Zimbra Collaboration - Features

Lower-Overhead Management

• Native Hierarchical Storage Management or Information Lifecycle Management (HSM / ILP)
• Multi-domain support and administration on a single node
• Online single mailbox restore to point-in-time
• Online mailbox moves (and backups)
• Rich, zero footprint, AJAX-based administrator interface (cross browser/OS)
• Dashboards for real-time system activity
• Comprehensive command-line tools
• SOAP APIs for every administrative action

Server and Storage Consolidation

• Substantial reduction in managed storage - One copy of email & attachments per server (rather than one per user or one per storage group)
• Substantial increase in the number of users per CPU - Multi-level caching and optimization of underlying system.

Compatibility with Existing Infrastructure

• Web services – Full API for easy Bi-directional integration with enterprise applications like CRM, ERP, etc…
• Client - Outlook, Mobile, IMAP, POP, iCalendar, RSS, etc.
• Directory - Active Directory/LDAP integration, provisioning support
• Messaging Server - Co-existence and migration tools (including Microsoft Exchange)

Security

• Web security model - Single sign-on, TLS/SSL, no VPN required
• Secured attachment opening and HTML rendering
• SpamAssassin and ClamAV included
• Compatibility with existing anti-spam/anti-virus (via Postfix & amavisd-new)

Open solution

• Open source
• Open formats - One MIME message per file means Zimbra storage is not opaque to sys. admin. or operating system utilities

Freedom of Client Choice

• Browser - Zimbra Ajax client
• PC Client - Outlook (Online, Offline, Cached Mode), Apple Mail and iCal, Eudora, Evolution, Thunderbird/Sunbird, RSS, etc.
• Mobile - Wireless devices "over the air" synchronization: Blackberry (via partner solutions), Palm, Nokia, Motorola, Good, PocketPC, etc.

Self-Organizing Mailboxes

• Powerful, fast search (including messages and attachments)
• Saved searches across folders
• Conversation views across folders
• Filters

Comprehensive Calendaring

• Group scheduling with free/busy management and controls
• Multiple calendars per user
• Calendar delegation and sharing
• Multi-calendar views
• Subscribe to external calendars in .ics format

Extensible model for linking message content to external web services and applications (expressable via hover-over and/or click)

• Intranet - ERP, CRM, Support, Finance, HR, VoIP phone, etc.
• Internet – Google/Yahoo Maps, Skype, Travel, Package Tracking, etc.

Efficient context switching

• Quickly view/create calendar appointments while in mail
• Quickly create/edit contacts while in mail
• Quickly view sender’s website while in mail

Any Place, Any Machine

• Rich, zero footprint, AJAX-based end-user interface (cross browser/OS)
• Security sans VPN
• Secure, read-only access to attachments without special-purpose client software

Modern collaboration styles/formats

• RSS/ATOM feeds
• Tags