Bynari
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Headquarters | Dallas , United States |
| Products | Insight Family (Insight Server, Insight Connector, Insight Addressbook, Insight Client) |
Bynari was a firm headquartered in Dallas that focused on developing server and email software solutions, best recognized for its Insight Family—a product line analogous to Microsoft Exchange Server combined with Microsoft Outlook. The creation process involved partnerships with several OEM collaborators.
Insight Family
The Insight Family products were compatible with a variety of email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Novell Evolution, and Mozilla Sunbird, facilitating collaborative groupware functionality.
Within the Insight Family were:
- Insight Server—an email server designed to operate on both Linux and SCO's Open Server platforms.
- Insight Connector—which allowed Outlook to share data with IMAP servers including Cyrus IMAP server, Courier Mail Server, Kolab, and Insight Server itself.
- Insight Addressbook—enabling the sharing of Outlook contact information with LDAP directories.
- Insight Client—a web-based mail client that offered browser access and synchronized calendars, contacts, folders, and tasks alongside desktop clients.
Insight Server
Previously known as TradeXCH, Insight Server is a collection of open source software integrating elements like Cyrus IMAP, Exim, Postfix, Berkeley DB, OpenLDAP, Apache, and ProFTP. Bynari created a web-based management interface to control these components.
This server was the first commercial web platform built on Kolab version 1. A subsequent release planned for Kolab 2 was discontinued due to modifications in Kolab's data storage architecture. Security features incorporated include Spamassassin, Clamav, and AMaViS, while the server supports open protocols such as SyncML, GroupDAV, CalDAV, and WebDAV. Bynari’s middleware products facilitate groupware sharing of calendars, contacts, and task lists.
Insight Connector
Acting similarly to a Microsoft Exchange Server, the Insight Connector utilizes IMAP together with a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. It implements the MAPI Message Store Provider, allowing real-time online editing of groupware content through any IMAP server. IBM has adopted this technology to provide services to more than 4,600 organizations.