Zulip - The Open-Source Team Chat That Puts You in Control

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In this episode, I sit down with Alya Abbott, Chief Operating Officer of Zulip, the open-source team chat platform that’s changing the way organizations communicate. Alya shares how Zulip stands apart from competitors like Slack and Teams, offering organizations true data ownership, flexible self-hosting, and powerful topic-based threading for organized, efficient collaboration.

The conversation is packed with insights and practical advice for deploying and scaling modern communication tools.

Russell Smith

Russell Smith, the Editorial Director at Petri IT Knowledgebase, has over two decades of hands-on experience in IT, in both small business settings and government IT infrastructure projects. Russell started writing for Windows IT Pro Magazine in the early 2000s. Since then, he has contributed insights to various IT publications, including Petri and CDW. His authoritative voice has resonated across industry blogs, where he dissects complex topics into an ‘easy read’. Russell has authored over a thousand articles, each a testament to his depth of knowledge. His expertise doesn’t stop there: he wrote a book on Privilege Management and co-authored another for Microsoft’s MOAC series. Moreover, Russell’s commitment to education shines through in the courses he crafted for Pluralsight. He is also presenter on his own YouTube channel, This Week in IT, and the current presenter of Petri Dish.

Zulip – The Open-Source Team Chat That Puts You in Control

Petri Dish