14 DAY TRIAL // An integrated collaboration environment, shortly known as ICE, is an environment used by a virtual team to do their work, allowing companies to accomplish certain competitive advantages by using their existing computers and network infrastructure for group and personal collaboration. One of the applications found within such environments is collaborative software, and this is exactly the topic I had in mind...
Collaborative software is software specifically designed to improve the performance of teams by supporting the sharing and flow of information and allowing for real-time collaboration and conferencing. Objective Decision is the name of a software company that develops a collaborative personal information manager called Contactizer Pro, and they just announced the release of a new version, labeled 3.1.
As described by its creators, Contactizer Pro is "an amazing all-in-one solution for managing, sharing and organizing your personal and business informations". Its "Top 10 Core Capabilities" are the redefined, modern interface, collaborative sharing via Bonjour, without requiring any server, Smart Groups support, Quick edit and interconnect abilities for Contactizer elements, unlimited color-defined categories, full standards-compliant Task manager, a new Event manager with meeting organization, task type definition connected to the Communication Center, embedded DataBase System based on Apple Core Data technology, as well as invitation follow-up management for tasks and events.
Designed precisely for Mac OS X, Contactizer Pro allows you to organize and access all contact activities in a single centralized view, share your calendar, contacts and tasks with colleagues in only one mouse click, prioritize and organize your work with unlimited color-coded categories and mouse actions can be customized easily, while any element can be instantly edited.
Available as a Universal Binary application, this program is priced at 119$ per seat and needs at least Mac OS X 10.4.8 to run properly. Of course that you don't have to buy it in order to try it, as a fully featured 30 days trial version can be downloaded from our site, right here.