| Oracle® Beehive Concepts Release 1 (1.2 and 1.3) Part Number E05393-03 |
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| Oracle® Beehive Concepts Release 1 (1.2 and 1.3) Part Number E05393-03 |
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Oracle Beehive provides a common model that enables a wide variety of clients and devices to connect with the platform. Once connected to the platform, supported clients and devices can access and leverage the collaborative services and data that it provides.
Oracle Beehive provides several out-of-the-box client options for enterprise users. Oracle Beehive also supports several standardized protocols, enabling organizations to integrate and deploy standards-based clients, as well as mobile devices, easily with the platform. Organizations can also integrate and deploy custom clients or incorporate Oracle Beehive clients into existing interfaces such as portals.
This module provides an overview of the end-user clients and devices that Oracle Beehive supports, and includes the following topics:
Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook (OBIO) is a Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) service provider for Microsoft Outlook. OBIO extends the functionality of Microsoft Outlook by providing Outlook users with unified access to Oracle Beehive-based collaborative features and data, including team and personal workspaces. Through OBIO, users can leverage advanced personal productivity features for e-mail, time management, tasks, contacts, notes, and journals. Basic collaborative capabilities are provided for workspaces, documents, and notifications. OBIO also supports multiple languages, server-side rules, and the ability to update documents in place (overwrite rather than replace).
OBIO is supported in Windows 2000, XP, and Vista operating systems with the following versions of Microsoft Outlook:
OBIO requires installation on the computers of individual users. Access to the OBIO installation package can be provided to users as a download from internal websites or Oracle Beehive administrators can push the package to users by leveraging the Device Management Service (DMS), which is exposed through the beectl command-line utility.
Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra is a Web-based client that enables Oracle Beehive users to access, view, and manage their e-mail, calendars, and address books.
Oracle Beehive Integration for Zimbra supports the following Web browsers in the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems:
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
Oracle Beehive supports a variety of mobile devices, including:
Oracle Beehive supports the Apple iPhone, providing users mobile e-mail through IMAP and access to online documents through Mobile Safari. With Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook installed, iPhone users can also maintain up-to-date calendar entries, tasks, and contacts through iTunes.
Oracle Beehive provides the following features for supported mobile devices running Microsoft Windows Mobile:
Oracle Mobile Management Console can be used to push and install Oracle and third-party software onto mobile devices.
True push mail capabilities through the Oracle Mobile Outlook plug-in
Up-to-date calendar entries, tasks, and contacts through Synthesis SyncML client
Mobile instant messaging support through SHAPE Services IM+
Access to online documents through Mobile Explorer
Automatic upgrades and device wipe-out capabilities
Oracle Beehive provides these features to users of Microsoft Windows-based mobile devices through a plug-in for Microsoft Windows Mobile Outlook, which is supported in the following operating systems:
To install and leverage the Oracle Beehive mobile device plug-in, users must first download and install the Mobile Device Management Console on their mobile devices. The Mobile Device Management Console connects to the Mobile Device Management server and determines what should be installed on the mobile devices, including the Oracle Beehive mobile device plug-in.
After installing the Mobile Device Management Console and connecting to the Mobile Device Management server, users can download the Oracle Beehive mobile device plug-in and initiate the installation through a bootstrap process. To upgrade the plug-in, users have the option to check for updates periodically from their supported mobile devices, or they can wait for the administrators of their Oracle Beehive instances to initiate alerts that inform them of available updates.
Oracle Beehive supports Nokia mobile devices, enabling users to leverage the following features:
Mobile e-mail support through IMAP
Up-to-date calendar entries, tasks, and contacts through built-in OMA-DS clients
Mobile instant messaging support through SHAPE Services IM+
Access to online documents through Nokia Series 60 mobile browser
Over-the-air (OTA) access to third-party software and configuration information, which can be customized according to your organization's deployment needs.
Oracle Beehive supports Palm mobile devices, enabling users to leverage the following features:
Up-to-date e-mail, calendar entries, tasks, and contacts through Synthesis SyncML client
Advanced e-mail capabilities through Palm ChatterMail
Mobile instant messaging support through SHAPE Services IM+
Access to online documents through Palm mobile browser
OTA access to third-party software and configuration information, which can be customized according to your organization's deployment needs.
Oracle Beehive supports RIM mobile devices, enabling users to leverage the following features:
Up-to-date e-mail, calendar entries, tasks, and contacts through Notify Link Enterprise Edition
Mobile instant messaging support through SHAPE Services IM+
Access to online documents accessible through BlackBerry mobile browser
Oracle Beehive supports Sony Ericsson mobile devices, enabling users to leverage the following features:
Mobile e-mail support through IMAP
Up-to-date calendar entries, tasks, and contacts through built-in OMA-DS client
Mobile instant messaging support through SHAPE Services IM+
Access to online documents through Symbian mobile browser
OTA access to third-party software and configuration information, which can be customized according to your organization's deployment needs.
Oracle Beehive supports several standards-based protocols, enabling organizations to deploy and integrate commonly-available, as well as custom, clients to access Oracle Beehive data and leverage its robust feature set for the following needs:
File access and document management: Provided through support for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), FTP over Transport Layer Security (TLS), and JSR-170.
E-mail: Provided through support for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
Time management: Provided through support for Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV).
Instant messaging: Provided through support for Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
Mobile e-mail and data synchronization: Push Internet Message Access Protocol (P-IMAP) and Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization (OMA-DS).
Oracle Beehive currently supports a variety of proprietary and open source clients that leverage the following standards-based protocols:
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)
Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
Apple Mac OS X 10.4
Cadaver (Linux)
Microsoft Windows WebFolders and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x (Microsoft Windows XP)
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 7.x (Windows Vista)
Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express
Note:
Deploying Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express with Oracle Beehive through IMAP and SMTP does not provide the same functionality as Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook (OBIO). Deploying Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express through IMAP and SMTP only provides access to Oracle Beehive e-mail, while deploying Microsoft Outlook with OBIO provides access to Oracle Beehive e-mail, calendar entries, contacts, and tasks. For more information, please refer to "Oracle Beehive Integration for Outlook (OBIO)".Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization (OMA-DS), formerly SyncML
Oracle Beehive provides interfaces to voicemail, auto-attendant, and user directory features for the following telephony client types:
Oracle Beehive provides interfaces that enable users to manage their Oracle Beehive voicemail and access auto-attendant features from any phone.
Oracle Beehive provides interfaces to voicemail, auto-attendant, and user directory features for the following Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products:
The interfaces provide text-based menus that enable users to leverage these supported products to manage their voicemail and to browse the user directories for their enterprises.
