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_posts/2004-08-20-calconnect-interopability-event-publicity-release.adoc

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 *August 20, 2004* +
 *CalConnect Interoperability Event Publicity Release*: The first publicity
 release issued by the Consortium following the July 29-30 2004 Event.
-link:{{'/docs/press-releases/0407interop1.pdf' | relative_url }}[CalConnect
-Interoperability Event Publicity Release].
+
+HTML: link:{{'/news/2004-08-20-industry-leaders-score-at-interop' | relative_url }}[Industry Leaders Score at Calendaring and Scheduling Interop].

_posts/2004-08-20-industry-leaders-score-at-interop.adoc

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+---
+layout: page
+title:  Industry Leaders Score at Calendaring and Scheduling Interop
+type: news
+date: 2004-08-20
+categories: press-releases
+excerpt: |
+  IBM, Oracle Demonstrate Conformance with Key Parts of IETF Specification;
+  Interoperability Testing Highlights Need for Well-Focused Consortium
+---
+:page-liquid:
+
+== Industry Leaders Score at Calendaring and Scheduling Interop
+
+_IBM, Oracle Demonstrate Conformance with Key Parts of IETF
+Specification; Interoperability Testing Highlights Need for Well-Focused
+Consortium_
+
+PDF: link:{{'/docs/press-releases/0407interop1.pdf' | relative_url }}[CalConnect Interoperability Event Publicity Release].
+
+*Berkeley, CA – August 20, 2004 –* On July 29-30, the University of
+California at Berkeley hosted the first calendaring consortium-sponsored
+testing event on the interoperable exchange of calendaring and
+scheduling information between dissimilar programs, platforms, and
+technologies.
+
+“UC Berkeley has long depended on and fostered the use and development
+of standards,” noted Jeffrey McCullough, Principal Programmer,
+University of California, Berkeley. “Hosting this event was a great
+opportunity to further enhance interoperability in calendaring by
+providing forward thinking, standards compliant vendors a place to come
+together and test their products.”
+
+The technical goal of the Interop was to test a set of specifications
+developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), specifically
+RFC 2445-6 and 7: iCalendar, iTIP and iMIP. Organizers produced the
+event to move the RFCs forward toward standards status as well as to
+ascertain the need for an industry/customer consortium on calendaring
+and scheduling.
+
+Dr. Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Lotus Division,
+said, “IBM's Lotus Software helped lead the definition of the original
+iCal standards, and has supported them in our products since their
+publication in 1998. The standards represented an important step
+forward, but since then, the implementor community has learned a great
+deal about calendar
+interoperation.”
+
+Regarding the Interop, Dr. Borenstein added, “IBM's Lotus Software
+enthusiastically supports the efforts of the emerging Calendaring &
+Scheduling Consortium to revitalize the standards process and iron out
+the wrinkles that have kept Internet calendaring from reaching its full
+potential. We view this Interop as another step in the long march
+towards fully interoperable calendar systems, and look forward to
+further cooperation and progress.”
+
+“Oracle is delighted to have contributed to this interoperability
+testing event for the benefit of our customers and the global
+calendaring and scheduling community,” said Marten den Haring, Director
+of Product Management, Oracle Collaboration Suite Calendar. “We support
+the development and promotion of emerging open standards as well as the
+efforts of a number of standards bodies, including the IETF. These
+efforts help build momentum for the adoption of an open protocol to
+access and manage calendaring information.”
+
+*Media Contact* +
+Maryann Karinch +
+970-577-8500 +
+[.underline]#[email protected]#
+
+*Consortium Contact* +
+Dave Thewlis +
+707-840-9391 +
+[.underline]#[email protected]#
+

_posts/2004-10-05-roundtable-publicity-release.adoc

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 Consortium following the 23-24 September 2004 Roundtable on the Future
 of Interoperable Calendaring and Scheduling sponsored by the Consortium
 and hosted by Oracle.
-link:{{'/docs/press-releases/0409roundtable1.pdf' | relative_url }}[Roundtable Publicity
-Release].
+
+HTML: link:{{'/news/2004-10-05-vendors-users-interop' | relative_url }}[Top Vendors, Users Act to End Problem of Incompatible Calendaring and Scheduling Products].

