Zimbra Breaks Out Collaboration Suite

1. Zimbra Breaks Out Collaboration Suite

Zimbra is betting that the world is ready for a feature-rich e-mail that costs less than Microsoft Exchange Server or Lotus Domino.

The Network Edition of Zimbra Collaboration Suite offers robust multi-tenancy capabilities so that resellers and ISPs can host multiple clients on pooled server or servers safely and securely, said Scott Dietzen , president and CTO of the San Mateo, Calif. company.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 3 2005


2. ILumin Extends ILM Beyond E-Mail and IM

iLumin Software Services, Inc., Reston, VA, today brought out a new File System Manager module for its Assentor suite of information lifecycle management utilities for e-mail and instant messaging.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 3 2005


3. Mirapoint Adds Enterprise Web Client To Message Server Appliance

Mirapoint, Sunnyvale, Calif., today unveiled a Corporate Edition web client available with its Message Server appliance, providing collaboration and secure communications from desktop or mobile users.

For more on Mirapoint:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Oct 3 2005


4. Yahoo backs digital library plan

Yahoo is taking on Google with its own digital archive of books, audio and video.
As part of the Open Content Alliance, Yahoo will help digitise 18,000 works of American literature plus material from national and European archives.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 3 2005


5. China shuts three Internet websites in new crackdown

China has shut down three popular Internet websites as part of a new drive to keep out content seen as anti-government and potentially inciting unrest, human rights groups said.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 4 2005


6. Google to make San Francisco wireless hub

US search behemoth Google said it had offered to blanket the city of San Francisco with a wireless network that would allow residents to log on to the Internet free of charge.

The revolutionary bid to turn the West Coast city into a high-tech wireless hub would mark a major departure from its core business as an Internet search engine and shake up the world of Internet providers.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Oct 3 2005


7. Lycos, Yahoo Pushing to Put Media Online

Major Internet sites are vying to become more like traditional media companies, setting up online clearinghouses for books, television, music and more in a bid to lure viewers.

For more on this:
- read full story from Washington Post Online, Oct 4 2005


8. Skype Sticks With GIPS

Voice over IP (define) heavy-hitter Skype has signed a four-year contract extension with voice-processing specialist Global IP Sound (GIPS).

GIPS has provided support for Skype on the desktop since 2003 and will continue to do so. In addition, the San Francisco-based company will help bring a pre-installed version of Skype to manufacturers of Wi-Fi-enabled (define) handsets.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Oct 3 2005