| Oracle® Collaboration Suite Concepts Release 2 (9.0.4) Part Number B15605-01 |
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| Oracle® Collaboration Suite Concepts Release 2 (9.0.4) Part Number B15605-01 |
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Oracle Calendar is the time management and resource scheduling component of Oracle Collaboration Suite. Oracle Calendar connects directly to the calendar server to access up-to-the-minute scheduling information for all Oracle Calendar users and resources. Calendar's real-time technology ensures that all connected users are able to check each other's availability with complete accuracy, since all the calendar data is stored centrally. This means there are no lags, no message queues, and no data replication for any calendar related data. Oracle Calendar also features e-mail and wireless alerts, multi-platform support, two desktop clients, a Web client, synchronization tools and a framework for enhanced security.
The following sections describe the key features of Oracle Calendar:
Oracle Calendar offers three clients for communicating with the Calendar server. Although each client offers the same core functionality, each has unique advantages. Since all calendar information is stored centrally, you can install and use all three clients interchangeably. The following clients are available:
The desktop client provides the most full-featured access to your calendar data, with personal information management functionality and group and resource scheduling capabilities. With support for the latest Windows and Macintosh platforms, as well as Linux and Solaris, the Oracle Calendar desktop client fits into any multi-OS environment enabling users on different operating systems to schedule with each other seamlessly.
Oracle Connector for Outlook extends the functionality of Microsoft Outlook by providing Oracle Collaboration Suite users with a unified environment for e-mail, voicemail, fax, web conferencing and real-time calendaring. As a MAPI service provider, Oracle Connector for Outlook communicates directly with the Calendar and Email servers.
The Web client provides all the time management tools you need to manage your time in an application you can access from anywhere using the Internet. You can use the Web client's intuitive interface to schedule meetings with other users, check for conflicts, book resources, create notes and manage tasks. Agendas can also be published for people without a calendar account, offering added functionality such as sending a schedule to a partner or publishing resource availability for all employees.
You can control how much of your agenda can be accessed by other users. For example, you can restrict access rights to limit your co-workers to viewing only your free/busy time, while at the same time, you can grant access rights to specific users to view all your agenda entries marked as Normal and Personal. You do not have to grant access rights on a per user basis.
Oracle Calendar provides two ways to synchronize your calendar and contact data. The first is Oracle Calendar Sync, a desktop-to-cradle solution that enables synchronization between the Oracle Calendar desktop client and Palm and Pocket PC devices. The second synchronization option is Oracle Sync Server, a solution that employs the SyncML protocol to synchronize application data such as calendar and contacts over the Internet.
When integrated with real-time online collaboration services, Oracle Calendar users can schedule and join Web conferences directly through their Calendars.
Oracle Calendar's standards-based developer tools include a Web Services Toolkit that provides XML and SOAP-based mechanisms to allow access and the transfer of calendaring data to other applications. The Calendar SDK uses the iCalendar standard for a data representation that facilitates data exchange between calendar systems.
