Rahul Bhatt, i2k2 Networks, India

Fully Managed Hosting Solution

Dedicated Web Server, Email & http://www.i2k2.com/
Collaboration rahulbhatt@i2k2.com
+91-9654700996, +91-120-4663092

V/S
Sr.
Features
No.
Server OS support
Linux/Unix YES X
Windows X YES

SMTP YES YES

POP3 YES YES
IMAP YES YES
SMTP over TLS YES YES
NNTP YES YES
SSL YES YES
Webmail YES YES

Storage
Database YES ESE only*
File system YES YES

Authentication
SMTP AUTH YES YES
APOP YES YES
Filesystem YES X
Database YES X
LDAP YES YES

Antispam Features
DNSBL YES YES
Embedded Antivirus ClamWall
ClamAV
extension
Embedded Antispam SpamAssassin X

*Extensible Storage Engine

Comparison of Zimbra & Microsoft Exchange Server

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Platform Architecture, Robustness & Scale

COMMENTS
Platform • Solution has been around for 4+ yrs
Longevity Zimbra
• Exchange been around for 10+ years

Platform • ZCS architecture designed ground-up

Architecture based on
new-age/web 2.0 paradigm &
trends
• Exchange core kernel, designed in
early 1990s
is not modular, and cannot easily
adapt
Platform • ZCS leverages more robust
Robustness underlying
operating environment & proven
components
• Reliability and uptime issues plague
Exchange
users (avg downtime of 4
hours/month)
Platform • ZCS scales to millions of users and
Scalability gigabyte mailboxes in production
environments
• Exchange architecture limiting;
difficult to
scale to GB mailboxes w/o
significant hardware, training

Basic Messaging Feature Set

Integrated • Support for email, calendaring and
Calendaring, contacts
Mail, • ZCS also offers web mash-ups
Contacts (Zimlets) based
integration for improved
productivity

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Integrated • ZCS integrated with proven Spam

anti-abuse Assassin & ClamAV solutions
• Exchange offers EHF and in-house
antispam/virus solutions that are yet
to be proven
End-User • Ajax (rich) web client access
Rich • Tagging categories) flagging basic
Web Access search
• ZCS: Keyboard Navigation, advanced
search
• ZCS: Zimlets, “Rich” HTML client
access
Admin Tools • Command-line tools, SOAP API access
• ZCS: Web-based any place/any time
access
Mobile • Windows Mobile devices, Palm Treo,
Devices Symbian, Blackberry handsets
Support • ZCS: iPhone (Mobile Client via
XHTML), iSync
• ZCS: Java-based downloadable client

Next Gen Collaboration Feature Set

Unified • Single inbox, Voicemail, VoIP access
Messaging • Exchange: TUI access to mailbox
using TTS
Web Services • Basic SOAP API for server access
Framework & • ZCS: Web services framework (zSync)
Mash-ups for client access
• ZCS: Web Mash-ups framework
(Zimlets) to
integrate 3rd party enterprise apps
Indexing • Index & facilitate search of message
& Search subject, body and MS Office
attachments
• ZCS: Index, search and render in
browser over 200 different
attachment types
• ZCS: Syntactic & visual search
options
Integrated • ZCS: Built-in Instant Messaging,
IM/Presence cross-
& Documents application presence (XMPP) and Web
documents

Comparison of Zimbra & Microsoft Exchange Server

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Sharing & • Share mail, calendar and address

Collaboration book folders with internal users
• ZCS: Share folders with external
users or make them public

Multi‐Modal Access
Outlook • Exchange Native MAPI Service
support (PC) Provider
• Zimbra Native MAPI Service Provider
Apple Mail, • ZCS: Supports Apple Mail, iCal,
iCal, iPhone iPhone via and iSync as well as Sync
(Mac) Services

LOW MEDIUM
KEY
HIGH

Contact:

Rahul Bhatt,
i2k2 Networks, India
Fully Managed Hosting Solution
Dedicated Web Server, Email & Collaboration
Ph: +91-9654700996,
+91-120-4663092
Email: rahulbhatt@i2k2.com

Web: http://www.i2k2.com

Comparison of Zimbra & Microsoft Exchange Server