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Business Users Pay Double for Email Security vs. Consumer Users
Business Users Pay Double for Email Security vs. Consumer Users... read more »
Email Security Appliances Are Popular … for Now (2005)
Email Security Appliances Are Popular … for Now... read more »
Hummingbird Announces Launch of Hummingbird Enterprise 2005
Hummingbird released Hummingbird Enterprise 2005, its enterprise content management solution. Key features: Hummingbird Enterprise Client for Microsoft Outlook which provides an interactive, business-based view of the entire suite of Hummingbird Enterprise functionality from within Microsoft Outlook,; Hummingbird Enterprise Workflow that links content lifecycle processes; and a scalable repository for managing documents, e-mail, Web content, digital... read more »
Hummingbird Unveils Innovative Client for BlackBerry® Wireless Handheld Devices
Hummingbird announced Hummingbird Enterprise Client for BlackBerry, its client that provides integration to Hummingbird Enterprise from the BlackBerry email application. Allows users to profile and check-in email messages and attachments directly into the appropriate Hummingbird Enterprise folder. read more »
McAfee, Inc. Simplifies and Expands Anti-Spyware Offerings for Small to Large
McAfee announced McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise, its standalone anti-spyware solution for medium to large businesses, and McAfee Managed VirusScan plus AntiSpyware, its subscription-based service for small businesses. AntiSpyware Enterprise uses On-Access Scanning to identify and eliminate PUPs, such as spyware, adware, dialers, keyloggers, cookies and remote-control programs. Managed VirusScan provides always-on, automatic virus and spyware protection... read more »
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Distinction Between Message Submission and Transfer Will Become More Important
Message submission is when an email client submits a new message to a server. Message transfer is when a message is moved between two email servers. Internet messaging uses one protocol (SMTP – Simple Message Transfer Protocol) for both functions. The distinction between message submission and transfer was formally added to the Internet messaging architecture... read more »
New DYS Analytics Solution Controls Microsoft Exchange Networks
DYS Analytics released version 5 of Email CONTROL! for Microsoft Exchange, its management solution for Exchange networks. Key enhancements: expanded support for complex and geographically distributed Exchange networks, increased performance in data collection and results display, and improved user interface, among others. Available immediately. read more »
BorderWare Ups the Ante on Email Threat Prevention and Compliance Solutions with MXtreme 6.0
BorderWare Technologies announced version 6.0 of MXtreme, its email firewall appliance. Key enhancements: MXtreme Intercept Engine which blocks unwanted inbound email, MXtreme Privacy and Compliance Engine which controls outbound content, and integrated email encryption, among others. Available November 2006. read more »
New Trend: Integrate Security Functions Beyond Email
New Trend: Integrate Security Functions Beyond Email... read more »
Short-Term Notes/Domino Resources Scarce, but Supply Increasing
Short-Term Notes/Domino Resources Scarce, but Supply Increasing... read more »
Mobile Phone Viruses a Theoretical Threat, but People Are Cynical (2005)
For some time, the industry has been aware of a theoretical risk that someone will write a virus that attacks mobile phones. This risk seems to become greater as phones get smarter — for example, devices built on platforms such as PalmOS, Windows Mobile, or Symbian — and as phones become more interconnected with Bluetooth.... read more »
Blue Coat(R) Spyware Interceptor(TM) Upgrade Expands Protection from Phishing Threats
Blue Coat Systems announced a new version of software for Spyware Interceptor, its anti-spyware appliance. Key enhancements: anti-phishing, real-time reporting, and new details on the number of detected and blocked events, among others. read more »
Notes/Domino Customers More Confident Their Investments Are Safe
Notes/Domino Customers More Confident Their Investments Are Safe... read more »
Control Your Users’ IM Screen Names
If you’re an IT manager and your users employ instant messaging as part of their jobs, you need to ensure their screen names present an appropriate image of your company. Users who talk to customers over IM will usually be using one of the big four IM networks (AOL, Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ). In all... read more »
Major Security Vendors Investing in Host-Based IPS
