A system and method are provided for obtaining information from a data management system. The data management system may determine whether an event occurs triggering the update of this information and, if so, the updated information may then be read from a data object and transmitted from the data management system to the user without an online connection being established between the user and the data management system. In some embodiments, a request may be received from a user of a groupware application program subscribing to updates of identified information and, if the user later performs an action in the groupware application that triggers a request for an update of the identified information, a request for an update of the identified information may be transmitted from the groupware application to a data management system.