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Comcast, Zimbra, Plaxo and HP to
offer SmartZone service
9 May, 2007
Comcast, the broadband and cable TV
company, has partnered with Zimbra,
the open source software company, to
provide its users with email and other
services. The service is known as
SmartZone.
The main features for Comcast's
SmartZone are a Web-based interface
for e-mail, calendars, contact lists
and instant messaging. SmartZone
service is intended for those
customers who are paying Comcast for
TV, internet and phone communications,
and if all goes well, SmartZone will
arrive later this year.
And its not only Zimbra and Comcast
that are partnering in this deal,
Plaxo and Hewlett Packard are also
partners for this SmartZone service.
Plaxo will supply the necessary
software for users to arrange and
customise their address books, while
HP will build as well as operate the
SmartZone service.
Zimbra usually sells its software to
other companies, as an alternative to
Microsoft Exchange, but also targets
ISPs.
John Robb, vice president of marketing
and product development, said, "This
has the opportunity to be one of the
most exciting things we've done."
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