We recognise that great ideas can come from any one and that ideas are no one’s monopoly. We acknowledge the ‘Inspiration’ we got from many of the leading Collaboration/Communication Softwares.We thank the people who were responsible for the development of following Softwares and Ideas.
Groove [Main Inspiration, Idea of Workspaces, Plugins, Tools, Security, Networking, Relay Server Model], Collanos [Simplicity, Invite], Kerika [GUI Approach to Collaboration], Eclipse[Everything, Plugin Architecture], Apache [Derby], TinyMCE [Html Editor] , BouncyCastle [JCE]
ramesh Uncategorized
Collaber API will help Developers to develop Distributed Apps with minimum effort. we will be releasing a Collaber component which can be used by other Apps. The range of Apps will include distributed desktop search across members of a group, embedding “add to Collaber Workspace” link in other Apps etc.
ramesh Uncategorized
We are pleased to announce that today we have successfully completed implementation of Collaber Backup Agent. This agent will enable users to backup their workspaces and restore them to any previous time.
Backup agent can also be used as a always on peer so that any workspaces in which the backup agent is a member will be always synchronized even in case of problem connecting to relay server.
We will add functionality for automatic restore point creation based on a predefined schedule. We will release alpha version on 1st Aug 2007. We are also planing to release Relay Server along with backup agent.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
We are currently working on relay server and backup agent for Collaber. We are planing to release the alpha version in on 1st of next month(1st Aug 2007).
Relay server will be a Java Application which users embedded HTTP Server (Jetty) and embedded Database Server ( Derby). So there will no external dependencies other than JRE 1.5+
With the alpha version we will only provide very simple user interface to manage the server. It lets the admin to create users and delete them. Once the user it created activation key will be sent to the user.
Admin can download a plugin from the interface which must be installed on every managed Collaber installation. This will enable the client to create account on the relay server.
Backup Agent will be a stand alone application based on Eclipse itself (but without GUI). It will create a Collaber account on startup and will accept invitations from other users. Admin can add authorized users by sending Collaber messages. Authorized users can use backup server to create Restore points (similar to Windows XP restore points) which can be used to restore the total workspace to any point of time.
In later versions we will add support for workspace archive and scheduler.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
Today we are able to automate Collaber installer preparation system. For this we used “wine” on linux to make Windows setups using “NSIS” installer packege.
All we need to do is to upload changed plugins to the server and run a script file. All setups will be ready for download in just 10min.
This is the first time I have used “Wine” successfully to solve a problem. We know “Wine” from last 6 years.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
As of now we are able to finish the following features/enhancements to Collaber
- Member activity information in workspace
Now every member can know what other members are doing in the workspace. They can know which workspace is active, how many members are there in it, etc
- Improved Discussion Tool
Editing support for old posts, intelligent tree expansion and other GUI improvements
- Scripting Collaber
Now Collaber can be automated using JavaScript.
Work in progress
- SIP Integration for Audio calls
- Webservices interface for system integration and external data access.
- Mac & Linux Setup
- Migration to Eclipse 3.3 base
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
Sorry for the delay in release of v1.0.2. We have done lot of changes to the core architecture which will make Collaber Spaces synchronize with the other member in all situations.
All the changes and testing is over for the Workspace and the Tools. We are at present working on File Sharing Space.
The testing of Relay Server is already done and it running already. People having v1.0.1 will still be able to use this server.
Our testing with the File Sharing Space will be over today. After that we will upload the new version.
We will still be continuing with the testing for another 1 or 2 days before making a public announcement about the release.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
Have you wondered how to share your ideas, and processes with your team members? Thinking of making an sketch or flow chart and sending it via email? Thanks to our new FlowMap Tool for Collaber Workspace, you can do it right from your Workspace without switching to any other applications.
Using FlowMap you can represent your ideas using Graphical Shapes (Rectangle, Triangle, Circle etc..) and many custom Graphical Objects( Files, Tools, Users, etc) and connect them using Links.
This will enable how each of the object in your business is related and expected to work with another object.
Navigate FlowMaps like any regular web pages, and lot more …
This tool will be available for download this month end (Before May 2007).
This tool is heavily inspired from Kerika.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
We have uploaded the Collaber API to http://www.collaber.com/api . The documentation is not complete yet. At present we don’t have enough resources to finish the total documentation.
For testing your plugins you can use Collaber application by downloading from http://www.collaber.com/collaber.zip
This setup have some major bugs relating to network. We are working on them right now. But you will be able to develop your plugins with this setup. There will be minor changes in the API, But they will not be big enough to make you rewrite the plugin.
There are lot of things that you can do with this API. I can not explain how to do every thing., So Please tell me what do you want to achieve with it and I will guide you in the process.
This version of Collaber only works in the LAN. Do not try using it in WAN or over Internet.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized
Even thought making Collaber a open source software is alive in our minds, recently we got some requests for it.
We have been thinking about the positives and negatives of doing so.
The efforts we put in the Collaber is worth around 1 million dollars including the investment and time. How to recover that amount after making it open source?
There seems to be many people who are interested in joining the project. But how about co-ordination and preventing from having forks?
We want to make it an Open source alternative to Groove.
We invite your suggestions on this regard.
Rajesh Akkineni Uncategorized