
|
Yes, the product has built-in system monitoring, network
mapping, probing (such as File monitor, domino server probe, Mail
probe), logging, and events reporting. |
|
View messages created by the server by monitoring the server
log file; scan database files and correct data errors with the MMRx
utility. The administrator can also dynamically monitor active user
account logging levels, server and hub attached status. |
|
Administration Center can monitor errors/logs produced by
the services. Performance is monitored via another applet which
shows some statistical information of the services. |
|
Command line utilities allow the administrator to monitor
user sessions, log-out users, and list counter statistics including
total concurrent connections, and number of database
reads/writes/deletes. Administrators can also ping the calendar
server or refresh the configuration. The administrative tools allow
the administrator to list calendars, view contents of calendars,
delete old events/to-dos in calendars, import and export calendar
data from/to a file in iCAL or XML formats, create calendars, delete
calendars, etc. |
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Backup
and Restore |
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| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Utilities are included with a recommended database
maintenance schedule. Services automatically go into Standby mode
and close down their databases at customer defined times to ensure
clean backups of the files. By default, backup is made from a
directory to tape but Administrators can configure the service to
make a copy of the database in a different directory on the same
server. OnTime provides easy to use utilities for rebuilding data
files and indices. |
|
Exchange Server uses Windows NT backup and restore
tools. |
|
Backup and restore utilities are part of the administrator
toolset. |
|
Notes implemented log-based transactive database updates.
User will be able to back up all databases on-line incrementally or
in full, without bringing the server down. |
|
The product uses the operating system backup and restore
utilities. |
|
Normal database backup/restore procedures. |
|
The database can be restored or backed-up via command line
utilities by the administrator. Individual users and calendars can
be backed-up or restored as well. |
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|
Index
and Search Capabilities |
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| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Administrator can search users, content, resources,
workgroup and services. |
|
Exchange Server has sort by command for user mailboxes and
other objects. |
|
Search for users and resources is available. |
|
Yes, it has a built-in full-text indexer, meta information
per document, and domain search. |
|
No
search capabilities; user/resource list automatically displays
all. |
|
None. |
|
Users can not index or search content. Users can create sets
of calendars, which can be used for content themes. Users can also
search for calendars. According to the vendor, in the next version
users will be able to search for events within calendars. |
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Ease of Use |
|
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The
product's straightforwardness in terms of intuitiveness, logic, and
user interface. |
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Factor: Standard |
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|
Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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|
Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
|
| |
|
|
Group Score:
86 out of 130
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
70 out of 130
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
86 out of 130
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
76 out of 130
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
86 out of 130
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
74 out of 130
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
60 out of 130
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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Technical
Support |
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| |
|
Weight: 4 |
|
Weighted
Score:
32
|
|
Weighted
Score:
24
|
|
Weighted
Score:
32
|
|
Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
32
|
|
Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Support is available 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Eastern time Monday
to Friday. In all help pages, users press support tab then info
about how to get support from Open Text will display. Available are
web, email, phone and fax. Phone/email support was prompt and
professional. |
|
Calls to Microsoft Certified Support Center can be made at
additional cost. Web support includes a searchable knowledge base,
downloads and FAQs. Email support was good. |
|
Support packages are available; 8x5 or 24x7. Web support
includes server and client FAQs; release notes updated regularly.
Telephone and email support was timely and accommodating. |
|
Online Customer Support Electronic Incident Submission
system is available. Telephone support is available 8-6 Eastern time
Monday to Friday. Technical support was average. |
|
Online users may browse and search the technical support
knowledge base or view the FAQ. Support is also available by email
and by telephone Monday through Friday, 9:00am through 5:30pm EST. 7
X 24 access to support is also an option. Email support was
adequate. |
|
For 5x8 support service is 15 of the software purchase
price. For 7x24 support service is 22 of the software purchase
price. Email support was responsive and adequate. |
|
Installation, administration, and evaluation guides are
available online as PDF documents. Phone support is available Monday
- Friday 7:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PST. Technical support is also
available via the public newsgroup. |
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|
User
Interface |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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|
|
OnTime has a very functional user interface. It displays
meetings and tasks (by priority) and monthly views on one screen.
This product can provide optimal organization. |
|
The user interface is sharp and well designed; pull down
menus and meaningful icons. An optional help tool is available
through the office assistant; no balloon help is
available. |
|
The user interface is well designed and easy to navigate;
pull down menus and easy to identify icons. |
|
Notes provides one easy-to-use, consistent interface which
is email-like. The user interface is pretty good. |
|
The screen is easy to navigate with pull down menus and easy
to identify icons. |
|
The user interface is pleasant. Function bar is organized
and clear. |
|
Web based, the user interface is simple and intuitive.
Balloon help is not available. |
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| |
|
Ease
of Installation |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
4
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
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|
Installation through InstallShield(R) is smooth. |
|
Complicated. NT, service packs, IIS, and Exchange Server
must all be installed in the proper order. Then the Outlook startup
wizard is used to install the product; it checks the system for
existing email packages, then offers to import Net connection info,
folders, existing mail, and contacts, whether switching from an
older Outlook version, Eudora, Netscape Mail, or another major mail
client. Very nice. |
|
The installation of the client/server product is straight
forward. The installation instructions, readme files and release
notes would be more convenient if combined into one easy to
reference installation guide. Interfaces to LDAP, mail and web
servers add complexity. |
|
There are more setup tasks for the Domino server
installation. Using wizards to install. |
|
Installation of server, client and Java client is
straightforward and well documented in the installation guide.
