Comcast + Zimbra = Future of Unified Messaging

Posted in Open Source by Satish Dharmaraj on the May 6th, 2007

Word is out that Zimbra and Comcast have teamed up; we just wanted to confirm it’s true! We’re excited to be working with Comcast - the largest domestic broadband cable provider. We love and share their integrated communications vision. Taking Comcast Triple Play to the web is the right strategy and will give consumers an easy way to manage their communications needs from one portal.

It’s still early, so we can’t provide a lot of detail yet. What we can say: this will be the first elegant, unified communications app for consumers to hit the web (check out the screenshots below). It’s simple to use, built on our AJAX platform, and consolidates everything - email, IM, voice mail, smart address book, and even RSS feeds.


For Zimbra, this is important on many levels. Many consumers have seen the Zimbra demo and asked us how they could get their own personal Zimbra mailbox. This gives consumers access to the Zimbra innovations and we are really excited about that. Secondly, we are really proud that we earned our stripes by proving server scale.

So what does this mean for the future? Zimbra users should be excited because this offering continues to build and grow our vision. There’s broad applicability of integrated services to all our customers in the enterprise, education, and service provider segments. Stay tuned!

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SmartZone Email by Zimbra
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SmartZone Address Book by Zimbra
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SmartZone Voice Mail by Zimbra

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  1. Reuven Cohen, Enomaly inc said,

    on May 7th, 2007 at 6:10 am

    As a early user & integrator of zimbra, we are very proud to say we knew you could do it! Keep up the good work!

  2. Dave Jenkins said,

    on May 7th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Congratulations, Zimbra. This is a big win for you and for your platform. I look forward to all the cool and unexpected zimlets that should come out of a user-base so large as this. As a client, I also welcome the financial stability this should bring to your firm.

    dwj

  3. Daniel Varga-Hali said,

    on May 7th, 2007 at 9:43 am

    I am happy for you! I hope that this step will help you to improve your mailing system. And of course, I am sure that by having this huge company as your partner won’t make you forget about the community that is restricted to the open source version of Zimbra.

    Regards

  4. John Holder said,

    on May 7th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    @Daniel-
    We will never forget our open source roots.

    As a matter of fact, we’re in the process of making a larger Open Source push.

    -john
    jholder@zimbra.com


  5. on May 8th, 2007 at 8:45 am

    mailbox.log: The King of Zimbra Log Files

    As many of our Administrators know, Zimbra Collaboration Suite logs just about everything. Once of the most integral is the mailbox.log located in /opt/zimbra/log . In this Administrator’s PowerTip, we’ll cover some common entries in the mailbox.log fi…


  6. on May 8th, 2007 at 9:00 am

    mailbox.log: The King of Zimbra Log Files

    As many of our Administrators know, Zimbra Collaboration Suite logs just about everything. Once of the most integral is the mailbox.log located in /opt/zimbra/log . In this Administrator’s PowerTip, we’ll cover some common entries in the mailbox.log fi…

  7. wastebasket said,

    on May 8th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    Nice .. will that include splitting the frontend from the backend allowing other backend solutions? :)


  8. on May 15th, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Zimbra’s Built-in RSS/ATOM Feed Reader

    Have you taken advantage of your favorite website’s RSS feed? If so, then you’re gonna want to check out Zimbra Collaboration Suite’s built in RSS feed reader….

  9. Open Sources said,

    on May 17th, 2007 at 4:59 am

    Zimbra’s steady rise

    I admit it. I have spent the last year pretending that Zimbra was more hype than reality. I suppose I can be forgiven for this, given just how overwhelming the hype has been. (TechCrunch’s somewhat silly math being a prime example.) But I had breakfast…

  10. Open Sources said,

    on May 17th, 2007 at 7:51 am

    Zimbra’s steady rise

    I admit it. I have spent the last year pretending that Zimbra was more hype than reality. I suppose I can be forgiven for this, given just how overwhelming the hype has been. (TechCrunch’s somewhat silly math being a prime example.) But I had breakfast…


  11. on May 18th, 2007 at 9:00 am

    The Zimbra Worldwide Community

    Over 8,000 forum users + more than 200 posts per day + the best e-mail money can buy. This is the Zimbra Worldwide Community. (Oh, and it’s free!)…


  12. on May 18th, 2007 at 9:01 am

    The Zimbra Worldwide Community

    Over 8,000 forum users + more than 200 posts per day + the best e-mail money can buy. This is the Zimbra Worldwide Community. (Oh, and it’s free!)…


  13. on May 18th, 2007 at 9:04 am

    The Zimbra Worldwide Community

    Over 8,000 forum users + more than 200 posts per day + the best e-mail money can buy. This is the Zimbra Worldwide Community. (Oh, and it’s free!)…


  14. on May 18th, 2007 at 9:05 am

    The Zimbra Worldwide Community

    Over 8,000 forum users + more than 200 posts per day + the best e-mail money can buy. This is the Zimbra Worldwide Community. (Oh, and it’s free!)…


  15. on May 18th, 2007 at 9:06 am

    The Zimbra Worldwide Community

    Over 8,000 forum users + more than 200 posts per day + the best e-mail money can buy. This is the Zimbra Worldwide Community. (Oh, and it’s free!)…


  16. on May 18th, 2007 at 9:16 am

    The Zimbra Worldwide Community

    Over 8,000 forum users + more than 200 posts per day + the best e-mail money can buy. This is the Zimbra Worldwide Community. (Oh, and it’s free!)…

  17. Pat Kelly said,

    on May 19th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    We have been toiling on a Zimlet to add voicemail to Zimbra, would rather utilize capabilities built into Zimbra. Any ideas as to when some of the functionality depicted will be available to current partners/users?


  18. on May 21st, 2007 at 6:50 am

    Innovating in delivering innovation: Blending open source, SaaS, and Web 2.0

    In the Zimbra blog, we tend to focus on innovation within the Zimbra software, but the Zimbra team is also always striving to improve the process through which our technology is developed and delivered. We have arrived at our current…


  19. on May 21st, 2007 at 6:54 am

    Innovating in delivering innovation: Blending open source, SaaS, and Web 2.0

    In the Zimbra blog, we tend to focus on innovation within the Zimbra software, but the Zimbra team is also always striving to improve the process through which our technology is developed and delivered. We have arrived at our current…

  20. nipsy said,

    on May 25th, 2007 at 11:02 am

    With a little more tweaking you could BE the personal server the public is about to need.


  21. on September 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pm

    Comcast making a move at an early stage to get into the unified communications / messaging marketplace early…… smart move. Kudos!

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