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The most experienced provider of Zimbra hosting, managed & professional services worldwide, it's our mission to help your organization evolve from email to open collaboration: a foundation for your success.

 

Summary

 

Operations worldwide who want to improve focus, efficiency and productivity use 01.com to outsource or replace their emails systems with VMware's award winning Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS).

Specializing in the rapidly evolving area of enterprise messaging and collaboration technology, we design, deliver and support turn-key and ala carte hosting, managed and professional service solutions.  Tailored to meet the requirements of organizations by size, industry and country, 01.com leverages long term partnerships with best-of-breed suppliers such as world-class data centers, and unparalleled experience with VMware's market-leading ZCS software to set a standard for open solutions. 

"Open" means adaptable and flexible, enabling not only the most advanced web access, but also full support for Outlook sync, not only support for Windows client software, but equally Mac/Linux, not only native Blackberry/BES support, but also native iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile.  An open solution increases your choices as an organization, thereby creating opportunities, providing a platform from which you can take advantage of new technology as it's introduced.

More technically, "open" not only refers to "open source," but also best practices that result in more innovative, transparent and affordable services for you.  This means a software development process one can monitor in real time and impact with votes, online forums, public status and up-time reports, a commitment to industry standard data formats, and an open API.  This means an "open" plug-in ("zimlet") architecture enabling advanced customization without increasing the cost and complexity of upgrades to exploit continuous improvements.

It's our mission to help your organization benefit from the latest advances in messaging and collaboration technology.  We know organizations have different needs.  We're an experienced solutions provider prepared to guide you to the right destination.  And we not only open the door to a better email solution, we knock down the walls. Contact us for guidance.

An introduction to Zimbra

Most professionals use Outlook to manage their email, calendars, contacts, etc..  01.com provides an alternative to Outlook that both enhances and replaces it, called Zimbra, that includes primary, native support for Apple Mail, Thunderbird, iPhones, Blackberry devices and other technologies.

A substitute for a Microsoft Exchange server, Zimbra is server software that enhances Outlook by centralizing the receipt, sharing and delegation of email, mail folders, calendars, contacts, and tasks across an entire organization.  What's more, Zimbra delivers an innovative substitute for Outlook with a feature-rich, industry-leading webmail gateway, superior integration with Apple computers and mobile devices such as the iPhone, and native syncing with Blackberry devices using the RIM Blackbery Enterprise Server (BES).

Organizations primarily choose Zimbra because of its

  1. affordability,
  2. compatibility,
  3. ease of use,
  4. future-proof adherence to recognized data standards, and
  5. rapid, transparent pace of innovative development.

Summary

A premier independent, Gold-authorized Zimbra hosting provider and integrator headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, 01.com, Inc. is a profitable, private company of empathetic people enthused about technology and founded to evangelize, sell and support Zimbra, the open source-based email and collaboration server software that competes with Microsoft Exchange, Google Apps, Novell Groupwise and IBM Lotus Notes. 

We improve teamwork across distances, operating systems and mobile devices with affordable, centralized software solutions for organizations seeking more than email alone.

Organizations primarily choose 01.com because of:

  1. experience and expertise,
  2. reliability,
  3. 24x7 responsive support,
  4. affordability,
  5. personalized services.

Products and Services

With 24x7 help desk, systems engineering, sales and administration teams, 01.com's primary products and services are completely outsourced Zimbra hosting solutions (IE: SaaS, Cloud, Dedicated) for organizations from 1 to thousands of team members, and ala carte professional and managed services for larger or more complex enterprises.  Compare primary services.