Interfaces to other servers add complexity. |
|
Yes, it is easy to install using script and installer. Jrun
is required before to install the product. |
|
Installation is reasonably quick and simple. A Directory
Server such as Netscape Directory needs to be installed
first. |
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| |
|
Tutorials
and Training |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
4
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
2
|
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Weighted
Score:
4
|
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|
There is a 91-page OnTime Enterprise Training Guide.
Classroom training includes: User training, Train the trainer, and
Administrator training, which take approximately 2-3 hours and cost
US$1,500 plus expenses per day. |
|
An
online Outlook 2000 seminar can be found on the Microsoft website;
FAQs for Office have good information too. |
|
Formal classroom training for end user 1/2 day, instructor 1
day, server 2 day, custom classes also available. |
|
There is a 5 minute online Guided tour for Domino
administration and Notes. The Welcome Page includes a walk through
tutorial for new users, as well as a guide for previous users of
Notes. A Step by Step manual provides basic functional
introduction. |
|
Customized training available upon request; Quick Reference
Cards are also available. |
|
There are no tutorials. User Guide is helpful. |
|
According to the vendor, the Sun Netscape Alliance
Educational Training Group will provide training. |
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|
Product
Learning Curve |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
4
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
4
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
|
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|
|
This product has sophisticated and flexible calendaring
functions. User manuals are helpful in getting familiar with the
product. |
|
It
is easy to begin messaging and calendaring; but the product is
robust and it could take time to learn to use all the product
features. |
|
It
is easy to begin calendaring. |
|
The learning curve is longer than the other evaluated
products due to the administration tasks. |
|
Easy to get started. |
|
New user should be able to create an appointment within an
hour. |
|
The product is simple and intuitive. New users should learn
it quickly |
|
| |
|
Ease
of Use |
|
| |
|
Weight: 4 |
|
Weighted
Score:
24
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
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|
|
The product is easy to use. There are features that enhance
user experience, such as when users log in to the system, a summary
of current changes to calendars will display. Keyboard short-cuts
also make navigation easy. |
|
With many rich features to learn, newcomers might take
longer to be productive; help files will be open much of the
time. |
|
Yes, the product is easy to use. |
|
It
is easy to use, functional tabs are very clear, bookmark icon makes
switch between different tasks such as calendar, address book, To Do
list very easy. |
|
Yes, the product is easy to use. |
|
Due to its limited basic calendaring function, it is easy to
use. |
|
For the most part the product is easy to use, but
unfortunately, manual entry of e-mail addresses is required for
every meeting invitation. According to the vendor, the next version
will feature personal address book integration. |
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| |
|
User Functionality |
|
|
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| |
|
Features on the application's client-facing side. The parts
of an application that facilitate a user's work processes. |
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| |
|
Factor: Standard |
|
| |
|
Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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| |
|
Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
|
| |
|
|
Group Score:
348 out of 550
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
370 out of 550
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
338 out of 550
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
338 out of 550
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
312 out of 550
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
230 out of 550
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
214 out of 550
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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|
Create
a Meeting |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Meeting creation function is very comprehensive. User can
easily drag a start/end time pointer for meeting. There are three
appointment types: normal, critical, and holiday, each with a
different color display. To create a meeting in OnTime is very
efficient. User can book a time/date, then select attendees from
list. If user just accepts it without checking each individual's day
calendar, the system will display a warning before confirmation.
User has to open every calendar for each individual in the meeting
to see the free time which is not very efficient. Does not seem to
have auto search free time capability. |
|
Easy and flexible. Enter announcement, select attendees and
resources from an address list, select day and time, quickly view
and resolve availability and send. |
|
Easy and flexible. Enter date and time, search for people
and resources, add comments and attachments, link tasks and set
reminder, check and resolve schedule conflicts. |
|
Creating a meeting is like filling in an email form. Other
than date, time, and description, all the attendees will add to the
to. There are also cc and bcc options. User can easily reserves room
and resources to a meeting. A unique feature is the ability to
categorized appointment. User can also create a meeting by using the
Copy Into utility for new calendar entry. The Pencil In option adds
tentative reminder for appointment. |
|
Proposer selects guests from a list of users, groups and
contacts and enters the date and time. The program immediately
displays schedule conflicts and Auto-Pick can be used to find a time
when all guests can attend. Meeting agenda, options and comments are
entered easily and from a single screen. |
|
TimeCruiser has a basic creation function. User can have all
day event or an appointment with start and end date. User can add
description and location, but the day selection screen is not very
easy to use. User can not invite attendee through this
function. |
|
The product does not supply a list of other users and
requires manual input of the e-mail addresses for each meeting. It
also does not allow users to check for time conflicts. |
|
| |
|
View
a Meeting |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
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There are a lot of icons for entry indication such as: notes
attached, alarm set, recurring entries, originator, RSVP yes etc.,
which makes viewing the calendar very clear. There are day, week,
month and select date views. The schedule can display appointments
in collapsed mode so that they appear as a list. View Meeting shares
the same screen as Creating a Meeting. The meeting description is
also displayed on the screen at the time slot. |
|
View a meeting by selecting it from a folder or any calendar
view. Immediately view if a response is needed, see updates, who has
accepted and declined, the organizer and invitees, subject, details
and lastly RSVP if desired. |
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View a meeting by selecting it from a folder or any calendar
view. Quickly see who proposed the meeting, how invited guests and
resources replied, details and attachments, linked tasks, reminders
and lastly view/modify your reply. |
|
User can select Go to Today or a desired date to view a
particular calendar. User can click on an event then click on the
details link for event information. |
|
View a meeting by selecting it from a folder or any calendar
view. User can view meeting title and owner, attendees, date,
location, agenda and optional notes. Meeting owner can view comments
from attendees. |
|
The most unique feature of TimeCruiser is user can merge all
loaded calendars into one for easier viewing. Time and description
of the appointment is displayed on the view window. |
|
Users can click on an event then click on the details link
for event information. |
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| |
|
Update
a Meeting |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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|
Click on an existing appointment to modify it. The tabs are
very clear. All functions can be performed easily. User can delete a
calendar entry or delete a range of calendar entries (but not the
group entries) by selecting before/after/between a category date.
