There’s a lot of vendor investment in technology that scans unstructured information, checks whether it satisfies policy, is compliant with regulations, and isn’t malware. Then it takes corresponding action. The industry is looking for a standard name for the technology. Different terms are used, including: Information leak prevention (ILP) Data leak prevention Data loss prevention... read more »
Novell announced Novell Teaming and Novell Teaming + Conferencing, its team workspace and real-time collaboration solutions. Teaming allows users to create online workspaces, invite other members of the workgroup or organization to participate and use these virtual workspaces to share and access documents, calendars, discussion forums and more. Teaming + Conferencing adds real-time collaboration where... read more »
Socialtext announced Socialtext Virtual Edition, its wiki solution. VMware image of the Socialtext open-source software geared for developers and customers interested in quickly evaluating Socialtext on their own site using their own hardware. Available immediately. read more »
Kaspersky Lab published “Keyloggers: How they work and how to detect them (Part 1),” its article on keyloggers, a type of spyware which enables malicious users to harvest passwords and other confidential data. Examples of the significant losses caused by keyloggers are also highlighted in the report, together with advice on how users and organisations... read more »
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Webroot Software released “Webroot State of Internet Security,” the results of its survey on growth and increasing sophistication of malware. Details the significant cost and potential legal implications of inadequate protection and offers businesses best practices to thwart unnecessary data security breaches. Available immediately.... read more »
Article discussing how malware purveyors are increasingly tailoring their virus distribution and attack techniques to take advantage of different classes of end-users by more frequently employing so-called personalization tools to make their attacks more effective.... read more »
IP Unity Glenayre released version 3.0 of Versera Intelligent Communications Environment, its next generation communications solution. Key enhancements: support for twice as many ports or sessions, and expanded voicemail functionality, among others. Available immediately. ... read more »
Esker released Esker Fax Services for SAP, its software as a service offering. Allows users to send faxes directly from their SAP system. Available immediately.... read more »
Article discussing Yahoo!’s plans to offer unlimited storage for Yahoo! Mail users.... read more »
Unstrung Insider released “Mobile Location Services: Keys to Mass Market Success,” its research report on location-based services. Examines the commercial drivers for location services, analyzes critical network positioning technologies, provides a detailed taxonomy of the location-based services ecosystem, and profiles the service strategies of leading wireless operators with profiles of location-aware applications.... read more »
Fastmobile launched fastmobile eXperience (fmX), its service that integrates operator-owned & portal IM, email, social networks & presence-based address books. Brings the desktop multi-tasking user experience to the mobile with one UI and one address book that integrates multiple contact type, phone number, IM, email, social network homepage or profile into a single mobile application. Available immediately.... read more »
Nuance Communications announced Nuance Mobile Messaging, its speech recognition solution for mobile devices. Based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9, lets users speak naturally, instead of typing, wherever they are prompted by a blinking cursor to enter text. Available for consumers by YE2007.... read more »
Nuance Communications released Nuance Vocalizer for Mobile, its text-to-speech solution. Key features: speak out any text within a mobile application, more human voice traits such as a natural and flexible tone with smooth, expressive speech output, and change speaking rate, pitch, and voice characteristics in real time, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
Email Sender and Provider Coalition announced the results of a survey on email behaviors of today’s consumers. Provides a general understanding of how consumers view and treat junk mail and spam, and explores more extensively their views towards spam, unsubscribe and other potential new functions for managing email.... read more »
Pinger announced an updated version of Pinger, its voice messaging solution for mobile devices. Adds Blackberry support.... read more »
MobileAware announced version 4.3 of ExpressQ, its mobile messaging solution. Key enhancements: improved security through FIPS 140-2 validated encryption, improved support for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, and new performance monitoring tools, among others. ... read more »
The SIP market is developing more slowly than people thought. A major reason is that there’s poor interoperability between different products. For example, many people are trying to implement an IP PBX. Then they want to make SIP phones and soft phones such as X-Lite work together. It’s not plain sailing, and today customers end... read more »
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Article discussing how new research supports the growing perception that the United States is producing greater volumes of malware code than any other region of the planet.... read more »
O3SIS released Multi Channel Push Mail, its consumer-oriented push mail solution. Key features: support for multiple client technologies, including MMS, OMA-DS, OMA-EMN, P-IMAP, POP3, and IMAP4, no client software to install, and server automatically configures a new user’s phone over the mobile network, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
RIM announced it is adding additional APIs to the BlackBerry Java Development Environment to enable the next wave in mobile application development. New APIs: mobile multi-media API for Java allowing developers to embed custom audio and video content into applications, camera APIs that allow developers to invoke the camera application and access pictures taken with the camera, and XML and web Services support, among others.... read more »
Article discussing the future of GroupWise with Novell’s primary interest appearing to be SUSE Linux and a variety of other products and technologies, not GroupWise.... read more »
Benchmark Internet Group launched Bulk Email Dedicated Server Program, its email service for permission-based, high-volume email senders. Gives clients their own IP address and server space and helps them foster goodwill with ISPs. Available immediately.... read more »
AOL announced an updated version of AOL Web Mail, version 6.1 of AIM and AOL Toolbar 5.0. AOL Web Mail will include expanded integration of the AIM service that will enable users to access AIM and their Buddy List feature, and conduct AIM conversations without leaving the web mail experience. AIM key enhancements: Windows Vista support, allow mobile users to send either an offline IM or an SMS message when a buddy logs off of AIM and restrict those who can send an IM to their cell phone, and buddy list docking, among others. AOL Toolbar 5.0 provides an opt-in AIM feature that lets users open a new instant message window or preview their email right from the toolbar on their Internet Explorer browser.... read more »
Motorola announced Location Services Framework, its platform designed to support location-enabled applications and services on Motorola devices. Links location-enabled services to other applications and tools on mobile devices and facilitates actionable connections between content and the locations associated with them. The framework will be optimized for Motorola’s Linux+Java handset platform, and will be integrated into other core product platforms supported by Motorola.... read more »
IFModules launched www.emailmanagement.blogspot.com, its email management blog. Provide users with tips and tricks on how to use the eMail Manager application as well as being a source for finding links to related blogs and important news on managing email and other information on the web.... read more »
Openwave Systems announced Openwave Mobile Widget, its solution that allows mobile widgets to be integrated directly into the mobile device’s idle screen and run on diverse mobile platforms. Key features: includes optional, customizable components which facilitate access to Internet-based services, including search, sports, stocks, weather, RSS reader, quick launch bar, widget manager and theme manager; each component can be integrated with the device’s idle screen and can be pushed or pulled onto devices by either the mobile operator or the consumer; and includes the Openwave Mobile AJAX Software SDK; among others.... read more »
Agnitum released Spam Terrier, its anti-spam solution for Outlook and Outlook Express. Key features: built-in heuristics-based anti-spam tools, and self-training, among others. Available immediately. ... read more »
LogicaCMG released the results of a survey on the security of traditional mail methods vs. secure email. Concludes that secure, encrypted email is the safest method of communicating confidential information with minimal risks, cost or measurable environmental impact. ... read more »
Smith Micro Software announced StuffIt Wireless Windows Mobile Edition, its compression utility for Windows Mobile 5.0 Smart Phones and PDAs. Key features: ability to compress JPEG images 20 to 30 percent, compress and send images via email or FTP from an internet enabled device, compress multiple images into a single archive, among others. Available 2Q2007.... read more »