"SuSE is trying to cut deeper into the market share of Microsoft's Exchange Server e-mail system by rolling out a version of Openexchange that features improved server support for Windows Outlook users.
"For the first time, Version 4.1 of the product allows Outlook users to access calendar and contact information as well as access documents stored in Openexchange Server, company officials said. One of the new features includes an alert to let Outlook users know when they have conflicts among their appointments.
"'With this release we think we are offering business users more stability and security of their open source data, additional groupware and messaging functions, and much better speed and efficiency in electronic communications,' said Juergen Geck, SuSE's chief technology officer..."
