Cisco Kills Linux Powered Hosted Email Service

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"Email is a tough business. Just ask networking giant Cisco.

"After just over a year of trying to make a market for its own Linux-powered hosted email service, Cisco is calling it quits.

"The product has been well received, but we've since learned that customers have come to view their email as a mature and commoditized tool versus a long-term differentiated element of their collaboration strategy," Debra Chrapaty, senior vice president and general manager in Cisco's Collaboration Software group wrote in a blog post."

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