User can drag-and-drop a meeting to different time slots. The most
unique function gives the ability to convert an appointment to a
task and vice versa. If someone else tries to modify a user's
calendar, the user will be notified. |
|
Easy and flexible. Open original invitation, enter changes
and send. Optionally, the meeting owner can drop and drag a meeting
to a new day and time then choose to send all invitees notification
of the change. |
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Open a meeting and either delete it or modify any feature
set when the meeting was created. Another way the owner can
reschedule an entry is to drag and drop it to a new time or day.
Either way, all invited users and resources will be notified of the
change. |
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User can change a meeting by editing or dragging the entry.
When rescheduling a meeting and invitations have already been sent
out, Notes will send rescheduled documents to all
invitees. |
|
The meeting owner can drag and drop to change the meeting
time or day or optionally open the meeting and update criteria. When
changing the date, time, duration or frequency of a meeting, the
product notifies each attendee of the change; changed items are
underlined in the meeting proposal. |
|
Use right click, user can view, new, edit and delete an
entry. User can modify all the fields. When deleting an appointment,
a confirmation warning will display. |
|
Deleting a meeting is easy, but updates may require e-mails
to reschedule on other users private calendars. |
|
| |
|
Repetitive
Meetings and Tasks |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
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User can set weekly, monthly, every three months or every
six months. User can also set end date, or no end date (that is till
2079). When modifying or deleting, user has options of modify/delete
this occurrence , this and future occurrences and all occurrences
. |
|
Select start and end time; recurrence patterns are day,
week, month or year; for range of recurrence enter start date and
select end date using flexible options - no end date, end after x
occurrences, end by x date. |
|
Repetitive options are daily, weekly, monthly on a day or
date, yearly; select time, start and end date, choose whether to
include weekends and holidays; add additional dates; list all dates
and selectively delete or keep all; ignore or resolve
conflicts. |
|
Other than the standard daily/weekly/monthly recurring
selection, a unique feature is that the user can customize a
recurring meeting. User can repeat to-do also. |
|
Repetitive frequencies are daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly, annually with flexible options for each; select days of
week, ongoing or enter start date and end date. |
|
The repeat calendar function is very good. User can repeat
on every hour, day, week, and month. Expiration can be after a
number of iterations or on an end date. |
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Repeating events can be scheduled daily, weekly, monthly,
and yearly. There are a number of features which allow a user to
create virtually and pattern of repeating events. |
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Respond
to Meeting Invitation |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Pending RSVP will be displayed red on welcome page. User can
reply Yes, No and Maybe to an invitation with comments and set up
alarm. |
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RSVP response is accept, decline or tentative. User may
decide whether or not to send a message with the response. |
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RSVP response is will attend, will not attend, will confirm
later, prefer another time; sending an email with the reply is an
option. |
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User has five options under the Respond button: accept,
declined, delegate, propose new time, and tentatively accept. If
user accepts an email meeting, it will automatically add to the
calendar. Notes also supports autoprocess invitation which will
automatically accept any invitation that is received if user is free
at the time of the meeting. |
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The guest may include comments and either accept, decline or
choose to respond later. |
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User can respond to an invitation (email) by select one of
the following: undecided, accepted, declined, proposed, and
confirmed. User can RSVP with a comment. |
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Invitations are sent via e-mail. Users can respond, but the
functionality is not facilitated by the product. |
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Review
RSVP Status |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
4
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It
is very convenient to view the RSVP status for a meeting. The RSVP
status for a group meeting is summary in one tab. User response can
be Yes, No or Maybe. User can add a comment and alarm. On Time can
display the summary status of RSVP, such as all attendees have
RSVP'd Yes, at least one attendee has RSVP'd No... |
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Proposer opens meeting and immediately views number of
invitees that accepted, declined or are tentative; detail status of
each invitee quickly viewed on another screen. Attendee opens
meeting and views date and time of response and whether he accepted,
declined or is tentative. |
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Proposer can quickly view the in-tray to see whether a guest
has accepted a meeting proposal. Attendee also views meeting
response from the in-tray. Opening the meeting is another way to
review RSVP status of each guest |
|
Through View Participant Status , Notes will show user lists
of who has accepted the invitation, who has declined, and who has
delegated. |
|
Proposer can open the meeting and quickly view the status of
all guests and the comments of guests that have replied. Attendee
opens meeting and views how he commented and responded. Changes
since the last viewing are underlined. |
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When view sent invitation, user can see the status of the
invitation. |
|
Invitations are sent via e-mail. Users can review e-mail
responses, but the functionality is not facilitated by the
product. |
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Conflict
Handling |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
0
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User can modify this/all (frequency) occurrence and delete
this/all(frequency) occurrence. User can change every attribute of
that appointment. When making changes to a group meeting, the RSVP
will reset all to Not Seen , to make sure the attendees got the
notification. Attendees can only change the following for a group
meeting: 1. The comment, 2. The RSVP status, and 3. Add an alarm. If
user just accepts it without checking each individual's day
calendar, the system will display a warning before user confirms it:
This appointment overlaps with other appointments and user has the
option to ignore it. |
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After selecting attendees for an event, the invitee can
immediately see availability/schedule conflicts in color graphic
format. Owner may send invitation or resolve conflicts with Auto
pick feature. |
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Proposer can quickly view the in-tray to see whether a guest
has accepted a meeting proposal. Attendee also views meeting
response from the in-tray. Opening the meeting is another way to
review RSVP status of each guest. |
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Yes, Notes will display a warning if there is a time
conflict from attendees. |
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After selecting attendees, the invitee can immediately see
the availability of each attendee. Easily resolve conflict with the
Auto-Pick feature or send invitation anyway. |
|
Yes. But there is no warning when scheduling a meeting with
a conflict. By default, overbooking is allowed. User needs to set
the event as exclusive in order to avoid schedule
conflict. |
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No
conflict handling functionality is provided. |
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Free
Time Search/Auto Schedule |
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Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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One of the best free time searches. User can specify the
require duration for the meeting, the cursor will move through the
available time for the attendee for user selection. OnTime can
display at a glance time availability for every users and resources
that user invite to the group meeting, the first line will be the
combined time availability for meeting. |
|
Auto pick looks forward or backward (but not in the past)
from the proposed date for available free time for a subset or all
attendees and resources. Free time is displayed in an easy to read
graphical format. |
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The Suggest Date/Time dialog box suggests times at which all
invited users and resources are available. User can set parameters
(within extended hours or within normal hour) or take defaults.
