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Tuesday Jul 22, 2008

On July
22nd we announced the availability of Java Communications Suite 6.,
which includes the new Convergence web client,
push e-mail
support and a host of other features. These new capabilities and
enhancements make Communications Suite 6 an even stronger
alternative
to Microsoft Exchange, while enabling leading Telco and cable
companies to provide their subscribers with seamless new services
leading to increase customer growth and delight.
The Sun
Java Communications Suite delivers industry leading email,
calendaring and real time collaboration functionality for service
provider
and large organizations worldwide. It provides an
extensible, standards-based development platform, offering improved
performance, reliability
and scalability at a lower TCO.
Communications Suite Components Services 
Message
access and message management
Calendar
Service and group scheduling
Instant
Messaging, Presence and Chat
Centralized
Address Book
Access
Sun
Convergence – a complete webclient
Outlook
Connectivity
Mobile Sync
Administration and Configuration
Delegated
Administration
New
Communications Suite Installer
What's New
This Communications Suite release includes many new features, including:
Sun Convergence communications client
New subscription-based pricing model for point products
New Messaging Server features include:
Very large mailbox support
Message store database rolling backup
Additional LEMONADE support for mobile messaging
New Instant Messaging Server features include:
Javascript API
Peer-to-peer voice chat
IMPS protocol support
New Outlook Connector features include:
Support for Vista
Support for Outlook 2007
Support for large PST files
An entirely new Communications Suite installer
Sun Convergence:
Sun Convergence is an elegant and powerful web client for the Java Communications Suite. It provides a unique and highly useful web communication and collaboration experience through a rich mash up of email, calendaring, contacts,presence, instant messaging and other web services.
Key Benefits
Convergence, built on top of the highly scalable, secure and standards based services within the Java Communications Suite, is designed to scale from thousands to millions of users.
Convergence's rich integration of email, calendaring, contacts and instant messaging helps users to save time and better organize information, schedule events and tasks and consequently be more productive
With drag and drop, right click context menus and keyboard shortcuts Convergence provides a desktop-like experience with the power of anytime, anywhere access of the web
Convergence can be
easily customized and integrated with other web services to create a
highly differentiated and personalized user experience
Please come give it a test drive at : Test
Drive Convergence
Userid : field1 / Password: cosmo
Or to learn more : www.sun.com/comms
Wow Convergence is an amazing interface! We have been considering the move to Comms Suite from Zimbra, but Comms 5 had a really ugly web interface. This is really compelling!
Posted by Bob Prendergast on August 01, 2008 at 10:57 AM PDT #