Zimbra Products Fully Integrated with VMware
After acquiring Zimbra in February 2010, VMware has launched the the enterprise-class email and collaboration solution, Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance. As noted in the company's news release, the solution is delivered as a virtual appliance and is
designed to run on the VMware vSphere platform.
Customers can run Zimbra Appliance in their own data center or via one of VMware's vCloud partners.
"VMware, Inc. the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter to the cloud, today launched the Zimbra Collaboration Suite Appliance, an enterprise-class email and collaboration solution delivered as a virtual appliance. Designed to run on the VMware vSphere platform, the Zimbra Appliance helps reduce the cost and complexity of infrastructure management.
""In addition, VMware announced that Zimbra, which it acquired in February 2010, is now fully integrated within VMware. All Zimbra products are now available via VMwares extensive sales and channel partner ecosystem, providing VMwares 190,000 customers and 25,000 partners full access to Zimbra's email and collaboration product suite. Zimbra customers are also now supported by VMwares Global Support Services, the worlds largest virtualization support organization."
