1.0 What Is GroupWise?

Novell GroupWise is an enterprise collaboration system that provides secure email, calendaring, scheduling, and secure instant messaging. GroupWise also includes task management, contact management, document management, and other productivity tools. Companion products provide secure instant messaging (Novell Messenger), synchronization with mobile devices (Novell Data Synchronizer) and teaming workspaces (Novell Vibe) for complete enterprise connectivity and collaboration.

GroupWise can be used on your desktop on Windows, Macintosh, or Linux, in a Web browser anywhere you have an Internet connection, on an Apple iPad, and on mobile devices. Your GroupWise system can be set up on Linux, Windows, or a combination of these operating systems.

The following sections include more details about what GroupWise provides and what you need to do to set up your GroupWise system to best meet your users’ needs.