#1 
  1. The largest full-time team dedicated to supporting Zimbra services, with more combined years experience than any organization outside of Zimbra itself, including managing single systems with millions of mailboxes
  2. First host to complete end-to-end, secure, online Zimbra automation and activation for small and medium sized business.  Bring your own domain, and try our free, no-obligation, 30-day trial.
  3. Currently maintaining the largest Zimbra Cloud in the world for the top-of-the-line, fully-featured Zimbra Network Professional Edition, hosting thousands of domains and almost 200TB data for more than 2,000 organizations in more than 100 countries
Since 2006, the company has delivered professional and managed services to organizations representing hundreds of thousands of mailboxes.  Small and medium-sized businesses, major universities, private colleges, fortune 500 enterprises, well-established banks, recognized national retailers, hospitals, local and state governments use 01.com for planning, installation, integration, testing, migration, monitoring and maintenance.  Many of these enterprises also host customized, exclusive solutions in our world-class data centers.  See select case studies.

Staying within about 30 days of Zimbra's latest releases to deliver the latest features, 01.com's Zimbra hosting solution is a market price leader at $59.99/mailbox/year, and the largest independent host of Zimbra's top-tier licensed Network Professional Edition mailboxes in the world.  Affordability and growth have not stopped the company from focusing on delivering top-tier service, and our help desk support remains 24x7, free and unlimited.  01.com data centers in the U.S. serve tens of thousands of mailboxes representing more than two thousand client organizations in more than one hundred countries.  See public testimonials.

01.com's hosting business for organizations seeking a turn-key experience, includes automated, instant sign-up for secure, high performance hosted Zimbra with free advanced, customizable anti-virus/anti-spam settings (by mailbox and by domain, in-bound and out-bound), low-risk month-to-month or discounted annual terms and dynamic electronic billing, with the first thirty days service provided free-of-charge and no obligation.  We deliver help desk support 24x7 by chat (text and video), screen sharing sessions, an enterprise web ticketing system, and telephone support.

History

Founded on January 1, 2005, 01.com started as a global, 24/7, remote computer services consulting company. The run-away success of Zimbra in the market place persuaded the company to redesign itself around its leading product. Because of the team's past experience leading multi-million dollar, business-focused ISPs, software development, and enterprise consulting, and with the scale and experience to deliver true 24x7 support, the company was uniquely positioned to lead the introduction and support of Zimbra. 

Since early 2006, growing at about 50%/year, 01.com has innovated and led support of the Zimbra software and its customers globally.  As of 2008, 100% of the company's revenue comes from supporting organizations using Zimbra.

The most experienced provider of Zimbra hosting, managed & professional services worldwide, it's our mission to help your organization evolve from email to open collaboration: a foundation for your success.

 

Visitor Comments
  1. Comment #1 (Posted by Matt Lawson )
    This is OLD!!! Zimbra for $49 a mail box :-)
  2. Comment #2 (Posted by FAQ Admin )
    Matt, not sure what you mean here. The $49.99/mailbox is the current annual pricing for the turn-key hosted solution.
  3. Comment #3 (Posted by Jim )
    50bucks a Month for a groupware/email account. Using Virtual Servers FREE, Zimba Free Open Source Product. 50bucks a Month you can get a VSP,Install the Zimba,and put 100 of your friends on it and charge them 10bucks a month and make 950 a month Pure Profit...
  4. Comment #4 (Posted by Jay Cihla )
    Hi Jim, Our Zimbra mailbox pricing is $49.99 per mailbox/year (and not $49.99 per mailbox/month). This includes free Zimbra Mobile (Activesync) and unlimited storage for each mailbox if signed up for annual hosting terms. For more info see our Mailbox FAQ at: http://faqs.01.com/zimbra/questions/147/What+is+a+Mailbox%3F
  5. Comment #5 (Posted by Kevin Poole )
    Can you provide some insights as to 01.com's financial stability? Obviously, when an organization chooses to host its email externally, there are always concerns about the hosting provider's longevity and financial health. Thanks.
  6. Comment #6 (Posted by Jay Cihla )
    Hi Kevin, Thanks for your question. We're profitable, with about 50% growth annually since 2007. The company is run by a team of seasoned executives, mostly from the ISP/Hosting/SaaS industry. If you'd like more information, please contact Dan Stone, Hosting Manager, at 1 (866) 777-0101 x115.
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