Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Zimbra

On this day in 2010, VMware announces its acquisition of Zimbra, open source email, calendaring & collaboration software, for $100M. The acquisition is completed on 2/16/10. There are 2 primary reasons for the acquisition:
1. Zimbra will further VMware's mission of simplifying IT
2. Zimbra will add to the portfolio of offerings VMware provides to its vCloud partners

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