Scalar Floats University of Guelph on to the Cloud

Today, Scalar Decisions, the Toronto-headquartered IT solutions integrator, announced that the University of Guelph will be migrating from their on-premise email system to Scalar's cloud-based service. With the migration of over 60,000 mailboxes, Guelph has become one of the first universities in Canada to leverage cloud computing.

Canadian universities have been slow to adopt cloud services, with one reason being privacy concerns related to the US Patriot Act. Nevertheless, as Scalar Managed Zimbra is an absolutely Canadian hosted email solution, it offers a secure option that maintains data privacy. Combined with the increasing demand for users to be able to access email and calendars at any time from a diverse array of devices including smartphones, laptops and tablets, it is likely that many more universities will be following Guelph's lead. Zimbra has already penetrated 200,000 organizations and has deployed over 66 million mailboxes worldwide.

The leader in open source

VMware Zimbra is the leader in open source, at once-generation email and collaboration software. Zimbra is simplifying IT and setting the standard for web and cloud based collaboration with innovative user experiences, just as a rich AJAX web interface. Streamlined administration, advanced mobility and both on-premises and hosted cloud deployment options have quickly made Zimbra a preferred collaboration platform for businesses, service providers, government and educational institutions. With more than 66 million paid mailboxes worldwide, Zimbra is one of the largest and fastest growing email platforms.

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