Features & Benefits

Many businesses require a fully fledged business email platform to allow them to do the following.

  • Share their mailboxes and calendars between users
  • Centralised storage, backup and management of their data
  • Shared contacts and Global address list
  • Rich webmail client for people that are away from their office
  • Access anywhere via Microsoft outlook or webmail
  • Access the same account from multiple computers (i.e Work, Home, etc)
  • Microsoft Activesync capability for synchronising mobile phones

We provide this using the Zimbra Collaboration suite. 

Features

Feature Premium (Zimbra)
Setup Cost Free
Monthly Cost $10 for 500MB
Email Accounts 1
Aliases  
Forwarders
Autoresponders
Server side email rules  
Rich Webmail client with contacts, calendar and tasks  
Shared Calendars  
Shared mail folders and contacts
Advanced Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus as standard  
Mobile phone synchronisation and Activesync
Simultaneous access via many devices
All data stored and backed up by us
Unlimited mailbox size  
Safe and Secure
Shared documents available from anywhere

Benefits

- No server required, if you don't have or don't want a mail server this is perfect for you.
- Priced on a per-mailbox per-month charge so you know what to expect when you get your bill.
- You can upgrade your account if you need more space to store your emails.
- All common email clients are supported, no migration or training required.
- All email protocols supported, includes full POP3, IMAP, SMTP-Auth functionality.
- Full-featured webmail client is standard with all email hosting accounts.
- Secure email access, all hosted mailboxes can be accessed via the SSL protocol, ensuring your passwords or email contents are protected.
- Premium email allows roaming users to securely access their email from anywhere in the world.

 

Standard Benefits of Zimbra (Our Premium Email platform)

Freedom of Client Choice: Anywhere, Any machine

  • Browser - Zimbra Ajax client
  • PC Client - Outlook (Online, Offline, Cached Mode), Apple Mail and iCal, Eudora, Evolution, Thunderbird/Sunbird, RSS, etc.
  • Mobile - Wireless devices "over the air" synchronization: Blackberry (in Beta), Palm, Nokia, Motorola, Good, PocketPC, etc.


Intuitive Message Management & Self-Organizing Mailboxes

  • Powerful, fast search (including messages and attachments)
  • Seach Builder. A simple "WYSIWYG" tool to make advanced queries
  • Saved searches across folders. Save favorite searches as "virtual" message folders
  • Conversation views across folders. Hides redundant messages that clutter up your inbox
  • Filters
  • RSS/ATOM feeds
  • Tags. "Tagging" automatically highlights email according to your criteria
  • Email Folder Sharing: Any folder in your inbox (including RSS feeds and subfolders) can be shared with others. You have the ability to provide read only-access or allow others to manage.


Comprehensive Calendaring

  • Complete resource & group scheduling with free/busy management and delegated access
  • Multiple calendar views
  • Multiple calendars per user; View multiple schedules as 'overlays' on your calendar, one click to toggle them on and off
  • Calendar sharing
  • Subscribe to external calendars in .ics format


The Ultimate Address Book

  • Supports multiple Address Books (personal and server-side Global Address List)
  • Easily share Address Books and contacts with peers
  • Autocomplete from personal and/or Global Address List (GAL)
  • Create personal distribution lists


Powerful Online Documents

  • Create, share, and publish rich Documents online
  • WYSIWYG editor makes it easy to add spreadsheets, images, etc.
  • Turn Documents into collaborative Wiki pages


Powerful Document Storage: Briefcase

  • Store all your important files in Briefcase instead of as email attachments, which can be saved in one click directly to a Briefcase folder.
  • Access files over the internet with WebDav support


Flexible & Easy Sharing and Publishing

  • Simple sharing model common to Address Book, Calendar, and Documents
  • Share internally (read and/or write access) or publish externally with a simple URL (read only).


Productivity Enhancing "Mash-ups" using Zimlets.
Extensible model for linking message content to external web services and applications (expressable via hover-over and/or click). Use Zimlets to get single click access to calendar, contacts, maps, Salesforce, and more. Easily create new Zimlets for your unique needs.

  • Intranet - ERP, CRM, Support, Finance, HR, VoIP phone, etc.
  • Internet – Google/Yahoo Maps, Skype, Travel, Package Tracking, etc.


Power User Friendly

  • Quickly view/create calendar appointments while in mail
  • Quickly create/edit contacts while in mail
  • Quickly view sender’s website while in mail


IMAP & POP Account Aggregation

  • Set up multiple external email accounts to be viewed and managed within ZCS
  • Email replies from different accounts can have different Signatures and Mail Identities