LinuxPlanet: Zimbra Pursues Microsoft, Novell With Revamped Software, Red Hat Pact | Linux Today

LinuxPlanet: Zimbra Pursues Microsoft, Novell With Revamped Software, Red Hat Pact

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2007

“Open source-based messaging and collaboration specialist Zimbra
is picking up more steam in its bid to compete against Microsoft
Exchange and Novell GroupWare, with the release of Zimbra
Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 4.5 today and intentions to roll out a
5.0 update–plus an expanded deal with Red Hat Software–later this
year.

“Unlike makers of rival suites, Zimbra gears its software to the
technology available during the current decade, as opposed to
‘messaging and collaboration as they were conceived of in the
1980s'” contended Satish Dharmaraj, in a briefing for
LinuxPlanet…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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