Messaging and collaboration software maker Gordano upgrades the Greasemonkey-based Gizmos mashup technology in its Gordano Messaging Suite to let application developers embed widgets within windows. Gordano is a long time Microsoft Exchange challenger but it's use of Web services, including Twitter integration, make it feel more like modern Web mail clients, such as Google Gmail or Yahoo Mail.

Gordano, a scrappy challenger to Microsoft in on-premise messaging and collaboration software, has spruced up its messaging suite by extending its Gizmos mashup capability to let users embed widgets within windows.  

The Gordano Messaging Suite, a bundle of e-mail, Web mail, calendaring, instant messaging, anti-virus and anti-spam applications, has for months employed the company's new Gizmos mashup technology to let users leverage data from external data sources without leaving the application.

Leveraging Greasemonkey scripts, Gizmos may now be embedded within windows. Users may also create new custom windows and populate these with information of their choosing.

For example, Gizmos used Twitter APIs to create a Twitter client that displays within the GMS WebMail interface, allowing Gordano users to leverage the microblogging tool within their business collaboration context. Provisioning an RSS Reader directly within the WebMail interface is also now an option.

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