Select from a list of suggested times. |
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Notes will Check all schedules for availability. User can
search for an available room with required capacity and resources at
a specific time in address book which is very convenient. Notes will
suggest a list of alternative times. |
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The program identifies conflicts as you are proposing a
meeting. You can easily scroll a daily calendar to find a time when
all guests are free or use Auto-Pick to automatically find free time
forward of the proposed date. |
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The free time search is quite powerful. User can search free
time among selected calendars (users) within specified date/time
range. Then, it will display the first available time. |
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No
free time search/auto schedule functionality is provided. |
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Send
Meeting Invitation |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
8
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The entry will log into the invitee's calendar. OnTime will
send email notification to attendees. |
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The same invitation may be sent to an Exchange mailbox and
an internet mailbox. |
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The Agenda works with the email program to send messages
when the user replies to invitations or creates, modifies or deletes
entries. |
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This is an automatic process after click Save and Send. The
invitation is sent to the mail router and is received in the inbox
of the invitee's mail requesting them to attend and informing them
of the meeting. |
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Windows users with MAPI-based email and all users with SMTP
mail can invite external guests to meetings via email directly from
the meeting proposal window. |
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When an invitation is sent via RSVP tab , the invitees will
automatically receive items in their INBOX indicating a new/updated
invitation arrived. The drawback of Invitation is that it does not
integrate with Create Calendar. User has to go to a separate RSVP
tab to new an invitation to the attendees. According to the vendor,
in 2.1, the scheduled invitation will be automatically LINKED with
all parties with a single event. |
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Requires manual entry of e-mail addresses for attendees for
each meeting. |
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Block
Personal Time |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Yes, user can check private for any calendar, other users
will only see header appointment in that time slot. For task, if
user selects private , then the task will not display when others
view it. |
|
Yes. Create an appointment and show time as either busy or
out of office. |
|
Yes. Create a meeting with the meeting proposer as the only
attendee. |
|
User can mark private for his appointment. User can also
hide the time slot during the day when he/she is not
booked. |
|
Vacation and personal days are easily blocked and
labeled. |
|
When a user marks a meeting private, the event becomes
private. But when view appointment, it is not blocked, description
is still being displayed. |
|
The user can block off time on his calendar and allow other
users to view this information, but this does not impact when the
events are scheduled. There is no conflict checking. |
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| |
|
Address
Book support |
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| |
|
Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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None. |
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The contact list is the user's email address book; it is
maintained by the user. Enter the contact name, general, detail and
other business information. Address an email, send a task or meeting
proposal to a contact. |
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Yes. The address book can be personal or published (shared
with selected users on the server). Store contact information,
dates, notes and more. Note that entries in the address book do not
show on the list of users - when inviting guests to
meetings. |
|
Yes, user can create his own personal N & A Book. User
can add contact and create groups, create mailing lists, personal
groups. |
|
The address book stores private groups created by the user.
The contact list is maintained by the user and available from the
meeting proposal screen when selecting guests. Enter the contact
name, address, email and other business information. |
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No. Address Book will be supported in version 2.1. |
|
No
internal or external address book support is provided. |
|
| |
|
Calendar
Viewing Options |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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|
Weighted
Score:
16
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|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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OnTime provides pleasant viewing function. User can view
Daily, weekly, and monthly calendars. User can jump to a specific
date to view also. |
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The Outlook Today page displays today's calendar and events,
task list and number of items in inbox and outbox; the page can be
customized. View one day, 5 days, 7 days or a month; view
non-contiguous days side by side such as the next three Mondays (or
totally unrelated days); see appointments, meetings and holidays for
each day; day views include the task list. List all active
appointments, all events, all recurring appointments, view by
category; customize the view with filters, sorts, group by and more.
