Yahoo Zimbra to become hosted email service for education

Yahoo Zimbra already has 20 million mailboxes, and are now looking to expand that even further by going in to educational institutions. This will be done in two ways; the first is by advertising-supported e-mail option and the second, as a paid-for service.

Currently the Zimbra email service runs two million mailboxes on college campuses, and are now about to become a hosted email service for education. Zimbra was acquired by Yahoo for $375 million a year ago.

Zimbra have managed to have 20 million mailboxes through a unique approach of getting their customers to install on-premises software. The company is now looking to increase their foothold in door in education institutions.

Source – Information Week