Key new features of Zimbra version 8

Key New Features of Zimbra version 8 As well as over 500 minor changes, enhancements and bug fixes, Zimbra version 8 includes some key new features: Faster, more streamlined webmail Completely redesigned with a ‘less is more’ approach, we think that the new design is a great improvement. There are also lots of new improvements […]

What’s not in Zimbra v8

What’s not in Zimbra v8 There are lots of fantastic new features in Zimbra version 8, but also a few key items which have been removed Instant Messaging This was a beta feature which Zimbra have decided not to continue developing and they have removed. NB – We are able to offer a separate IM […]

Zimbra has ‘Plasticity’

James Governor recently posted an interesting piece on how Zimbra can be leveraged to integrate other applications without context shift – i.e. you roll over a contact in Zimbra and up pops a panel with live data pulled from your accounts system, …

VMWare to purchase Zimbra from Yahoo! Inc

The news has finally broken – VMWare have confirmed the rumours and announced that they have reached a definitive agreement with Yahoo! Inc to purchase Zimbra. Zimbra.com has more on this announcement.Whilst we have not known the identity of the p…

Branding for Zimbra Hosting now Live for all Resellers

The ability to custom brand Zimbra Webmail with a unique host name, Webmail login banner, logo and logo URL is now live and generally available for all Resellers for no additional charge. To enable the branding, Resellers should access the ‘Brandi…

Run Zimbra Desktop directly from a browser window

Zimbra Desktop, Zimbra’s offline capable webmail client, normally runs in its own stand alone window as a separate application, however there are a few things I find frustrating about this requirement, namely: I do most of my work in Firefox – I w…

Googlemail – is it right for serious business?

The Register is reporting that Gmail has suffered a couple of hours email outage today. Nothing unusual – it has happened before, however it brings to mind various questions about whether one should be running one’s mission critical email on a mas…

Support for multiple SSL certificates in Zimbra for all protocols

I’m pleased to announce that our Zimbra service now supports multiple SSL certificates for all protocols (except SMTP – coming soon!). This is something that cannot be done with a standard Zimbra installation. For our resellers who currently have …

Zimbra release updated Roadmap for Version 6.0 – first Beta due end March

Although Zimbra’s Product Management portal has been showing the dates for some time they have been subject to change (and of course may still do) but last week’s announcement is very encouraging and it appears we can look forward to the first bet…