Communication
Zimbra
Zimbra is an advanced Open Source mailbox server willing to fully substitute Microsoft Exchange. Differently than the Microsoft way, Zimbra in its open source version is free. Moreover, being an open standard, can be easily modified in order to guarantee specific and customized functionalities. It has to be underlined that Zimbra is a product managed by Yahoo!. Advanced Technology Center proposes also the Zimbra Enterprise solution, a fee based version with extensive functionalities.
Google Apps TM
Google Apps provides a group of user friendly programs that can be surfed trough a normal browser (therefore, not requiring desktop softwares). Google Apps, out of Electronic Data Management and Knwoledge Sharing systems, allows to use Google servers in order to manage its own electronic mail system. It is indeed not necessary to install any program or to maintain a proprietary server – leveraging at the same time a top of the rank trustful system: Google Apps Premier EditionTM ensures by contract da a 99,9% uptime minim - by far higher than any company server solution. It is Microsoft Outlook compatible, letting the company to have a solution ready to be used without an upfront personnel training. The mail will be immediately accessible by normal browsers and mobile phones (as for instance BlackBerry and Iphones). Thanks to GTalk it is possible to launch video-conferences at any place.
Elastix
Elastix offers an integrated group of Open Source solutions suitable to manage company voice systems. Elastix offers Voice-Over-IP (VoIP, internet based standard used for phone ) systems that might be integrated with traditional solutions (POTS and ISDN). Thanks to Elastix technology you might have a digital switchboard suitable to manage unlimited internal numbers. It is altogether possible to cut the phone based costs utilizing at the same time more providers and automatically switch to the most convenient operator for each call, freeing the company from a single provider source limits. The VoIP solution is optimized for companies with separated branches / offices – even residing in other countries – or teams facing ongoing mobility.