_posts/2004-10-05-vendors-users-interop.adoc

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+---
+layout: page
+title: Top Vendors, Users Act to End Problem of Incompatible Calendaring and Scheduling Products
+type: news
+date: 2004-10-05
+categories: press-releases
+excerpt: |
+  On September 23-24, industry leaders and major academic customers of calendaring
+  and scheduling products focused on the path to interoperability in a second event
+  sponsored by the emerging Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium.
+---
+:page-liquid:
+
+== Top Vendors, Users Act to End Problem of Incompatible Calendaring and Scheduling Products
+
+PDF: link:{{'/docs/press-releases/0409roundtable1.pdf' | relative_url }}[Roundtable Publicity Release].
+
+*McKinleyville, CA – October 5, 2004 –* On September 23-24, industry
+leaders and major academic customers of calendaring and scheduling
+products focused on the path to
+interoperability in a second event sponsored by the emerging Calendaring
+and Scheduling Consortium. Hosted by Oracle Corporation in Montreal, “A
+Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Interoperable Calendaring and
+Scheduling” participants included Duke University, IBM Lotus Software,
+Isamet, The Mozilla Foundation, Novell, Oracle, the Open Source
+Applications Foundation, Stata Labs, the University of California at
+Berkeley, the University of Washington, and Yahoo. It was a follow-up to
+a Consortium-sponsored testing event at the University of California,
+Berkeley on July 29-30.
+
+“A lack of interoperable calendaring and scheduling products is a major
+productivity barrier,” said Dave Thewlis, executive director of the
+Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium. “It can lead to serious
+miscommunications, failed activities, and a huge waste of time.”
+
+By involving both the vendors and the user community, participants
+intended the Roundtable to contribute to measurable progress toward
+achieving interoperable calendaring and scheduling. Products of the
+Roundtable include statements of common vision and shared goals, a
+charter for the Consortium, and the kernel of an action plan.
+
+"A primary goal of the consortium is to further the design and
+implementation of calendaring and scheduling standards,” said Marten den
+Haring, director, Product Management, Oracle
+Collaboration Suite Calendar. “The Roundtable's outcome is the blueprint
+for the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium, and Oracle is proud to be
+one of the organizations involved with this effort, which will create
+initiatives that benefit collaboration.”
+
+Discussions at the event covered topics such as the applicability of
+existing forums; co-existence and harmonization with the Internet
+Engineering Task Force (IETF), customer and user involvement with use
+cases, requirements setting and directions; and interoperability testing
+and conformance.
+
+*Media Contact* +
+Maryann Karinch +
+970-577-8500 +
+[.underline]#[email protected]#
+
+*Consortium Contact* +
+Dave Thewlis +
+707-840-9391 +
+[.underline]#[email protected]#

_posts/2004-12-14-public-launch-release.adoc

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 layout: page
-title:  Top Vendors, Users Launch Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
+title: Top Vendors, Users Launch Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
 type: news
 date: 2004-12-14
 categories: press-releases
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 *December 14, 2004* +
 *Public Launch Release*: The publicity release issued by the Consortium
 to mark its public launch.
-link:{{'/docs/press-releases/041214publiclaunch.pdf' | relative_url }}[Public Launch
-Release].
+
+HTML: link:{{'/news/2004-12-14-public-launch' | relative_url }}[Public Launch Release].