Major Security Vendors Investing in Host-Based IPS... read more »
The Top 4 Markets for Email Security
As one might expect, the largest single-country markets for business and consumer users of email security products are the United States, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom. African revenues are currently insignificant. Interestingly, on an per-capita basis, European consumers spend more on email security than do their American counterparts. This is from our recent report,... read more »
Jury Still Out on CAN-SPAM: Case for the Defense (2005)
Jury Still Out on CAN-SPAM: Case for the Defense... read more »
Jury Still Out on CAN-SPAM: Case for the Prosecution (2005)
Jury Still Out on CAN-SPAM: Case for the Prosecution... read more »
Panda Software: Quiet, but Among the Top 5 in Intrusion Prevention
You might not have even heard of Panda Software. Despite its low profile in the North American market, we think Panda is among the top 5 in the IDS/IPS (intrusion detection and intrusion prevention system) market worldwide. Its revenues in 2004 were $104 million, and it expects to have grown at around 40% when it... read more »
Hummingbird Reports Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year-End 2005 Financial And Operating Results
Hummingbird released results for 4Q2005, ended September 30. Revenue increased 12% to $66.2 million with a GAAP net loss of $1.0 million. read more »
McAfee, Inc. Announces Beta Availability of Enterprise Endpoint Enforcement Solution for Today’s Multi-Vendor Networks
McAfee announced McAfee Policy Enforcer, its system security policy enforcement solution. Protects corporate network environments by blocking network access to managed and unmanaged end-point systems that do not comply with defined IT security policies. Available 1Q2006. read more »
IM Malware Attacks Declined May to October
IM Malware Attacks Declined May to October... read more »
BlackSpider’s New Web Security Service–Illustrates Trend to Multivector Support
BlackSpider’s New Web Security Service–Illustrates Trend to Multivector Support... read more »
Virtual Directories and Metadirectories Will Coexist (2005)
The number of corporate directories continues to expand. The need within companies to connect multiple directories, and to share data between them, is also growing. A classic example is that when someone leaves a company, thus triggering a change in the HR database, that information is shared with the network administrator. Two primary approaches to... read more »
Perverted Vendors Needed for Mobile Device Success
To succeed in the mobile wireless device market, vendors need to understand its perverted economics. Telcos in particular are the prime perverting force. Consider, for example, how it’s hard to buy a mobile phone without having to buy it through a telco that insists on offering you a "subsidy" for the phone. Of course, you... read more »
Stellent Reports Record Quarterly Revenues Of $30.1 Million
Stellent released results for 3Q2005, ended September 30. Revenue increased 8% to $30.1 million with a GAAP net income of $600,000. read more »
Open Text Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results
Open Text released results for 1Q2006, ended September 30, 2005. Revenue increased 8% to $92.6 million with a GAAP net loss of $12.9 million. read more »
Notes on Exhibitors at Exchange Connections Conference (2005)
Notes on Exhibitors at Exchange Connections Conference... read more »
Exchange Connections Attendee Breakdown
Exchange Connections Attendee Breakdown... read more »
CA Acquires Email Archiving Vendor iLumin
On October 14, Computer Associates acquired email archiving vendor iLumin. This makes business sense for CA: Its storage offerings need the application-specific functionality of email archiving. Major competitors have email archiving solutions. Symantec bought KVS; EMC bought Legato. CA paid $47.7 million in an all-cash deal. We don’t have all the inside information but this... read more »
Governments Should Offer ISPs Incentives To Clean Up Zombies
Governments Should Offer ISPs Incentives To Clean Up Zombies... read more »
Holistic Security Improved by Cross-Pollinating Blacklists
Holistic Security Improved by Cross-Pollinating Blacklists... read more »
BorderWare’s Boundary Email Security Passes Intelligence to Network
Recent terrorist threats have caused different government departments, and even different governments, to share information. Until now, boundary email security devices have rarely talked to the network. Now, they’re starting to. The latest version of BorderWare’s MXtreme email security appliance illustrates. It tells Cisco and F5 network boxes about dodgy IP addresses, or about a... read more »