A preview pane can be used with any calendar view to preview item
content. |
|
Known as the Agenda in this product: the day view displays
the day's appointments, holidays, notes, day events, and tasks to be
completed; the week view displays a five, six, or seven day week
with notes and day events displayed under each day; the month view
shows a snapshot of the month's activities; options for color coding
scheduled events. |
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User can view the calendar one day at a time, two days at a
time, one week at a time, two weeks at a time, and one month at a
time, or use arrow button to go to previous/next page. |
|
The daily calendar displays scheduled meetings, activities
and banners with 5 or 1 day viewing options; the monthly calendar
displays an overview of the entire month with meetings and
activities listed on the days they occur; the master schedule
provides a composite view of busy and free time for a group which
has been defined by a user or administrator; view another user's
calendar if proxy access has been given; use labels to color code
scheduled events. |
|
TimeCruiser permits four types of viewing layout: daily,
weekly, monthly, and yearly. |
|
Good calendar viewing functionality. Users may view
calendars in daily, weekly, and monthly views or an
overview. |
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|
Task
Management |
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| |
|
Weight: 4 |
|
Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
32
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|
Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
24
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The best part of Task Management is also create an
Appointment (and vice versa). User can create a related appointment
for a user task. Also, user can create tasks for an appointment.
Task creation is easy; tasks will be sorted by priority. But user
cannot assign due date. User can classify user tasks to 30
categories. In addition, user can set user task frequency to single
or rollover. They will be removed until they are completed or
deleted. |
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Features include start and end date, status, complete,
priority, reminder, comments; select a contact or category and
assign to another user. The To-do list displays in a single window
or with the daily calendar; unfinished tasks move forward. |
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Features include start and end date, access level, priority,
complete, attachments, comments and reminder; a task may be linked
to a meeting; unfinished tasks move forward. To-Do list displays in
a single window or with the daily calendar. The level of detail is
suited to complex time management. |
|
With the To-Do list, set a priority (high, medium, low, and
no priority) and a status (not started, in progress, on hold, and
completed). Change a personal to-do list to the group to-do list to
include Assign To, Cc, and Bcc participant fields. Group To- Dos
send invitations to invitees just as meeting invitations do.
Unfinished tasks do forward to the next day. |
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Features include date, priority, notes, reminder and group
items - select others to participate and the item appears on their
to-do list; To-Do list displays in a single window; incomplete items
are automatically pushed to the next day; completed items continue
to appear until deleted. |
|
None. Task will not be supported until version
2.1. |
|
Tasks are listed in chronological order by due date, next to
the calendar. They are not included on the calendar on the due date.
Virtually every combination of repeating due dates can be scheduled.
E-mail reminders can be scheduled for days, weeks, or minutes before
the due date. E-mail notification of the tasks can be sent to a list
of manually entered e-mail addresses. |
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|
Offline
Access |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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|
Weighted
Score:
0
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|
Weighted
Score:
12
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| |
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|
Off line access is only available with the desktop tool.
User must first initiate a download of his calendar to get a
copy. |
|
With offline folders the user can store data and then work
offline with calendar and email information. When the user connects
back to the server, the offline folders are automatically
synchronized with information stored on the Exchange
Server. |
|
The offline Agenda lets you create, edit and view entries
and upload them to the online Agenda the next time you connect to
the server. Setup the offline agenda with offline
preferences. |
|
One of the key strengths of the Notes client is the ability
to replicate any Notes application from the Domino server, then when
disconnected, make additions, edit, deletions, etc. to any of the
documents in that application. Once reconnected, with one click of a
button on the replicator page, all the changes made locally get sent
back to the server, plus any new changes made on the server copy get
replicated to that user's local copy. Notes supports selective
replication, whereby a user can decide to only replicate certain
data, if not all the data is necessary. Another key feature is field
level replication. Meaning Notes only replicates fields that have
changed, not entire documents. |
|
A
full datastore set is created and dynamically updated on each native
client device. When disconnected from the network environment, any
user can view a full set of all data, including calendar, proxy
calendars, directories, groups, to-do's, and all user-defined
preferences. Information proposed while offline is synchronized when
the user reconnects to the network, either via remote dialup or
WAN. |
|
None. |
|
As
a web based product, Calendar Server can be configured to fully
accommodate remote access by users. |
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|
Spell
Check |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
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| |
|
|
None. |
|
Yes. Choose Microsoft Word for your email editor and get
language AutoDetect spell checking and proofing support. |
|
No. |
|
Yes. Notes generic spell check function is used when
checking a calendar entry. |
|
No. |
|
None. |
|
No
spell check functionality is included. |
|
| |
|
Search
Capability |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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|
Weighted
Score:
8
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|
The search function is very robust. User can do search
through text search to the description (not notes), pending RSVP
entries, decline RSVP and originated group entries. After OnTime
finds it, user can click the button and bring user right into that
appointment. User can also generate a list of pending RSVP with
OnTime. User can select the find string from the 10 previously-used
text strings. |
|
The advanced find tool is very flexible and allows the user
to search any field in all item types. |
|
Search tools let you quickly create lists of attendees for
meetings, find out what another user is doing at a given time and
view times when users are available to attend meetings. |
|
User can search for text strings within mail messages, To Do
list entries, discussion topics, web pages, newsgroup topics, and
anything else that can be represented as a document in Notes. The
other alternative is find/replace text in the calendar document
. |
|
Search for text in calendar data by selecting fields to
search and a forward or reverse search date. |
|
Yes, search function provided for searching appointment
entry. |
|
Administrators can search for users, groups, or
organizational units. However, users can not. Users can search for
calendars. |
|
| |
|
Work
Group |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
4
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
| |
|
|
Yes, OnTime supports private work groups. User can select
from the meeting list of attendees. Only the attendees can view the
description of the meeting. |
|
Users can create distribution lists consisting of contacts
from one or more contact folders and the Exchange Server Global
Address List. |
|
Any user can create private or members only groups.
