ConsultingTimes takes a look at InsightConnector, a server that offers a replacement for Microsoft Exchange that is compatible with all existing versions of Microsoft Outlook (along with the Bynari's own UNIX and Linux client). “In an extraordinary feat of API legerdemain, Bynari, Inc. the Dallas-based maker of Linux/UNIX groupware solutions announced a breakthrough InsightConnector product. Once Connector is installed, Outlook clients can perform a full range of groupware operations through any server which employs the open standard Internet Mail Application Protocol (IMAP) with ACLs (access control lists). “
“Western Massachusetts using our Outlook 2000 client running on Windows XP. The results were remarkably transparent — not only can we send and receive e-mail … but we can also set up meetings, coordinate schedules, and do all the other tricks you could formerly do only via Exchange. Connector enables server-side calendering — allowing executives to delegate their calendar maintenance — and other message stores, including “out-of-office” replies. We could even share free/busy time with others.” “This was only a cursory test, for sure, but the results, to our inexpert eyes, were quite astounding. InsightConnector seems to allow organizations to leap from MAPI (Microsoft's Messaging Application Program Interface) to IMAP in a single bound.”