Scheduling software and personal information management (or PIM)
tools can help anyone become more organized and lead a much more
productive business and personal life.
Scheduling software and personal information management tools
allow us to store personal records for the purposes of
calendaring, contact management, email management, instant
messaging, and other personal productivity tools. The latest
generation of PIM applications provide for internet connectivity
to allow users to synchronize with online calendaring and
scheduling tools as well as other online personal information
management utilities such as web mail. Individuals who have
found PDA (personal digital assistants) useful will be please
with the latest generation of net connected PDA aware
applications that allow for transparent synchronization of cell
phones, PDAs, as well as laptop and desktop computers.
Scheduling software has come a long way since the early days of
Microsoft Outlook and Palm Desktop. There are now open source
alternatives that are freely available and in many ways as
powerful as and in some cases more powerful than their expensive
proprietary competitors. Linux users have seen the growth of the
Gnome-based calendaring and scheduling software "Evolution"
while cross platform open source software enthusiasts have
enjoyed the releases of Sunbird and Thunderbird from the Mozilla
Foundation's popular code base.
Developers have been paying attention to the Microsoft-dominated
personal information management software realm. The software
giant out of Redmond, Washington has recently released Outlook
Live, which is available as a subscription service that is
subscribed to on a yearly basis. The Outlook live service aims
to provide a seamless and transparent user experience through
the use of a reworked version of their award winning Outlook
2003 PIM client software that has the native ability to handle
multiple calendars and built in connectivity and synchronization
with the popular MSN website's feature set (such as the nearly
ubiquitous MSN Hotmail services). If you find yourself needing
access to your data 2 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year no matter where you are in the world (as long as you have
access to an internet connected computer with a compatible web
browser installed (Internet Explorer for those of you out there
keeping score).
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