Synology Inc.today introduced the Zarafa package,an email and calendaring collaboration solution for DiskStation and RackStation users,which can be accessed through a web interface from multi-platform systems and supported mobile devices.
As the top drop-in replacement for MS Exchange with Outlook and mobile compatibility,Zarafa's email web client features an elegant and intuitive groupware solution that includes an advanced permission system that allows users to share mailboxes with colleagues,a calendar that enables users to send meeting requests to co-workers or book resources,access of contacts in a global address book,and a task list that can be shared with peers for more effective teamwork.SMB users are assured of full compatibility by the UTF-8(Unicode)support and Zarafa's mobile calendar push technology for all supported ActiveSync devices,including iPhone and Android based phones.
"The cooperation between Synology and Zarafa,one of the leading European providers of open source groupware and collaboration software,provides a cost-effective yet easy-to-use groupware server to small and medium businesses."said Wayne An,product manager of Synology Inc.
Synology DiskStation and RackStation offer an intuitive development toolkit for web developers,and continue to attract mature and sophisticated industry leaders such as Zarafa,as more developers recognize its value and benefit from sharing their solutions on a Synology NAS server.
Availability
This package is applicable on selected Synology NAS server with DSM 4.0:DS3612xs,RS3412xs,RS3412RPxs,RS2212+,RS2212RP+,DS1812+,DS1512+,DS412+,RS812+,RS812RP+,DS712+,DS3611xs,RS3411xs,RS3411RPxs,DS2411+,RS2211+,RS2211RP+,DS1511+,DS411+II,DS411+,DS1010+,RS810+,RS810RP+,DS710+.
Synology at a Glance
Founded in 2000,Synology is a young and energetic company dedicated to developing high-performance,reliable,versatile,and environmentally-friendly Network Attached Storage(NAS)products.Our goal is to deliver user-friendly solutions and solid customer service to satisfy the needs of businesses,home offices,individual users and families.
About Zarafa
Zarafa is the leading European provider of open source groupware and collaboration software.The company is headquartered in Delft,the Netherlands.Zarafa's offices in Stuttgart,Hannover and Belo Horizonte(Brazil)provide local sales and support to more than 250 partners and thousands of customers worldwide.Our core product is the Zarafa Collaboration Platform(ZCP),the leading European open and compatible groupware platform that can be used as a drop-in Microsoft Exchange replacement for email,calendaring,collaboration and tasks.Using instant web meetings and other apps,ZCP is evolving into a full,flexible and future proof collaboration platform.Additionally,Zarafa recently launched Z-Archiver which decreases the need for expensive storage tiers for long-term archiving.Zarafa is acclaimed for its unrivaled expertise in calendar and mobile compatibility.