Zimbra Acquired By Yahoo!
September 18, 2007
Yesterday it was announced that Zimbra was acquired by Yahoo!. The initial shock of this for me is related to the fact that Plymouth State University just recently released Zimbra to our campus constituents. This changes this tool from a diamond in the rough that we recognized to something clearly recognized by a big player in the industry as a quality tool.
My only fear would be the direction the platform goes in. Many were unhappy about the Yahoo purchase of Flickr. Also, companies’ innovation can sometimes get slowed up while they are merging with a bigger organization. Regardless of those concerns, I’m excited about this change and look for good things to come from this partnership.
This excitement seems to be shared by our sales representative who sent us this:
We’re really excited because of the resources and commitment Yahoo brings to help Zimbra continue focusing on our key markets, including the Education sector. One of Yahoo’s key objectives in acquiring Zimbra is supporting and growing our presence in EDU, including on-premises deployments at colleges. Yahoo is a major proponent of open technologies and this will allow us to further grow the integration options and features of Zimbra, along with our partners in the EDU sector.
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