_posts/2004-12-14-public-launch.adoc

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+---
+layout: page
+title: Top Vendors, Users Launch Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
+type: news
+date: 2004-12-14
+categories: press-releases
+excerpt: |
+  Seven vendors, six universities, two open source foundations, and a research
+  facility have joined to form the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium, which
+  named David C. Thewlis the first Executive Director. The Consortium focuses
+  on the interoperable exchange of calendaring and scheduling information between
+  dissimilar programs, platforms, and technologies.
+---
+:page-liquid:
+
+== Top Vendors, Users Launch Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
+
+*Goal: End the Problem of Incompatible Calendaring and Scheduling Products*
+
+PDF: link:{{'/docs/press-releases/041214publiclaunch.pdf' | relative_url }}[Public Launch Release].
+
+*McKinleyville, CA – December 14, 2004 –* Seven vendors, six universities, two
+open source foundations, and a research facilityembership of the Calendaring and
+Scheduling Consortium (www.calconnect.org), which named David C.
+
+Thewlis the first Executive Director. The on the interoperable exchange
+of calendaring and scheduling information between dissimilar programs,
+platforms, and technologies. The founding members are (in alphabetical
+order) Duke University, EVDB, Isamet, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Meeting
+Maker, M.I.T., The Mozilla Foundation, Novell, Open Source Application
+Foundation, Oracle Corporation, Stanford University, Symbian, UC
+Berkeley, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin Madison, and
+Yahoo! Inc.
+
+“Our members’ intent is to enable calendaring and scheduling tools and
+applications to enter the mainstream of computing,” said Dave Thewlis.
+“After email, the World Wide Web, and instant messaging, calendaring and
+scheduling capabilities are what business people and consumers will
+really care about.”
+
+“This isn’t simply about calendar programs,” noted Patricia Egen,
+Interop manager and member of the Board of Directors, who originated the
+idea of the Consortium. “This is about seamlessly connecting your
+calendar with others so that your professional and personal life runs
+more smoothly.”
+
+The Consortium, planned to have a three- to five-year lifespan in which
+to achieve its objectives, builds on work already accomplished or in
+progress within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Currently,
+large consumers such as universities and corporations face costly
+problems coordinating resources because departmental calendaring and
+scheduling applications may not be based on open standards that allow
+interoperability. Even standards-based systems from different vendors
+may not work together. With sets of IETF specifications as the heart of
+a solution, the Consortium provides a forum for vendors to mitigate
+conflicts between their competing products.
+
+The Consortium has a schedule of activities that give the relevant
+standards commercial value, that is, promotion, requirements setting,
+and validation. Events on the agenda include:
+
+* Three to four interoperability testing events (“Interops”) a year, with
+the next one scheduled for January 11-12 in Seattle, WA.
+
+* Roundtables and Technical Committee meetings of the Consortium; the next
+is scheduled for 11-13 January in Seattle, WA, co-located with the
+Interop event.
+
+* Ongoing Technical Committee work, intended to provide feedback or
+information to IETF standards activities
+
+* Presentations at related conferences
+
+* Non-members are welcome to participate in the Interops, but Roundtables
+and Technical Committees are for members only.
+
+_Quotes from Members of the Steering Committee_
+
+Duke University (www.duke.edu) +
+“The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium appears to be re-invigorating
+the
+development of calendaring standards that became stalled for a few
+years,” Michael Gettes, senior IT architect at Duke University, said.
+“We now have customer involvement along with all the important calendar
+standards leaders and vendors to ensure we develop interoperable
+solutions as quickly as possible. It is an exciting time for the
+calendaring industry.”
+
+The Mozilla Foundation (www.mozilla.org) +
+“The launch of the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium represents a
+promising step forward in the development of critical calendaring
+standards,” said Mike Shaver of the Mozilla Foundation. “The Mozilla
+Foundation is excited to participate in the
+Consortium's efforts to link users, vendors and protocol architects in
+pursuit of
+universally interoperable calendaring.”
+
+Open Source Application Foundation (www.osafoundation.org) +
+“OSAF is pleased to be able to support the development of
+interoperable
+calendaring solutions by becoming a founding member of the Calendaring
+and Scheduling Consortium,” said Lisa Dusseault, Development manager,
+standards architect, OSAF. “The Consortium plays an important role in
+enabling the dialog between partners that is essential for the
+establishment of open and interoperable standards.”
+
+The University of Washington (www.cac.washington.edu) +
+“For years there has been a large need within higher education for
+interoperable standards-based calendaring,” noted Oren Sreebny;
+Director, Client Services
+and Learning Technologies; Computing & Communications; University of
+Washington. “This need is growing with the proliferation of online
+scheduling and pervasive portable devices. The ability for an
+organization like CalConnect to provide a neutral forum to encourage all
+interested parties to collaborate on solving these sets of issues and to
+demonstrate the usefulness of interoperation is critical for moving this
+mission forward. We are proud to be part of the founding of this
+organization, and look forward to working with the members to advance
+the state of the art in calendaring and scheduling.”
+
+The University of Wisconsin (www.doit.wisc.edu) +
+“The University of Wisconsin-Madison became a founding member of the
+Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium to help our campus customers,”
+explained Bill Scheuerell Director of Enterprise Internet Services,
+Division of Information Technology,
+University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus. “Departments rely on integrated
+calendaring to organize university schedules. The consortium will help
+all of us set interoperability standards and system features, and
+communicate them to potential vendors.”
+
+Contact: Maryann Karinch, 970-577-8500, [email protected]

_posts/2005-01-18-roundtable-ii-and-calconnect-interoperability-event-publicity-release.adoc

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 The publicity release issued by the Consortium following its second
 Roundtable, 11-13 January 2005, hosted by the University of Washington,
 and the companion January 11-12 2005 Interop.
-link:{{'/docs/press-releases/050111roundtable2.pdf' | relative_url }}[Roundtable II
-Publicity Release].
+
+HTML: link:{{'/news/2005-01-18-roundtable-ii' | relative_url }}[Roundtable II Publicity Release].
+