ZideOne is working on solutions which integrate contact, event and todo list servers with Microsoft Outlook™.

The core is a MAPI Message Store Provider which maintains a write-through offline cache on a remote HTTP server.

Unlike plain PST synchronization scripts our connectors directly write changes to the server in realtime, hence report server feedback immediatly. If the 'save' operation in Outlook returned successfully, you can be sure the data got accepted by the server.

Our core connectors synchronize Outlook data using the WebDAV, GroupDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV protocols. They utilize the vCard and iCalendar data formats to represent the data.

Note: We do not have a fixed roadmap. We concentrate on building a high quality product before we make it available for sale. Please do not contact us if you need a solution 'next week', thanks :-) Good things take a while.

Technology Preview 1

Due to high demand we will release a technology preview to interested parties in August 2008.
If you did not contact us yet, please do so to receive instructions once the package is ready.

Basic Roadmap

  • 2006 - cleanup of ZideLook codebase for CalDAV/GroupDAV
  • 2007 - development of the write through Z1Store SQlite cache
  • 2008
    • 2008 Q1 - integrate Z1Store with ZideLook codebase
    • 2008 Q2 - advanced vCard/iCal to MAPI mapping, fixes to Unicode handling / umlauts
    • 2008 Q3 - background fetching of changed messages, complete vCard/iCal mappings (recipients, rrules), finish attachment support
    • 2008 Q4 - 1.0 final release. bulk fetches, respond to customer requirements, advance to and test more servers
  • 2009 - 2.0 - improved scheduling facilities and support for mail.

History

The ZideOne connector technology was not developed from scratch. It is based on experiences we gained with the ZideLook connector for OpenGroupware.org, sold since ~2002.
End of 2005 we decided to move forward by doing a rewrite to fix a lot of architectural mistakes we made in ZideLook. And to open it up for arbitrary servers by supporting documented standards (GroupDAV/CalDAV).