McAfee released the 2005 Version of McAfee SpamKiller, its anti-spam solution. Key enhancements: Scam Filtering, Invisible Text & Image Filtering, and Intentional Misspelling Filter, among others. Available immediately. read more »
This report discusses the latest trends in spam. It explains where spam comes from, how spamming techniques have evolved in the past year, and what the latest wave of spam attacks involve, from directory harvesting to Joe Jobs.... read more »
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Recent laws and regulations are forcing CIOs to re-examine their email archiving policies and technology. This survey of 400 corporate records managers illuminates the chief concerns, future plans and buying trends of corporate managers responsible for email archiving.... read more »
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EMC announced EMC Express Solution for E-Mail, its packaged hardware, software and services solution for Exchange Server storage management. Key features: EMC CLARiiON mid-tiered networked storage, EMC Legato EmailXtender Archive Edition, and EMC Replication Manager/SE, among others. read more »
The CAN-SPAM Act has a number of serious implications for legitimate direct marketers who use email as a marketing medium. This report explains the act, puts forward recommendations for how organizations should respond, and examines two case studies.... read more »
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IMlogic announced the integration of IMlogic IM Manager with EMC Legato EmailXtender. Allows fully formed IM conversations to be stored in the Legato EmailXtender archive. read more »
SurfControl announced SurfControl RiskFilter, its e-mail filtering appliance. Key features: 15 layers of e-mail security protection, operates on Linux, and protection against denial of service and directory harvest attacks, among others. Available October, 2004. read more »
Symantec announced Symantec Online Fraud Management Solution, its solution to help financial institutions and online retailers proactively mitigate email fraud. Key features: detects and blocks fraudulent email, provides alerts to enterprises so steps can be taken to shut down fraudulent sites and identify perpetrators, and safeguards consumers from email fraud through education and protection, among... read more »
Symantec released the sixth bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report, its report which provides analysis and discussion of trends in Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, and malicious code activity for the period of January 1 to June 30, 2004. Key findings: e-commerce was the single most targeted industry with nearly 16 percent of attacks against it, attacks against... read more »
CommVault Systems announced that CommVault Galaxy, its backup and recovery software, will provide enhanced database and server protection for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services’ sites. Provides customers with individual document recovery for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 environments. Available as part of CommVault QiNetix Version 5.9 in 4Q2004. read more »
Symantec announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire @stake, a digital security company that helps corporations secure their critical infrastructure and applications. The transaction is expected to close in October, 2004. read more »
Symantec announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LIRIC Associates, a UK-based consultancy that offers expertise in assessing the security needs of highly complex global networks and designing the architecture and policies to secure these networks. The transaction is expected to close in October, 2004. read more »
Symantec announced Symantec Administration Console for Macintosh, its web-based console to centrally administer Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.0 clients. Key features: deploy Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh, push configuration changes, and lock-down settings, among others. Available November, 2004. read more »
McAfee released the 2005 version of McAfee VirusScan, its anti-virus solution. Key enhancements: enhanced anti-spyware technology, more efficient scanning, and proactive intrusion prevention, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Oracle released results for 1Q2005, ended August 31. Revenue increased 7% to $2.22 billion with net income of $ $509 million. read more »
GFI announced version 12 of GFI FAXmaker, its fax server. Key enhancements: merger of GFI FAXmaker for Exchange and GFI FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP into one product, archiving to SQL Server, and support for multiple mail servers and clustering, among others. read more »
BorderWare Technologies announced SIPassure, its session initiation protocol (SIP) firewall appliance. Key features: prevents voice spam and voice mail bombing, SIP and RTP message validation, and integrity checks for malformed SIP messages, among others. read more »
Proofpoint announced that it has closed $20 million in Series C financing, led by late-stage venture capital fund Meritech Capital Partners and previous investors, including Benchmark Capital, Inventures Group, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Mohr, Davidow Ventures and RRE Ventures. read more »
McAfee launched McAfee Managed Mail Protection, its anti-spam and antivirus service. Key features: stops and quarantines e-mail borne spam and virus-infected attachments, centrally managed and monitored by McAfee, custom spam and content filtering capabilities, among others. Available immediately. read more »
SurfControl announced SurfControl Web Filter 5.0, SurfControl Instant Message Filter 2.5 and SurfControl Mobile Filter, its filtering offerings. Web Filter key enhancements: enhanced category database, spyware category, and updated reporting engine, among others. Instant Message Filter key enhancements: increased supported protocols and automatic updates, and extended platform support, among others. Mobile Filter filters Internet access... read more »
Clearswift released MIMEsweeper for Exchange, its content management system. Key features: email content security, anti-spam, and remote management, among others. Available immediately read more »
SurfControl released results for 4Q2004, ended June 30. Revenue increased 20% to $24.5 million with net income of $2.68 million. read more »
In January 2004, Ferris Research and Network Computing magazine conducted a survey of 800 network managers, to identify key statistics relating to spam.... read more »
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MessageLabs and Symantec announced a partnership to incorporate Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam technology into the MessageLabs Anti-Spam Service. Brightmail Anti-Spam technology will be integrated with MessageLabs’ proprietary Skeptic predictive anti-spam technology. Available 4Q2004. read more »