The Radicati Group Ranks Zimbra as a Top Player in its 2017 Messaging
Platforms for Service Providers Market Quadrant
BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Synacor (Nasdaq:SYNC) today announced that its messaging and
collaboration platform, Zimbra, has been ranked a top player by market
research firm The Radicati Group in its 2017
Messaging Platforms for Service Providers report. The report
analyzes key vendors in the messaging space, based on functionality and
strategic vision, and is intended to help investors, organizations,
service providers, and vendors who need to make informed decisions about
messaging platforms for the service provider market.
“Since it acquired Zimbra in 2015, Synacor has reinvigorated the
platform,” said Sara Radicati, The Radicati Group. “Leveraging the
growth of APIs and the rise of the cloud, Synacor has designed Zimbra to
be an open, extensible, and secure platform. As a result, Zimbra is a
good choice for service providers, enterprises, government agencies and
regulated industries, such as finance and healthcare.”
“We are pleased that Zimbra was recognized as a market leader in email
and collaboration,” said Synacor CEO Himesh Bhise. “More than 100
service providers, 1,000 government organizations, and 2,500 enterprises
already trust our platform. We will continue to work with our customers
and our community to innovate functionality, monetization and operations
that enable a superior Zimbra experience.”
The Radicati Market Quadrant provides a competitive view of key players
in the Messaging Platforms for Service Providers Market. Radicati Market
Quadrants are designed to illustrate how individual vendors fit within
specific technology markets at any given point in time. Vendors are
ranked according to installed base market share, functionality and
strategic vision into four quadrants: Top Players, Trail Blazers, Mature
Players, and Specialists.
About Zimbra Collaboration Suite
Zimbra, a Synacor product, connects people and information with unified
collaboration software that includes email, calendaring, file sharing,
chat and video chat. It powers approximately 500 million mailboxes and
works with 1,500 partners. More than 2,500 enterprises, 1,000
governments and 100 service providers trust Zimbra.
Zimbra can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud or as a hybrid service.
The Zimbra Business Solution Provider Network offers it as a Hosted
Service. Synacor operates a turnkey, fully hosted/managed, and monetized
solution for Service Providers.
The global email market is still growing. According to The Radicati
Group, nearly half of the global adult population will have an email
account by year-end 2020. Recently, Synacor released a new whitepaper, “Email’s
Renaissance,” that outlines changing consumer behaviors, attitudes,
and habits around email, key challenges facing email providers and the
benefits of leveraging collaboration to accelerate innovation.
About Synacor
Synacor (Nasdaq: SYNC) is the trusted technology development,
multiplatform services and revenue partner for video, internet and
communications providers, device manufacturers, governments, and
enterprises. Synacor’s mission is to enable its customers to better
engage with their consumers. Its customers use Synacor’s technology
platforms and services to scale their businesses and extend their
subscriber relationships. Synacor delivers managed portals, advertising
solutions, email and collaboration platforms, end-to-end video solutions
and cloud-based identity management. www.synacor.com
For more information about becoming a Zimbra Partner visit https://www.zimbra.com/partners/become-partner/.
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