Administrative groups can only be created by users granted the
authorization to do so by the system administrator. |
|
Yes, user create work group through select members from the
address book. User then can schedule meeting by invite workgroup
(mailing list) to a meeting. |
|
Yes, the user can create private groups; they are stored in
the address book. |
|
Create user groups allowed within each Site . |
|
The user can not create groups. Only the administrator can
create groups. Users can create groups of calendars. Users can also
assign multiple owners to the calendar thereby creating a virtual
group calendar. iCS does not support creating LDAP groups--that is a
directory function. |
|
| |
|
Calendar
Delegation |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
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| |
|
|
When user assigns the Assistant access right, that person is
delegate to manage user calendar. The only thing the person can not
view is the description of a meeting user marked private . |
|
One or more delegates can be named to read only, read and
create, or read, create and modify a user's calendar, task list and
email. |
|
One or more delegates can be assigned access rights for
meetings, day events and notes. Options are modify, read/write and
view only. |
|
User can assign three levels of delegation control to the
calendar, so others can create and edit the calendar; they can not
read the description if the meeting is marked private. |
|
User can assign multiple proxies to arrange meetings, answer
messages and schedule activities. Proxy can read or update calendar
and view/not view descriptions of activities and to-do
items. |
|
None. |
|
The user can block off time on his calendar and allow other
users to view this information, but this does not impact when the
events are scheduled. There is no conflict checking. |
|
| |
|
Reminder
Management |
|
| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
16
|
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
|
Weighted
Score:
8
|
|
| |
|
|
OnTime supports sound wave files (.wav). User can set
personal alarm ring at certain minutes before the appointment, but
has neither email nor other reminder devices. User can set alarm to
the snooze mode to ring the alarm at a certain time. |
|
Reminders can be from 5 minutes to two days before an event.
Default reminder time is set in user preferences. Reminders are
visual or sound; sounds can be customized. |
|
Reminders can be any number of minutes, days or weeks prior
to the event. Format is either a pop-up window or upcoming
note. |
|
Notes can set alarm either audible, visible or email, to
notify user before meetings and to-do. User can add additional text
reminder to an alarm. A nice feature is that others can be notified
with a message box or email. There are five categories of reminder:
vacation, holiday, project, client, and phone call. |
|
Reminders can be set for minutes or days prior or a specific
day and time can be specified; color coding is also an
option. |
|
Email notification serves as reminder tool. No alarm
function is supported. |
|
When users schedule meetings they can choose to send an
e-mail reminder minutes, hours, or days before the event. |
|
| |
|
Internet
Publisher |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
4
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
| |
|
|
Yes, public calendars can be viewed by anyone who has access
to the URL that points to the OnTime Web login. |
|
Yes. Publishing a personal or team calendar as HTML is
easy. |
|
Yes, with the CorporateTime Outlook Connector this is
possible. |
|
No. User can not publish calendar to the web
browser. |
|
Windows and Macintosh clients have the capability to publish
calendars in HTML format. Calendars can be published manually or
automatically. |
|
Yes, user can publish events by entering them in public
calendars. |
|
Yes, a user can publish calendars that can be viewed by
anyone with a web browser. Publicly readable calendars can be
referenced by a static URL. No authentication is required. It works
just like a web page. |
|
| |
|
Attachment |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
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|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
6
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
4
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
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| |
|
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Users can attach Notes to meetings that can be viewed by all
attendees. The Notes can be up to 16K in size. Users can Cut and
Paste into the Notes filed, or they can supply a valid
URL. |
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Yes. Most popular file formats can be used as attachments to
meetings, tasks and appointments. |
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Yes, a meeting or task may have an attachment. |
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Yes, user can attach a file in the calendar entry in the
description field. It is a rich text field so it can support HTML,
etc. |
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No, however a text file can be imported to the agenda of a
meeting proposal. |
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TimeCruiser lets user attach multimedia files and Java
applets to schedule events. |
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No
attachment functionality is provided. |
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Discussion
Group |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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No. |
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Yes. Outlook with NetMeeting allows audio and video
conferencing over the internet. |
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No. |
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The Notes discussion enables users to categorize topics,
mark topics and responses as private, and include rich text. User
can create forums to discuss technical issues. Notes has integration
with instant messaging, Lotus Sametime. From an email, a user can
click on the who is online button in the action bar and the Sametime
applet will load allowing users to start a chat with any of the
users included in the email to or cc field. |
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No. |
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None. |
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No
chat functionality is included. |
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Customization |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
24
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User can change default viewing mode, welcome page,
background image file and use a style sheet to customize the
appearance of the font, color. User can specify whether name will
appear as displayed name or login name on the screen and working
hours, and whether to show declined entries, how many most recently
modified records stored (0-100), as well as toolbars, such as
displayed at the top or bottom, with/without text
description. |
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Customize toolbars and the appearance of email, the
calendar, tasks, notes, contacts and the Outlook Today page. See
free/busy times in contrasting colors in the daily and weekly views.
User can customize the workweek, add holidays, set spell check
options, choose to auto accept requests, and process
cancellations. |
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Color code your scheduled meetings according to their
attendance status, importance or ownership. Decide what icons and
other details to display. |
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Customize the welcome page to include email, calendar, to-do
list, favorite web pages, database subscriptions, and quick links.
