“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…”