Zimbra, a Yahoo company, has announced that Canonical, sponsors of Ubuntu, will give users direct access to Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, which provides a centralized hub to manage multiple e-mail accounts and calendars online and offline, through the Ubuntu Partner Repository.
According to Zimbra, with Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, Ubuntu users will have access to Yahoo Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail and any IMAP or POP enabled e-mail account, such as work, personal and school accounts, from the same place, even when they are not connected to the Internet. Additionally, Yahoo Zimbra Desktop allows people to use the iCal standard to take their calendar offline.
Zimbra also offers document and spreadsheet functions, as well as mashup features with services like Flickr, Amazon.com, and Yahoo Maps.
"The addition of Yahoo Zimbra Desktop to our Partner Repository gives millions of Ubuntu users instant access to best-in-class messaging and collaboration," said Malcolm Yates, global ISV partner manager at Canonical.
Yahoo Zimbra Desktop Beta Version 3 is available for free download at Zimbra.com/desktop. Anyone with access to Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS), Yahoo Mail, Gmail(TM), AOL Mail, or an IMAP/POP enabled server can use Zimbra Desktop. |
