Zimbra, the collaborative webmail and calendar company that was acquired by Yahoo in 2007, has launched a new product for academic institutions called Zimbra Hosted that will allow schools to run their webmail portals from the “cloud”. Previously schools would have to run Zimbra’s service onsite or through third party hosting companies; now Zimbra will also give them the hassle-free option of letting Zimbra and Yahoo maintain the servers.
Zimbra currently serves over 400 academic institutions. Earlier this year the company scored a major win over Google and Microsoft Exchange (which also offer a suite of competing services) when it was chosen by Stanford as its Email/Calendar management system for students. At the time, we noted that Zimbra was especially strong for its mobile support as well as enterprise-level features.
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Very timely move by Zimbra… I just read that applications to Universities are up as much as 30% in some areas… a sign that many people feel that their current job is not secure?
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Pretty impressive
This is the first time I have ever come across Zimbra. I wish, though… that companies will come up with names that sound less similar…. Plurk, Plaxo, Pownce,
Twitter, Yammer - they either rhyme or start with the same letter.
Do you ALWAYS reply to the first comment of every post? So annoying, please stop.
go zimbra go
yahoo = zimbra
zimbra = yahoo
yahoo is not dead
since email was , is and will be the central basis from where any social activitiy starts, and in email yahoo is still a star and shows us that it can beat google and other services in this area:)
Yahoo rules in the mail space? Yahoo can beat GMail?
Seriously, who is your dealer, because I have *got* to get what you’re on.
YahooMail has become a fetid cesspool of spammers and phishers… I know precisely *one* person who still uses their YahooMail address, and it’s because too many “old business contacts” have it, so they haven’t migrated away.
GMail is head and shoulders above Yahoo!Mail…
Zimbra ha ha ha ha Google Apps for Domain FTW
It’s interesting to think that Zimbra is owned by Yahoo because it’s so different from its other properties. Will Yahoo focus more attention on sophisticated web apps for specific niches (instead of general internet users)? I doubt Zimbra is part of Yahoo’s Open strategy and it should stay as independent as possible.
If Yahoo had a WrapMaker they would win.
pretty nice.Zimbra is giving access to Institutes.Really helpful service will.
http://www.iboozi.com
With Zimbra making investments in DimDim (http://www.dimdim.com) a free Web meeting company, I am wondering whatsup at Zimbra’s camp? this is getting interesting.
dimdim built on Google Web Toolkit… looks great for yahoo to invest in…
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John Jones
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So far, Zimbra seems to be well received by students and faculty:
http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=939
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