Case Study: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) achieves scalable campus-wide email, calendaring and collaboration with Zimbra

Zimbra brings innovative email, calendaring and collaboration technology to the Universiti Malaysia Perlis campus

Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) is a technology-focused public university in northern Malaysia that grew rapidly to roughly 6,000 students and 1,500 staff across 20 campuses. UniMAP needed a scalable, cross-platform collaboration platform with strong Web 2.0 features, calendaring, mobile access, document sharing, built-in spam/virus control, and compatibility with its existing LDAP directory and campus systems—capabilities their legacy Sun iPlanet setup and evaluated alternatives couldn’t deliver.

UniMAP selected the open-source Zimbra Collaboration Suite for its familiar, Outlook-like interface, LDAP integration and scalability. Deployed across multiple sites with web and mobile clients, Zimbra delivered smoother migration, lower licensing costs, campus-wide calendaring, improved departmental planning and mobile access, a branded user experience, and ongoing plans to add Zimlets and integrate with student, HR and library systems to further boost collaboration and efficiency.

Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)

Nasrudin Abd Shukor

Director ICT Center, Universiti Malaysia Perlis