Spotlight: OBM Open Business Management groupware and email

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Spotlight: OBM Open Business Management groupware and email

By Jack Wallen July 8, 2010, 3:51 AM PDT

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Spotlight: OBM Open Business Management groupware and email

OBM Calendar

This view of the calendar shows you upcoming events listed by resource.

For a full review of OBM, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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New appointment

Creating a new appointment is as simple as you would imagine it to be. What I do like about OBM even creation is that it all takes place on a single, easy read page.

For a full review of OBM, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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To do lists

If you like To Dos, you will like OBM. OBM does have a very powerful To Do tool that acts more like a project management tool than a simple to do list.

For a full review of OBM, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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Web mail

And what groupware suite would be complete without a Webmail tool? OBM uses the MiniG Webmail tool but isn’t as integrated into the system as the other tools. When users want to read Webmail they will be taken to another page.

For a full review of OBM, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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