CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY GOAL! Parma Calcio 1913 Kicksoff Email with Zimbra for Data Sovereignty and Open Source-based Software “Zimbra provides the features we need and provides flexible license costs all with open source-based software,” said Jonathan Greci, Brand & Digital Manager. http://parmacalcio1913.com Parma Calcio 1913 S.r.l., is an Italian futball club founded in Opportunity INDUSTRY 1913. The club, commonly referred to as Parma, was founded in Sports Team Implement an email system from honor of the famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was scratch. born in the province of Parma. Parma plays home matches in the CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 22,352-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, which is usually called Parma was starting at 0—no email Italy Il Tardini, and was built in 1923. Parma Calcio 1913 has over 50 system deployed for their employees. employees in 10 offices. So they started by evaluating PRODUCT Microsoft Office365 and Zimbra. Zimbra Collaboration Open Zimbra took the win for many Source Edition reasons: • Open source-based solution KEY BENEFITS • Open source-based solution • Data stored in Italy, thus Parma has data sovereignty • Strong support from Zimbra Partners • Zimbra’s strong feature set • Robust feature set Solution Deploy Zimbra to meet the needs of admins, business decision makers and end-users. ZIMBRA CASE STUDY / PARMA CALCIO 1913 www.zimbra.com “We appreciate the simplicity of Zimbra. It’s very easy to use, and our employees can work remotely,” said Jonathan Greci, Brand & Digital Manager. Parma deployed Zimbra, • Zimbra is based on open source an email solution as strong software. as their futball team! • All of Parma’s data is stored in Through the launch of Italy. This means that their data Zimbra, they worked closely is protected under Italy’s data with Zimbra Gold Partner sovereignty laws and not subject to ilger.com. Just like team the laws of other countries. coaches, ilger.com and Zimbra Support provided • Zimbra offers flexible license 24/7 support with an costs based on the actual number excellent SLA and of active mailboxes and the level of guaranteed uptime. features needed for each user. Like drafting new players Parma wants their end-users to be for the team, Parma picked just as happy as their fans on game Zimbra for its: day, • Real-time backup “We appreciate the simplicity of Zimbra. It’s very easy to use, and our • Data security and assurance employees can work remotely,” said Jonathan Greci, Brand & Digital Manager. • Ability to be GDPR compliant What’s Next? • Remote mobile device management Experiment and explore Zimbra features. • Zimbra Connector for Outlook (ZCO), which allows users to use Outlook as a client with two-way sync with the Zimbra server and Parma has integrated Zimbra with their newsletter, Il Collecchio, contacts, calendars, email and their customer relationship management (CRM) software. Now they look forward to daily “practice” with Zimbra. Parma’s use of Parma evaluated their business needs for the email platform, just like Zimbra features will lead them to better and better integrations and planning the team’s support staff. Zimbra was Parma’s choice because: extensions that improve their statistics! Copyright © Synacor, Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. ZIMBRA is a trademark of Synacor, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. ZIMBRA CASE STUDY / PARMA CALCIO 1913 www.zimbra.com.