Horde Groupware is probably not the first collaboration software that comes to mind when thinking about deploying a new system. Perhaps it should. Contrary to most of the popular collaboration software on the market such as Open-Xchange, Scalix and Zimbra, the guys behind Horde understands how to write efficient code and use appropriate tools (no Java, just plain PHP).
Yes, perhaps it is a bit too simplistic for many organizations (eg. no Active Sync), but on the other hand it does not require a Quad-core Xeon with 4GB of RAM to handle 10 users, like Zimbra does (ok, perhaps that’s an exaggeration, but you get the point).
It’s been a busy week. As a result, I haven’t been able to cover all the news that I would have liked to. Because of this, I thought it would be a good idea to write a combined post that outlines the news from this week that I failed to cover.