A class of software that helps groups of colleagues (workgroups) attached to a local-area network organize their activities. Typically, groupware supports the following operations:

• scheduling meetings and allocating resources
  
• e-mail
  
• password protection for documents
  
• telephone utilities
  
• electronic newsletters
  
• file distribution
  
  

GroupWare is sometimes called workgroup productivity software.

from groupware

See also groupware