Zimbra Collaboration Suite

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Zimbra for Businesses

The Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) provides state-of-the-art messaging and collaboration solutions (email, address book, calendaring, web documents, etc.) for businesses to either deploy on your own premises, through your outsourcing partners, or via hosted service providers.

ZCS has much to offer to business users:

Higher end-user productivity

• Rich Web 2.0/Ajax user interface (see Flash demos) with sharing, search, RSS, VoIP, tagging, etc.
  
  Wiki-based collaboration for simple document/spreadsheet authoring, ad hoc sharing, and inclusion of desktop documents/public folders.
  
  Extensible mash-up/portlet architecture (Zimlets) for easily integrating intranet applications and Internet web services.
  
  Support for a broad range of email clients (Microsoft Outlook, Apple and Linux) and mobile devices via "over the air" sync.
  
  Easy "reskinning" and rebranding of the Zimbra UI to enhance the business brand.

Low total cost of ownership (TCO)

• Web and mobile delivery to accommodate IT and non-IT (or boundary) workers at the lowest possible cost.
  
  Software appliance for decreased administrative overhead.
  
  Server consolidation based on scalability and increased functionality (native mobility, collaboration, archiving, etc.).
  
  Volume and hierarchical storage management (HSM), as well as a single-copy message store to accommodate large quota on commodity storage.
  
  Cross-mailbox search for litigation discovery, policy, and compliance.
  
  Native anti-spam (AS) and anti-virus (AV).
  
  Strong internet-based security (SSL/TLS for all protocols) that does not require a VPN, and supports single sign-on via business's portal.
  
  Class of service provisioning for all major features.
  
  Read customer TCO case study: Interim Healthcare (PDF)

At the same time, Zimbra also uniquely protects your business's investment:

• ZCS is itself open source.
  
  ZCS leverages mature open source server infrastructure - Linux/Unix file system for the message store, MySQL for meta-data storage, Apache for web container, Lucene for search, etc. (See the Zimbra Architecture Overview for more detail.)
  
  ZCS supports standard protocols for interoperability - POP3, IMAP4, iCalendar, HTTP/S, REST, RSS, MAPI, iSync, and so on.
  
  All ZCS operations and network protocols use open XML/SOAP for easy bi-directional integration with business applications (whether on-premises or hosted).
  
  Integration with existing LDAP/Active Directory, security (AS/AV), and compliance infrastructure.
  
  Zimbra uses standard MIME format for storing messages on disk (one message/file), which means the formats are open to operating system utilities and scripts.
  
  Zimbra worked in collaboration with IBM to co-found the Open Ajax Alliance to ensure that Web 2.0/Ajax solutions like Zimbra remain viable across clients, operating systems, browsers, and languages, just as is the case for the World-wide Web.

Demos & Screenshots

Email - Conversations, RSS, Search Builder and more

Inbox	RSS Feeds
Conversation View	Mini Calendar
Zimlet - PO Process	Themes
Zimlet - Yahoo! Map	Zimlet - Yahoo! Local Map
Zimbra Assistant	Search Builder
Basic Email Mode	Mail Identities

Address Book - Contact groups and sharing lists

Main View	Address Book Sharing
Address Book Sets	Address Book GAL

Calendar - Main view plus links to details

Calendar Main View	Calendar Event View
Calendar Schedule View	Calendar Sharing
Zimbra Assistant for Calendar	Calendar Event Reminder "Toast"
iCal Event Feed

Archiving

Zimbra Archiving and Discovery Search Builder Module	Zimbra Archiving and Discovery Mailbox

Documents - Spreadsheets and sharing

Document Spreadsheet	Document Sharing

Instant Messaging - Real time chat

Instant Messaging (Beta)	Instant Messaging (Beta)

Tasks - Track progress, share with others

Tasks	Tasks Details

Briefcase - Store and share attachments

Briefcase	Briefcase Sharing

Zimbra Desktop - Zimbra experience online and offline

Zimbra Desktop	Zimbra Desktop Setup

Admin UI - Class of Service, message queue, list management and more

Admin UI Main View	Admin UI Message Queue
Admin - COS Preferences	Admin UI System Status
Admin - Distribution List	Admin - Volume Management
Admin - New Account Wizard	Admin Backup UI
Zimlet Extensions