Comments on: Yahoo to buy email provider Zimbra for $350M

By: Cisco acquires email startup PostPath for $215M » VentureBeat

Cisco acquires email startup PostPath for $215M » VentureBeat — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:56:03 +0000

[...] million from JAFCO Ventures, Matrix Partners and Worldview Technology Partners. Competing startup Zimbra was acquired by Yahoo for $350 million last year. Tags: co:PostPath, inv:JAFCO-Ventures, inv:Matrix-Partners, [...]

By: DAG “Coattail” Ventures is raising an $800M fund [Correction: Not true] » VentureBeat

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:02:21 +0000

[...] PEHub appears to have missed some others: DAG invested in Zimbra, which was sold for a considerable profit to Yahoo for $350 million, after only $30.5 million in. It also made money on the following deals: Oakley Networks, which was [...]

By: Yahoo-owned Zimbra moves against Outlook with its own desktop email client » VentureBeat

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:08:11 +0000

[...] which we’ve written about before, was acquired by Yahoo for $350 million in 2007. The first version of the Zimbra Desktop beta launched a year and a half ago, and the third version [...]

By: VentureBeat » Zimbra releases more versatile IM and other features that puts Outlook to shame

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:00:01 +0000

[...] Zimbra, you’ll recall, popped onto the scene four years ago, and wowed people with its clean Web service that uses AJAX technology to let you switch seamlessly between your mail, calendar and contacts – and which popped up maps automatically if you scrolled over an address in email, or allowed you to make a phone call if you clicked on a number within the email. The San Mateo, Calif. company got snapped by Yahoo for $350 million. [...]

By: VentureBeat » Four startups ready to change the face of email

VentureBeat » Four startups ready to change the face of email — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:03:41 +0000

[...] enough momentum among users excited about its extensible features and add-ons to convince Yahoo to acquire it for $350 million, earlier this year. However, Zimbra isn’t (yet) for general consumer use, and it isn’t [...]

By: Nancy Simmons

Nancy Simmons — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:06:34 +0000

There are a few Zimbra hosting providers that offer a family-friendly, or personal service, which you might consider a “consumer” version. You can get a single Zimbra account through 01.com for $3.99/mo, and they have demo movies of the experience available: http://www.01.com/movies.html

By: VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of advanced word processor

VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of advanced word processor — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:51:41 +0000

[...] the success of Zimbra, another email provider that gained traction with such clients — and was bought by Yahoo for $350 million a couple weeks [...]

By: VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of advanced word processor

VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of advanced word processor — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:51:41 +0000

[...] the success of Zimbra, another email provider that gained traction with such clients — and was bought by Yahoo for $350 million a couple weeks [...]

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Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:57:21 +0000

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By: Alex Zaltsman

Alex Zaltsman — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:52:56 +0000

Zimbra also has a successful commercial channel through value-added resellers. The “consumer” side was the ISP/education segment. Zimbra offers an e-mail server alternative for customers to install on their own networks, making it a competitor to other on-premise e-mail products like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and Novell Groupwise.