Hi, Dan --
I'm a big fan of OWC; we're a medium-sized Mac shop, and we've purchased from you on many occasions.
I'm curious about the demand for compatibility with Entourage. Our organization actually purchased Zimbra NE to *avoid* using Entourage, as we found Entourage and Exchange performed very poorly with large mailboxes even after substantial tuning. Even users with smaller mailboxes wanted to avoid Entourage as they were unimpressed with Entourage's overall speed and interface quirks.
Most of our Mac users use Mail with IMAP, iCal with CalDAV and Address Book using the iSync connector, and this tends to work very well and provides nearly all of the functionality found in Entourage. Other users use the Zimbra web interface directly. Windows users use the Outlook connector, and are able to share calendars et al with the Mac users without problem. I would expect that most other Zimbra users in Mac shops had similar experiences; I've rarely heard any sysadmin comrades praise Entourage.
What's in Entourage that's the big draw? We may have encountered a similar problem, and worked around it in a way where I can provide some advice or guidance.  |