Gestion-Ressources Announces Gold Partner Status and Upcoming Collaboration Roadshow with Zimbra

1. Gestion-Ressources Announces Gold Partner Status and Upcoming Collaboration Roadshow w
Zimbra
(Quebec) March 25, 2014 –
Gestion-Ressources Becomes Zimbra Gold Partner in Canada
Gestion-Ressources has strengthened its 6-year business relationship with Zimbra, a global leader in unifie
collaboration software, and is proud to be positioned as a leader and Zimbra Gold partner in Canada.
For this occasion, the Montreal-based company is taking a look back at some major milestones in regards
this partnership:
2008 – Gestion-Ressources became a Zimbra reseller;●
2009 – The company completed the most important Zimbra deployment in Quebec for RÉ/MAX
Québec;
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2010 – Gestion-Ressources became a VMware partner following the acquisition of Zimbra. The
company also added new clients in the Quebec region such as Polytechnique and Laura Secord;
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2011 – Gestion-Ressources reached the "Enterprise" level in regards to its partnership with VMw
Gestion-Ressources also won its first contract in Alberta;
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2012 – The company's customer base doubled and its license sales grew by 400%. Gestion-
Ressources also secured its first client in Ontario;
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2013 – Zimbra was acquired by Telligent and the two companies merged to form Zimbra, Inc.
Following the merger, the customer base for Gestion-Ressources doubled and license sales contin
to grow. The company gained clients in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nov
Scotia and British Columbia;
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2014 – January was a record month in terms of license sales. Gestion-Ressources became the onl
Zimbra Gold partner in Canada and is well on its way to becoming a Zimbra Training Partner.
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"We are extremely proud of the business relationship we have developed with Zimbra in Canada. Our clie
choose Zimbra because it is a flexible, cost effective solution that integrates well with other applications. W
Zimbra, we give control back to IT managers," adds Camil Martel, President and Co-Founder of Gestion
Ressources.
Zimbra and Gestion-Ressources Team Up for 2014 Canadian Roadshow
Gestion-Ressources wishes to expand its horizon west of Quebec. As a result, starting next month, the
company is teaming up with Zimbra for a three-city roadshow to showcase Zimbra Collaboration, Zimbra
open source messaging and collaboration solution that includes complete email, address book, calendar, fi
sharing and tasks. The roadshow will cover topics ranging from collaboration to unified communications to
cross platform support. The roadshow includes stops in the following cities:
Toronto on April 24th●
Calgary on May 29th●
Vancouver on June 26th●

2. "We already have numerous clients outside of Quebec and we feel that there are great opportunities for us
other provinces. This is why we have chosen to hold multiple events in major cities to showcase Zimbra’s
offerings and meet potential customers," adds Laurent Bounin, Director of Marketing and Sales at Gestion
Ressources.
For more information concerning these events, please contact us via email marketing@gestion-ressources.
or phone 1 877 288-7448 #33 or visit the roadshow’s webpage.
You can also follow the roadshow by using this hashtag on Twitter : #Zimbracanadianroadshow
Gestion-Ressources
Gestion-Ressources is an Open Source Software service provider located in Montreal. The company deli
consulting, development, training as well as technical support services to its customers. It is the only Zimbr
Gold partner in Canada.
Twitter : @Gestionress
Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/company/439530?trk=tyah&trkInfo=tas%3Agestion-
ressource%2Cidx%3A1-1-1
Zimbra
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more. With technology designed for social, mobile and the cloud, Zimbra gives individuals the flexibility to
work from virtually anywhere, through nearly every computer, tablet and mobile device.
Zimbra’s software is trusted by more than 5,000 companies and government customers, as well as by serv
providers who manage Zimbra in the cloud for more than 200,000 businesses. With customers including N
Communications, Comcast, Dell, Investec, Rackspace, Red Hat, Mozilla, H&R Block and Vodafone, a
vibrant open source community and worldwide partner network, Zimbra is the third-largest collaboration
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