Yahoo to Acquire Zimbra
Monday, September 17th, 2007We’ll be busier than ever for the foreseeable future, because today Yahoo! has announced the acquisition of Zimbra for a reputed $350M.
Zimbra will be reporting to the Communications Group at Yahoo!, where it appears it will remain independent, continuing to develop its channels, who have been material help in marketing and supporting the Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
We speculate that the acquisition is primarily in order to compete with Google Apps, and that it’s natural to expect that there will be a version of Zimbra that will be distributed and supported directly by Yahoo to do so. Here is a current comparison between the two products, in table form: http://faqs.01.com/#33
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