AIIM released results from its industry watch study on electronic records management. Found that end users still do not place sufficient emphasis on managing electronically stored information, and user confidence in this area lags behind that expressed for paper-based information. read more »
MobileSphere released an updated version of Joopz, its web texting service Key features: two-way web texting, group broadcast, and scheduled texting, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Tumbleweed Communications announced research findings on the correlation between waves of stock-tip spam and the short-term increase of stock trading volume and value. Tumbleweed observed the effects of “pump-and-dump” spamming scams seeking to inflate a penny stock’s price for a quick profit. Its analysis of various stocks targeted by spammers during 2006 shows these scams... read more »
inQ announced the closing of $7.75 million Series C round of funding from Emergence Capital, Partech International, Dolphin Equity Partners, Hudson Ventures and Vertrue. read more »
Birdstep Technology announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Aramova, a provider of mobility software. The transaction is expected to close in January 2006. read more »
The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium will hold Roundtable VIII and CalConnect Interoperability Test Event on January 29-February 2, 2007 at Novell in Provo, Utah. Interoperability testing will comprise multiple scenarios including CalDAV server and client testing, Min-IOP testing, and iCalendar, iTIP, iMIP interoperability testing. A special series of tests is planned for Extended Daylight Savings... read more »
PeopleCube released version 8.6 of Meeting Maker, its calendaring and scheduling solution. Key enhancements: revised US daylight saving time date support; and compatability with NotifyLink for Meeting Maker that enables Meeting Maker users to access their calendars, email and more from wireless devices; among others. Available immediately. read more »
ChatterEmail released version 3.0 of ChatterEmail, its push email solution for Palm OS. Key enhancements: power management enhancement, SSL support for email exchange, and application security, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Article discussing six questions that IT professionals must consider when deploying group chat. read more »
Article discussing how group chat goes beyond IM and emerges as a real-time collaboration tool for business. read more »
Article providing an update on the activities in war on spam. read more »
How does an organization spot employees who are disgruntled or about to resign, steal intellectual property, or hack systems? Content control solutions can now be used to recognize "probable intent" by analyzing what the employee is doing, writing, and sending. For example, an employee surfs the Web over 20 hours a week visiting non-work-related sites... read more »
Glenayre Messaging announced that it has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement for the sale of its Messaging business to IP Unity for $25 million. The transaction is expected to close in January 2007. read more »
Chief-Win released version 2.0 of PDF To Word Converter. Key enhancements: recognize non-standard encoding for English characters, PDF form conversion support, and enhanced PDF conversion stability, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Comvigo released the 2007 version of IM Lock, IM and Internet control solution. Key enhancements: enhanced blocking features, Windows Vista support, and expanded Internet blocking functionality, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Privacyware released version 2.0 of Endpoint Security Console, its administrative console for Privatefirewall its firewall and host intrusion prevention solution. Key enhancements: automated workstation installation, process detection, and email anomaly detection, among others. Available immediately. read more »
MessageLabs announced the results of its 2006 Annual MessageLabs Intelligence Report which examines trends seen over the last twelve months and looks forward to 2007. Highlights the escalation of spam activity throughout the year driven by an increase in sophistication of botnets and new targeted techniques, with spam overtaking viruses as the dominant menace over... read more »
Group2call released Group2call, its mass messaging software service. Key features: users can type in a message or record a message by phone, messages are sent out to everyone in a contact list or group, and messages can be sent as voice, SMS, or email, among others. Available immediately. read more »
ThinkFree announced ThinkFree Online Premium Edition, its web-based productivity solution. Key features: person to person collaboration, work on documents offline, and make edits and have those changes synchronized with documents on ThinkFree’s servers, among others. Available 1Q2007. read more »
IBM released Exstream Dialogue, its suite of business communications middleware for workstation server platforms. Comprised of over 65 integrated modules to design, manage, produce and distribute a range of variable documents for multi-channel delivery. Available immediately. read more »
MX Logic announced MX Logic Message Archiving, its service for SMBs. Fully-managed service powered by MessageWatcher from ContentFast. Available 1H2007. read more »
Syngress Publishing published “Essential Computer Security: Everyone’s Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security,” its book. Key topics: viruses, worms, and other malware; email safety; and spyware and adware; among others. Available immediately. read more »
Organizations receiving a litigation request must place all information (new, stored, or archived) relating to the matter “on hold†in case of a subsequent discovery request. Information should be collected from virtually every source (e.g., email, IM, data repositories, records management systems) and is exempted from normal deletions associated with retention schedules. Large organizations may... read more »
BEA Systems announced AquaLogic BPM Collaboration Edition, its integrated solution that unites people, process and knowledge. Combines the capabilities of AquaLogic BPM Suite, AquaLogic Interaction and AquaLogic Interaction Collaboration. Key features: structured access to information across unstructured and structured enterprise source systems, enable automatic system events or people to set up collaborative spaces tied to... read more »
Genesys Conferencing announced Speed Meetings, its approach to effective web conferencing. Provides meeting tips and guidelines to determine what kind of speed meeting would work effectively within an organization. Available immediately. read more »
Skype announced version 3.0 of Skypefor Windows, its Voip solution. Key enhancements: Adds Extras, which allows users to play games with friends and family, and Public Chats. read more »
Sophos released an updated version of Sophos PureMessage for Notes/Domino, its solution that protects Lotus Domino servers from viruses, spyware, Trojans and worms. Key enhancements: support for windows-based Domino R6 and R7, true file type attachment blocking, disclaimer management module, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Fenestrae announced a mobile access solution for Exchange 2007 as part of Fenestrae Mobile Data Server suite. Provides an alternate solution for Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) users that allows them to browse their Exchange 2007 data including Outlook mail, contacts, calendar and tasks using any mobile device. read more »
In this webinar, industry experts and messaging managers present their perspective on effective email archiving and usage policies. Topics include identifying resources for policy development, determining policy needs, implementation, communication, training, and monitoring.... read more »
Untangle announced the close of a $10.5 million Series A round of financing from CMEA Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners. read more »
Skype released version 2.2 of Skype for Windows Mobile its VoIP solution that supports smartphones and Pocket PC devices. Key enhancements: enhanced today screen, Proxy support, and Skype calling feature support, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Microsoft released Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, its enterprise voice communications server. Key features: integrates VoIP technology into existing telephony infrastructure, launch a phone call from Microsoft Office 2007 applications, and native support for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), among others. Available immediately as a private beta. read more »
Socialtext launched Socialtext Unplugged, its the offline wiki solution. Key features: single HTML file, downloads as a Zip file, synching is through Socialtext’s Wiki Web Services, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Everyone.net launched an updated to its hosted email services which adds a web-based calendar. Key features: schedule events that recur daily, weekly, monthly, or annually; view appointments in day,week, or monthly calendar layouts; and send and receive invitations with Everyone.net Web Mail, Outlook, and all email applications that support the iCalendar standard, among others. Available... read more »