Default calendar preferences are: basic tab, free time search tab,
to do tab, autoprocess tab, alarm tab, and delegation tab. User can
set preference values such as: duration of meeting, enable
automatically check time conflicts when schedule meetings, and
enable alarm to minutes advance. |
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User preferences include workdays and hours, name and
personal information, password change, message and reminder
notification, calendar views, color coded labels, master schedule
display and email defaults. |
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Yes, user can customize interface and layout. Such as :
colors, choose which views are available to the users and in what
order certain international notation support, such as week numbers,
and icon images. |
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Users can choose from pre-packaged options for color
schemes, toolbar labels, and fonts. |
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Corporate
Event |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
4
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Yes, a web client only feature, corporate event is created
through wide client. First create a new private workgroup then add
public calendars to it. When anyone access the URL to log into
OnTime, they can click on the public calendar link and view any of
the public calendars. Users do not need an OnTime ID to view the
Public calendars. |
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Yes, create an all day event, show time as free and invite
one or more users. Nice feature. |
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Yes, create a day event and publish to a group or all users.
Very nice. |
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Using the import holiday capability, an administrator can
create a custom event set that includes corporate events and users
can use the same mechanism to add that holiday set to their calendar
as with the default holiday sets. |
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Yes; use the flexible holiday option. The flexible check box
makes a holiday appear on calendars, but does not block off the day
as a non-work day. Users do not appear busy if the holiday is marked
as flexible. |
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Events for public viewing can be entered in designated
calendars. Those calendars are in turn set as site default so that
when viewers browse into the site, those calendars will be shown
automatically. |
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Any user or administrator can provide a corporate event feed
or publish a corporate event calendar. |
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Calendar
Access Control |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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There are 7 access rights levels which is ample. The
maintenance is very easy; user first selects the user or group of
users, then selects the access right (plus notification access
right). |
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The user can delegate read only or read, create, modify and
delete permission on calendar and folder items. |
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The user can delegate modify, view/reply and view only for
meetings, day events and notes. |
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User can assign three levels of access control to his/her
calendar: everyone can read, only following people can read, and
only following people can create and edit. |
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User can delegate read/write or read-only access for
calendar items. |
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There are three levels of access control to calendar : Full
access, no access and read only. |
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Users may select check boxes to either allow all other users
to view or modify their calendar. |
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Integrated
Internet Solution |
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Weight: 2 |
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
6
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Weighted
Score:
4
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User can add URLs in the Notes field. This can be used to
point to a specific Web page. |
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Yes. Display a web page in the Outlook window by clicking a
shortcut, such as your favorite Web page, on the Outlook
bar. |
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Yes, from within your Agenda a web browser can be
opened. |
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Yes. The InterNotes Web Publisher converts Notes forms,
documents, views, and databases to HTML for publication on the Web.
Notes also provides WebPages access. User can include a favorite web
page on the welcome page. |
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No. |
|
Calendar can be published onto the web browser. Such as
Corporate calendar. |
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Event and to-do content can be HTML. Thus, user content can
link to web pages. |
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Open
Other Users Calendars |
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Weight: 4 |
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
32
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Weighted
Score:
24
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Weighted
Score:
24
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For web client, clicking on the user name will open his/her
Calendar. In Wide client, press open tab then select(not log in) the
users from the user list. It is very easy. Users can view multiple
calendars' appointments. OnTime also maintains a Most Recently Used
list. It remembers which calendars were open when the product is
closed down, it will automatically open these calendars the next
time the user starts OnTime. |
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Quickly access other users calendars by choosing from a list
of recently used calendars; schedule entries based on mutually free
time. |
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The Group Agenda: open several users day views side by side
to view their meetings and schedule entries with them at a mutually
convenient time. |
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Users can view other people's calendars, given the proper
access. If user clicks a person name rather than a block of busy
time, Notes will display that person's calendar. Notes also has
support for a Group Calendar view. |
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The Master Schedule provides a composite view of busy and
free time for a group which has been defined by a user or
administrator. Propose meetings from the Master Schedule that
include all members of the defined group. |
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Yes. User can only open other users' calendars if under the
same Site Id (group). The opened other users calendars can be view
jointly and do free time search. |
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Users can create and view numerous calendar sets including
public calendars of other users. |
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Entry
Types |
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Weight: 3 |
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
16
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Appointment(critical, holiday and normal), group meeting,
and any category of tasks. |
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Meeting, appointment, contact, task, journal entry, note;
manage entries from the in-box. |
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Meeting, daily note, day event and task; manage calendar
entries from the in-tray view. |
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There are five types of entries: Appointment, Meeting,
Event, Reminder and Anniversary. |
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Meeting, to-do item, activity, contact, banner; manage
calendar entries from the message window. |
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All day event, and appointment. |
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Events and Tasks. |
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Communication |
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Additional supported communication types. |
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Factor: Standard |
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| |
|
Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
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|
Group Score:
