Speaking of which, there's also a news feed that lists all the latest comments, and you can configure Kerio to email you new comments.

All this is easier experienced than explained, which is why I recommend checking out . It lets you poke around in and interact with an actual workspace. Cleverly, the demo includes a number of how-to guides as part of this workspace, meaning you get to learn how to use various features while you're actually using them.

It took me about 15 minutes of fiddling with Kerio to get a good feel for how it all works. In other words, the learning curve is pretty shallow, so your team should be able to get up to speed quickly.

There may be prettier collaboration services out there, but Kerio definitely gives small organizations the tools they need to reduce email overload and amp up project productivity. And the price couldn't be more right, so why not give it a whirl?

If you've found a workspace solution you like better, tell me about it in the comments.