CalendarReview

InstantOGo 2.0 has been released. InstantOGo is a bundled drop-in version of the Open Source OpenGroupware.Org application suite. OpenGroupware.Org provides sophisticated calendering including meeting proposals, free/busy, CalDAV & iCalendar support, and an XML-RPC API. In addition to calendering OpenGroupare is a fully functional enterprise groupware solution including project and file management (access via API, WebDAV, and Web), tasks with workflow, and flexible contact management. GroupDAV is also supported.

AvailiTime, the leader in internet-based schedule coordination across business and network boundaries, announces the addition of the iCalendar standard to its supported calendars. AvailiTime shares the availability or “free / busy times” within a user’s calendar with the contacts that they choose. AvailiTime currently supports Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Google Calendar, and SalesForce.com. With the addition of iCalendar, AvailiTime users can share their availability from calendar products that support the iCalendar standard, including many web-based calendars, such as 30Boxes.com.

Read the full press release at MarketWire

www.KeepandShare.com has an online calendar service that’s different from a lot of the other ones here. KeepandShare’s calendar is very simple - it’s modeled after a wall-calendar with each day box being just unlimited free text entry. No messing with appointment objects. It’s very fast to use, and you can put a lot of info into a day if you want, especially in the ‘day view’.

The calendar is wrapped with powerful control over secure, private sharing, and besides the calendar you can access file sharing, documents, photos, lists and more in the same account and the same sharing controls.

Some features of www.keepandshare.com calendar are:

• Just click and type. It’s as easy as a wall calendar.
• Keep your schedule online: accessible from any computer
• Easy to use - just click and type!
• Securely share your calendar: they’ll always see the up-to-date version
• Up to nine separate calendars
• Unlimited text in each day
• Day, week & month views

Go to here for more info on the KeepandShare calendar.

Version 7.09 of Citadel, the open source groupware platform, has been released.

Citadel has a nice calendar service with AJAX-style web access, along with WebDAV (WebCal) access. It is a true turnkey groupware environment — very easy to install. It comes with not only a calendar service, but also email, contacts, instant messaging, bulletin boards, and more.

If you’re looking for an open source “Exchange killer” that’s incredibly easy to install, use, and maintain, check it out. The project lives at http://www.citadel.org . There’s even a pre-built VMware image of the system that you can use to evaluate it.

The team at mobilegcal.com has created a program that allows users to access their Google Calendar® via any Mobile Device.

Features:

• Add, Update and Delete Events.
• Access a complete list of Calendars (including Shared or Imported Calendars).
• View Calendars by Day, Week or Month.
• Color Schemes match your Google Calendar® preferences.
• Google Calendar® — security and user privileges.
• Functional on most mobile devices (PDA’s, Blackberry’s, Phones etc).
• No software to download.

Visit http://www.mobilegcal.com for a free account.

Marshall Kirkpatrick of TechCrunch wrote this review on Vivapops new service:

Greenwich, CT based Vivapop has launched a web based calendar and events management service that offers a very nice interface, cross platform bidirectional syncing and voice recognition for mobile access. Whether this or any web calendar stands a chance in the face of Google’s integration of GCal and GMail is always a question, but Vivapop’s niche audience and premium feature set makes it an interesting play.

What Citadel says about itself:

Citadel is a complete and feature-rich open source groupware platform.

• Email, calendaring/scheduling, address books
• Bulletin boards, mailing list server, instant messaging
• Multiple domain support
• An intuitive, attractive AJAX-style web interface

Users love Citadel because it’s software that helps them work, play, stay in touch… without calling attention to itself. System administrators love Citadel because it installs in minutes without the need to manually integrate all the different components together.The key to Citadel’s versatility is its unique architecture. A Citadel system is made up of containers called “rooms.” A room may be used as an email folder, a discussion forum, a real-time chat, a mailing list, a calendar, an address book, an RSS sink … sometimes a combination of any of the above, and certainly any other uses which could be added in the future. Furthermore, you can replicate rooms between multiple Citadel nodes, allowing you to set up a federated, distributed messaging environment.