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- zimbra's fate hangs in the balance as Microsoft gets hostile with Yahoo!
- Zimbra's fate hangs in the balance as Microsoft gets hostile with Yahoo!Thin IceMicrosoft should be careful. A hostile takeover attempt could cause regulators to do what they should have done to start with.I'm more concerned about Yahoo email!!No coverage of what happens to that?
- Tags: Microsoft Gets, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- zimbra's fate hangs in the balance as Microsoft gets hostile with Yahoo!
- Will Microsoft embrace or kill Zimbra? Zimbra is putting on a brave face as rival Microsoft turns up the heat on its bid to buy Yahoo but fear-doubt-and uncertainty is in the air. Officially, neither Microsoft nor Zimbra would discuss...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Open Source, Online Communications, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- zimbra's Prism client - a great use case for RIAs on the desktop
- Zimbra's Prism client - a great use case for RIAs on the desktopprism bookmarkletthis IS cool to see. I noticed that many people have tried prism+zimbra or gmail and other web email systems. I personally use gmail+grouphub inside of Prism everyday. I mostly leave the grouphub campfire...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRISM, prism, Zimbra, rich Internet application, desktop, Use Case
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- zimbra's Prism client - a great use case for RIAs on the desktop
- Matt Asay loves the new Zimbra Desktop client. They're using Prism as the desktop client, the project from Mozilla labs that came out of Mozilla's WebRunner. It's great to see people like Matt get the need for desktop applications. More and more I think people are realizing that they just...
- Tags: Desktop Client, Use Case, Zimbra, Rich Internet Application, Web Browser, Matt Asay, Desktops, E-mail, Hardware, Online Communications, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- zimbra Notifier (zip)
- Zimbra Notifier features: Notifies of new e-mail and calendar appointments; It changes the tray icon when new elements arrive; Configurable alert mechanism; Allows omission of the spam folder elements; Obeys polling interval from the Zimbra Preferences; It weights less than 100 Kb in size and doesn't need .NET Framework to...
- Tags: Zimbra, Ssl/Tls, Network Security, Authentication/Encryption, E-mail, .Net, Security, Networking, Online Communications, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-02-07
- Google%2C+Yahoo+software+moves+may+fuel+Microsoft+bid
- Google%2C+Yahoo+software+moves+may+fuel+Microsoft+bidGoogle, Yahoo software moves may fuel Microsoft bidWhat a screwy headline. The article was about Zimbra. The headline is so misleading. Go Reuters. Anyway, this is very dirty and underhanded tactics by Google to try to block or at least raise the bid from Microsoft. ...
- Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Servers, Zimbra, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- zimbra adds offline access, instant messaging
- Zimbra adds offline access, instant messagingI run Zimbra 5.0.2 open source...edition on top of SuSE 10.2. It is one of the highest quality open source program that I've used. A lot of OSS programs lack the sophistication you find in proprietary offerings. But Zimbra doesn't have those shortcomings.You maybe...
- Tags: Instant messaging, OPEN SOURCE, IM, hardware requirement, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- News to know: Windows Server 2008; MySpace developers; zimbra
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: What will run on Windows Server 2008--and when No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 are good to go Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth bets Vista marketing...
- Tags: Developer, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Server, Zimbra, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, MySpace, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- zimbra adds offline access, instant messaging
- Yahoo suitor Microsoft probably isn't looking for an open source collaboration suite with native email, contacts, calendar, and task synchronization to Outlook 2007, but the object of its affection just happens to have one. Zimbra, which Yahoo acquired in September 2007 for about $350 million in cash,...
- Tags: IM, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Zimbra Desktop, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Open Source, Online Communications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- Yahoo! buy would give Microsoft ownership of open source e-mail, projects, code. Ugh.
- Let's forget about search for a moment, and Microsoft's obvious need to buy a leading online company or face extinction. Microsoft's proposed $45 billion buy of Yahoo would give the Redmond, Wash company control over a top open source e-mail company, open source projects and an open...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo; May change the search game
- Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo; May change the search gameMy Guess: It's StrategicI would imagine that Microsoft wants to head Open Source off at the pass. If a large-cap like Yahoo is wanting to go Open Source that would be another threat to Microsoft. Sounds like a calculated...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Zimbra, game, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Yahoo's 100-day review: A lot of cards shown already
- Yahoo's 100-day strategic review is now in its 84th day and when the details do emerge chances are the plan will be anticlimactic. Why? Yahoo's telegraphed its plans via a bevy of moves since CEO Jerry Yang mentioned his review that promised a "fresh look" at the company....
- Tags: Card, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Wall Street, Social Networking, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Investment, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Are proprietary firms paying gringo price?
- Are proprietary firms paying gringo price?Well it's not the software per se ...but the intrinstic value of the Zimbra branding and book of business which is what the valuation of the company is based on. Now weather this is intrinstic value is worth the price paid is of course debatable,...
- Tags: Zimbra, gringo price, proprietary firm, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- zimbra plays matchmaker for Comcast and Yahoo!
- Earlier this year, Comcast announced their planned launch of SmartZone Communications Center -- targeted for late 2007. Jay Fortner in Read/Write Web offers an excellent description of Smart Zone, components of which will result from Comcast's technology partnerships with Zimbra messaging and Plaxo contact management. SmartZone Home Page ...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, TiVo Inc., Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Maurene Caplan Grey
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Podcast: IDF, Dreamforce, zimbra Yahoo, SCO and more...
- Podcast: IDF, Dreamforce, Zimbra Yahoo, SCO and more...Four freaking years already![i]We also chat about the demise of SCO, which had tried to build a business licensing patents and copyrights associated with Unix[/i]How many times do we have to correct this?Caldera/SCOX never claimed to have [b]patents[/b] at issue. Never. ...
- Tags: Podcasts, patent, SCO Group Inc., Dreamforce, IDF, Zimbra, podcast, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Podcast: News to know midday: Microsoft Office under siege; Yahoo-zimbra; AMD's Phenom
- On today's podcast: Microsoft Office is under fire by multiple parties, including IBM and Google. Yahoo buys Zimbra. Is the target Office or Exchange? AMD launches triple core chip. Is it just marketing? by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Podcast, AMD Phenom, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Yahoo! targets Exchange, not Office, with zimbra
- Yahoo! targets Exchange, not Office, with ZimbraZimbra is about email: spot onI agree completely, Phil. I would add that it makes more sense for a web company to target mail than the desktop apps anyway. They stand a much greater chance of tying other offerings to it to...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Yahoo! targets Exchange, not Office, with zimbra
- A lot of the commentary about Yahoo!'s acquisition of Zimbra has revolved, predictably, around whether this means Yahoo! is now going to move against Microsoft's Office franchise. After all, who isn't gunning for Office? But, although Zimbra provides Yahoo! a platform for doing so should it wish to, I don't...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, Zimbra, E-mail, Exchange, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- News to know: Yahoo and zimbra; Google Presentations; Data corruption
- Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 million. Larry Dignan: With Zimbra, Yahoo Office is a possibility. Techmeme. Google: Our feature presentation. Heather Clancy: How much midnight oil do PCs really burn? Jason O'Grady: Review: Apple's new keyboards...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, O2 Plc., Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Yahoo scoops up zimbra for $350 million
- Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 millionI personally love to see more cross platform applications with full supportfor Linux and Mac. Yahoo will have an online office suite sooner of later, but that will take more acquisitions which are not doubt coming.RE: Yahoo scoops up Zimbra for $350 millionI think...
- Tags: LDAP, OPEN SOURCE, Domain names, Zimbra, Yahoo! Inc., SuSE
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
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