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Zimbra Inc., the company behind the all-in-one hosted messaging and collaboration suite of the same name, has just released the product's 4.0 version. An already strong product, it's now even more useful with online document creation and mobile device compatibility.

Zimbra, based in San Mateo, Calif., was founded three years ago. It provides customers with a browser-based office communication system that includes e-mail, contact, and calendar functions, all wrapped up in a colorful, easy-to-use interface.

While it works through a browser -- including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari on a Windows or Apple computer -- it uses AJAX for rich interactivity, making it easy enough for even the most technophobic person in your organization. (See screen shot below.)

The biggest improvement with this new release is the addition of Documents, which let you create shared docs directly within Zimbra, documents than can be read and even edited by others in your company. If that sounds a lot like a wiki, you're right. As with other companies we've seen, Zimbra is avoiding the word "wiki," since it tends to frighten people off and sound more complicated than it is. These documents are definitely wikis, but you don't need to tell your coworkers that if it will scare them away.

Working with Document is flexible since you can change the basic font and formatting settings, add images, and embed HTML links. You can even set the sharing level on each document so that only select team members can see it, or everyone in the organization can. You can also share with people outside the company, by providing them with a URL for that document.

Zimbra Documents lets you create rich, sharable documents right in your browser.

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