Proofpoint and VMware Team-up to Bring Enhanced Email Security and Compliance to VMware Zimbra Users

Today's Proofpoint press release (see, "Proofpoint Delivers Enhanced Security and Compliance for VMware Zimbra Email and Collaboration Solution") announces some exciting new work with VMware in which we've integrated the Proofpoint Enterprise Protection email security and Proofpoint Enterprise Privacy data loss prevention suites with the VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server.

If you're not familar with Zimbra, it's a leading open source email and collaboration solution that offers a collaboration hub for email, contacts, calendars, documents, file sharing, tasks, social media and enterprise applications. The integration offers VMware Zimbra users a whole host of best-in-class email security, regulatory compliance, email encryption, anti-phishing, data privacy and data loss prevention capabilities.

Proofpoint worked with the VMware Zimbra team to create a version of Proofpoint Enterprise that is custom-engineered to integrate to the Zimbra platform. Some of the Zimbra-specific enhancements include: A new secure-send "Zimlet" (Zimlets are new end-user functionality created through a set of open APIs) that allows users to send encrypted messages using Proofpoint Encryption. (This new Zimlet will be available in the next couple of weeks.) And features that automatically quarantine spam by learning from actions taken by end-users.

Special Introductory Offer

As part of this launch, Proofpoint is offering qualified users of the VMware Zimbra Collaboration Server virtual appliance a fully functional, 60-day trial of  Proofpoint Enterprise Protection and Proofpoint Enterprise Privacy. Qualified trial users that purchase a license for Zimbra Collaboration Server can have the trial of Proofpoint Enterprise Protection extended for additional 12 months.

(Yep, you read that right, up to a year of Proofpoint's outstanding email security capabilities for free. And, nope, we've never made this sort of offer available before.)

To register for the free 60-day trial, visit http://www.proofpoint.com/zimbra.

We're looking forward to continuing to work with the VMware Zimbra team. The team-up with Proofpoint is just one of many examples of how Zimbra is workingwith partners to deliver integrated solutions that work with the Zimbra Collaboration Server platform. You can see more in the the Zimbra Gallery and Zimbra Community (currently with more than 45,000 members). Check it out!