Groupware Solution for Emails, Appointments, Contacts and more
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Kolab is a Groupware Solution for Emails, Appointments, Contacts and more. It supports mixed client environments (Outlook/KDE) because of an open storage format. Any email client speaking standard protocols can be served.

For the full Kolab experience you need a Kolab Server and Kolab Clients. What makes the Kolab Concept outstanding is the focus on scalability, proven components and protocols. The implementations offered by us are Free Software (Open Source).

Kolab was created for the needs of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) by contract in 2002-2004 and is used there in a heterogenous environment. November 2005 Kolab won the Linux New Media Award: Category 'Best Groupware Server' [press release].

Linux New Media Award 2005
Linux New Media Award 2005
*Best Groupware Server*

News

August 14th, 2008 » Univention Corporate Server 2.1 includes new Kolab components
Univention, a Kolab Konsortium business partner, integrates the current version of Kontact Enterprise35 and Kolab web client into the groupware part of its enterprise all-in-one solution.
Further information can be found in Univention's press release (German only).

July 11th, 2008 » Kolab Server 2.2.0 Final Release
Source and binary packages for Kolab Server 2.2.0 are available from the download mirrors.
See the announcement for details.

July 9th, 2008 » Kolab integrates mobile devices via SyncML
Univention GmbH has realised an extension to Kolab in cooperation with the Kolab Konsortium and Pardus, which allows users to connect mobile devices directly to the groupware server. Now it is possible to synchronize appointment times and contact information being away on business.
This was done by integrating the SyncML protocol into the Horde part of Kolab server. SyncML is a platform independant standard designed for the exchange of data between servers, clients and mobile devices.
The Horde interface is going to be integrated into Kolab Server/OpenPKG 2.2.0 as a beta version. Version 2.2.1 is then expected to integrate the SyncML extensions for tasks and contacts. In Univention's UGS the SyncML extensions are available as release candidates for testing purposes.
You can find more information in Univention's press release (German only).

June 18th, 2008 » Security Issue 21 for Kolab Server (ClamAV)
A new ClamAV RPM with a fix for a DoS vulnerability is available. See the Kolab Security Issue 21 for details.

June 9th, 2008 » Kontact for Windows and Mac OS X (developer version) presented
The german Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has presented a prototype of KDE Kolab Client Kontact on Windows and Mac OS X at the LinuxTag 2008 (may 28th to 31th) in Berlin. These new Kolab clients based on KDE and Qt. They are still in development. A stable release is planed for the end of 2008.

More information:

June 8th, 2008 » Thunderbird Plugin SyncKolab 1.0.0 available
SyncKolab was written to add Kolab functionality to Thunderbird. It reads a selected Imap folder and synchronizes it with the local address book and calendar. It has been tested under Thunderbird for Windows (XP and Vista), MacOSX and Linux. Version 1.0 had 61 prereleases and 83 nightly releases with over 100 bugs fixed and is known to work nicely with Thunderbird 2 and Lightning 0.8.

May 23rd, 2008 » Kolab Server 2.2 Release Candidate 3 released
Source and binary packages for Kolab Server 2.2 Release Candidate 3 are available for download.
See the announcement for details.

April 17th, 2008 » German-speaking Kolab users mailinglist available
A new mailinglist for german-speaking Kolab users is now available. See here for subscribe to the kolab-users-de list.

April 16th, 2008 » Security Issue 20 for Kolab Server (ClamAV)
A new ClamAV RPM with various fixes is available. See the Kolab Security Issue 20 for details.

March 19th, 2008 » Kolab KDE Client 2.1.12 released
This release contains bug fixes and some new minor features. Source and binary packages for Kolab KDE Client 2.1.12 are available for download.
See the announcement for details.

March 17th, 2008 » Kolab Server 2.2 Release Candidate 2 released
Source and binary packages for Kolab Server 2.2 Release Candidate 2 are available for download.
See the announcement for details.

February 18th, 2008 » Security Issue 19 for Kolab Server (ClamAV)
A new ClamAV RPM with various fixes is available. See the Kolab Security Issue 19 for details.

February 5th, 2008 » Kolab Server 2.2 Release Candidate 1 released
Source and binary packages for Kolab Server 2.2 Release Candidate 1 are available for download.
Since 2.2 beta 2 the Kolab server provides a web client that supports all the groupware features known from Outlook and Kontact. Thus users are less dependent on their local client and can access their groupware data from anywhere in the world provided they have a standard browser available.
See the announcement for details.

January 30th, 2008 » New Kolab documentation material - german only
The new "Operating manual for Kolab Server 2.2" and example slides for Kolab presentations can be downloaded from the documentation page.
See the announcement for details.

January 9th, 2008 » Security Issue 18 for Kolab Server (ClamAV)
A new ClamAV RPM with various fixes is available. See the Kolab Security Issue 18 for details.

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