15 out of 25
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
3 out of 25
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
15 out of 25
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
0 out of 25
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
15 out of 25
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
0 out of 25
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
5 out of 25
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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Support
for PDAs |
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Weight: 1 |
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
3
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
1
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The 32 bit client was built to use Starfish's TrueSync to
synchronize data between OnTime and other applications and/or
devices. It also supports import/export functions. |
|
Outlook synchronizes with all leading palmtop devices,
including the new Pocket Outlook in all Windows CE devices, Palm
Pilot, and the Timex DataLink watch. |
|
Yes, synchronize the Agenda and address book with a PDA
using CS&T's CorporateSync; Windows and Macintosh support for
Palm, Windows support for Psion and Windows CE. |
|
None. It will be available later in first quarter
2000. |
|
Yes, synchronize Meeting Maker information with the Palm
Address Book, Date Book, and To-Do List. Server requirements are
Meeting Maker version 6.04, or higher running on Win 95, 98, NT or
Macintosh PPC. Synchronize any PalmOS compliant device including,
3COM PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Palm Desktop 2.0 or
higher. Other devices include Handspring Visor, QUALCOMM pdqPhone,
Symbol, TRG Pro and IBM WorkPad. |
|
None. According to the vendor, Palm supported planned for
2.1. |
|
No
PDA support is provided directly by the product. But PDA support can
be attained by using iPlanet Wireless Server in conjunction with
Calendar Server. |
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Wireless
Suppport |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
12
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
4
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The web client supports HDML, coupled with AT&T
PocketNet (or compatible) service and unwired Planet HDML browser,
user can use a wireless device to access real time calendar data,
but is read-only. |
|
Not available. |
|
Yes. Wireless Data Server sends calendar information from
CorporateTime over PCS networks to mobile phones. |
|
None. It will be available later in first quarter
2000. |
|
Mobile phones that employ an internet-based email address
can receive automatic notifications of meeting proposals and changes
via SMTP external guest contacts. |
|
None. |
|
Wireless support can be attained by integration with iPlanet
Wireless Server. |
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Reporting |
|
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| |
|
Environment for retrieving and manipulating stored
reports. |
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| |
|
Factor: Standard |
|
| |
|
Product Name |
OnTime
4.7 |
Outlook
2000 |
Corporate
Time
4.0 |
Notes
R5 |
Meeting
Maker
6.04 |
TimeCruiser
2.0 |
iPlanet Calendar
Server
2.1 |
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Manufacturer |
Open Text Corp. |
Microsoft
Corporation |
Corporate Software &
Technologies Int. Inc. |
Lotus |
ON Technology |
Timecruiser Computing
Corporation |
Sun-Netscape
Alliance |
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|
Group Score:
44 out of 70
Total Score:
937 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
40 out of 70
Total Score:
913 out of 1475 |
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Group Score:
40 out of 70
Total Score:
882 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
40 out of 70
Total Score:
880 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
40 out of 70
Total Score:
828 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
24 out of 70
Total Score:
630 out of 1475 |
|
Group Score:
16 out of 70
Total Score:
619 out of 1475 |
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Administrator
Reports |
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| |
|
Weight: 3 |
|
Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
|
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Weighted
Score:
16
|
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Weighted
Score:
12
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Weighted
Score:
8
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Reports are: User Dump report, Server Dump report, Home User
Validation report, and Check Connectivity report. All/selected user
reports. |
|
No, monitoring and troubleshooting tools provide log files
online and not in printed format. |
|
No, monitoring and troubleshooting tools provide log files
online and not in printed format. |
|
Domino provides several types of log files, including
complete server log, web server log, and transaction log. There are
statistics reports on the Domino server. One is for Reservations and
the other one is for Appointments. |
|
The Analyze utility is a reporting mechanism that helps
determine traffic patterns on a given server and/or user; output is
to a text file. |
|
Timecruiser only provides a basic log file for
administrator. |
|
Command line utilities allow the administrator to monitor
user sessions, log-out users, and list counter statistics including
total concurrent connections, and number of database
reads/writes/deletes. |
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| |
|
General
Reporting Capabilities |
|
| |
|
Weight: 4 |
|
Weighted
Score:
32
|
|
Weighted
Score:
32
|
|
Weighted
Score:
32
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
24
|
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Weighted
Score:
16
|
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Weighted
Score:
8
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There are eight standard reports: Day Planner, Weekly Grid,
and Monthly Grid. User can enter a date range for user report. All
the reports can be printed in 5-1/2x8-1/2 and 3-3/4x 6-3/4 and
Franklin Day Planner, Day-Timer and DayRunner. User can print
multiple user calendars. such as margin or number of columns. users
do have the ability to create several different styles (such as
margin or number of columns) of each report and save these settings
within the product. |
|
Print word-wrapped details of appointments in daily, weekly
and monthly formats, hide appointments that are private; select
items to print, print to a file are available. Paper types supported
: Avery 41-206, 41-256, 41-307, 41-357, L7901, L7902, FiloFax No.
106, Custom. Page sizes: Letter, Letter Half, Billfold, Pocket, 1/2
1/4 1/8 sheet booklet Day-Timer Senior Desk, Pocket, Junior Desk,
Junior Pocket Day Runner Entrepreneur, Classic, Running Mate
Franklin Day Planner Monarch, Classic. |
|
Many print options are available; print address books,
in-tray and task list. Print agenda pages in daily, weekly, monthly
or multiweek format with over 100 options from which to choose.
Print layout options include Franklin Day Planner, Avery,
Day-Timer. |
|
Yes. User can print individual Calendar Event documents.
There are daily, weekly, monthly, and calendar list reports. Notes
supports a trifold style and support for paper sizes like Franklin
Planner. User can change some settings, such as font size or whether
to include weekends. |
|
Standard reports include daily, monthly, weekly and yearly
plus several variations of the to-do list. Page layout options
include Avery, Day-Timer, Franklin Quest, Filofax,
Dynodex. |
|
User can print daily, weekly, and monthly calendar either in
summary or detail format. Additionally, user can add title and
sub-title to his reports. |
|
No
printing functionality is included, however, users can print through
their browsers or with screen shots. |
|
| |
|
User
Defined Reports |
|
| |
|
Weight: 2 |
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
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Weighted
Score:
0
|
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Weighted
Score:
4
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
|
Weighted
Score:
0
|
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|
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No. User cannot create custom report. |
|
No. |
|
No. However developing reporting applications through CAPI
is possible. |
|
No. |
|
The Meeting Maker Print Layout Designer program is a
standalone Windows application that enables the user to create
custom forms and calendar layouts. Currently it is available only as
a 16-bit Windows application. |
|
No. |
|
No
custom reports functionality is included. |
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