Proposing new solutions to IT problems
December 2nd, 2007 | Published in oh hell
Jacob, I’m sure you’ve already considered this, but keep in mind that cross-platform support and technical superiority don’t always cause universities or enterprises to make changes to their IT infrastructure.
Two primary things to consider when proposing Zimbra as an alternative to Exchange are the availability and cost of support as well as the cost and effort required to migrate the University to a new solution.
From looking at the Zimbra site, the University would likely need to purchase their premium support option in addition to the base Network Edition software subscription. Here’s hoping the sum of those prices is less than the potentially steep discounts Microsoft can afford to offer for Exchange pricing otherwise you can forget Gard et al. from considering it seriously.
