Yahoo Zimbra to become hosted email service for education
Filed under: News | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: October 28, 2008 | No Comments

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
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