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6.6.2 Portals and Collaboration Servers

Collaboration software, otherwise known as gro upware, has been around

for a while, manifested in Portal software and before that, in environments

like Lotus Notes. Among its features are shared areas, usually project or

team focused, where team members can post documents, calendars, have

threaded discussions, and so on. Some collaboration environments feature

e-mail archives that are browsable by all team members. In this way, it

enables the team to have ready access to the history of e-mails between the

group.

Using a collaborative environment can be an effectiv ...