<p>Telligent acquires Zimbra Posted on 16-Jul-2013 10:23. | Filed under: News : SaaS. Telligent has acquired from VMware the assets of Zimbra, a messaging and collaboration solution. Upon closing, Telligent and Zimbra will merge to form Zimbra, a new software company offering a unified social collaboration suite. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.</p><p>Zimbra, which will receive investments from Intel Capital, NXT Capital Venture Finance, BDCA, Hall Financial Group and VMware, will offer a unified social collaboration suite built for the post-PC era. By combining Zimbra's comprehensive messaging and collaboration solutions with Telligent's social community, collaboration and analytics software, the new company will enable customers to maximize productivity, innovation and customer experience.</p><p>The Zimbra platform is an enterprise-class email, calendar and collaboration solution, built for the cloud public, private and hybrid. Telligent is a leader in enterprise social software for customer support, digital marketing and employee collaboration. Under the Zimbra brand, Zimbra software will continue to be made available on premise and in the cloud through the company and its partners. The combined company will have a global base of more than 5,000 customers and 400 partners; it will maintain its worldwide presence, with offices in Dallas, Palo Alto, Tokyo, London and Pune, India.</p><p>The acquisition will accelerate the growth and leadership of the combined company, enhancing the value proposition for customers and partners of both Zimbra and Telligent. The company will be led by an integrated management team under the leadership of Patrick Brandt, chief executive officer of Telligent.</p><p><a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=13216">Keep reading...</a></p>