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Group Activities

Workgroup Task Intranet	Lotus Notes	Microsoft Exchange	Novell GroupWise 5	Intranet
Message/docu- ment routing	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Additional applications required
Integrated messaging	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Additional applications required
Maintenance	Fair	Good	Good	Additional applications required
Information dissemination	Good to excellent depending on implementation	Good	Good	Excellent
Search tools	Excellent	Additional applications required	Good	Available through shareware
Document management	Good	Additional applications required	Supports document check-in/check-out, version control	Additional applications required
External data access	Additional applications required	Good	Additional applications required	Additional applications required
Version control	Excellent	Fair; within messaging system	Excellent	Additional applications required
Workflow	Fair	Additional applications required	Good	Additional applications required
Project management	Good	Additional applications required	Good; offers integrated task assignment	Additional applications required
Agents	Excellent	Fair; within e- mail only	Additional applications required	Available through shareware
Remote/mobile access	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Poor
Data replication/ synchronization	Excellent	Good	Replicates public folders between servers	Additional applications required
Topical messaging/ discussions	Available through Notes Discussion Groups	Available through Exchange public folders	Available through public folders	Depends on browser
Multiplatform availability	Good	Server: NT only Clients: Windows, Mac	Excellent	Excellent
Internet integration;	Excellent	Fair, many phases still in development	Fair	Excellent
Gateways/cross- platform connections	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Excellent
Conferencing	Additional applications required	Additional applications required	Additional applications required	Available through shareware
Video conferencing	Additional applications required	In development	N/A	Available through shareware

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