Kerio bridges Windows, Linux and Macs

  Kerio MailServer 6.5 ships today and that should be pretty good news for IT shops that have more than only Windows users inside their organization who want to collaborate with their fellow workers. According to Dusan Vitek, vice president of worldwide marketing for Kerio Technologies Inc. in San Jose, Calif., the new release lets Linux, Mac, Windows and even mobile handset users all share and subscribe to each others' calendars. Now Windows users can schedule meetings with Linux or Mac colleagues (if they actually talk to each other) with confidence because they can see when the other platforms' users are free. 

Vitek says MailServer 6.5 also includes an updated Outlook plug in that lets people read and write mail, make calendar changes and other groupware tasks while disconnected from the Kerio MailServer. The new plug in includes a Firebird database that captures all the work you do while on the road and updates everything once you connect back to the server. Another benefit of using Firebird, Vitek points out, is that users now will have full-text search of everything stored in the database. Pricing for Kerio MailServer 6.5 starts at $499 for ten users.