Yugma launched an update to of Yugma, its web conferencing solution. Adds a Webinar Feature which allows the scheduling of large webinars and online meetings. Available immediately. read more »
Article disusing the network impact of Unified Communications application and the need for performing any pre-deployment testing of networks to ensure these applications meet strict quality of service standards. read more »
Article disusing alternatives to email. IM has become commonly accepted in many corporations, SMS is quite popular with some folks, and business social networking sites have garnered significant acceptance recently. read more »
Article disusing the problem of email deliverability for email marketers due to persistent address churn and ISP filtering tactics. read more »
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Microsoft announced it has agreed to acquire Parlano, a provider of enterprise group chat solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The transaction is expected to be completed in 4Q2007.... read more »
Article discussing the need to monitor and control the use of social networking tools like wikis, blogs and message boards.... read more »
Microsoft announced it has agreed to acquire Parlano, a provider of enterprise group chat solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The transaction is expected to be completed in 4Q2007. read more »
H&S Software released “Disaster Recovery with Exchange@PAM,” its whitepaper. Discusses how the hierarchical storage management integrated into exchange@PAM aids in Exchange data recovery. Available immediately.... read more »
Datawatch released version 7 of Datawatch|BDS, its document archive, management, access and distribution solution. Key enhancements: ability to covert AFP and Metacode documents to text for data mining, eNotify which sends an email to each intended recipient of the document once it is stored in the archive, and improved web client, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
Lyris released the results of its new email deliverability study. Shows an increasing reliance on SPF authentication to determine whether the email is legitimate and should be delivered to the inbox.... read more »
BullGuard released BullGuard Mobile Antivirus Enterprise Edition. Keeps mobile devices safe from malware and data loss while incorporating specific tailor made features for large enterprises. Available immediately.... read more »
Article discussing strategies for dealing with email overload.... read more »
Socialtext released its Movable Type Plug-in for version 4.0 of Movable Type’s blog publishing platform. Allows users to create a post in Movable Type and have this blog content simultaneously posted to the Socialtext wiki, including related tags. Available immediately.... read more »
Sendio released “Sender Address Verification: The Foundation of Message Integrity,” its whitepaper. Explains, in detail, how Sender Address Verification (SAV) works and why it works. Available immediately.... read more »
Sendio released “Sender Address Verification: The Foundation of Message Integrity,” its whitepaper. Explains, in detail, how Sender Address Verification (SAV) works and why it works. Available immediately. read more »
According to a recent news report, the University of Illinois recently apologized for sending an email message to all electrical engineering students, with an attached Excel spreadsheet containing “ethnicity, grade point average, local address, and other personal information” about students. This is yet another reminder of the need for outbound controls. Much effort has been... read more »
Article discussing model rules of e-discovery for use by state courts adopted by The Uniform Law Commissioners. The rules, essentially clone the bigger federal rules and provide states with the necessary guidance governing discovery of electronically stored information.... read more »
Article discussing the reasons why unified messaging isn’t taking off.... read more »
Article summarizing the happenings at VoiceCon Fall 2007 and the barriers to implementing a UC solution.... read more »
Nortel released “Unified Communications: What, Why and How,” its whitepaper. Discusses, in detail, what unified communications is, why it is important for business and how it can be implemented.... read more »
Attensa announced RSS Feed Readers for Mac, Windows and Outlook. Key features: choice views, handling of secure feeds with authentication credentials, and blog republishing and editing, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
Provilla released “Encryption and Data Leak Prevention: Protection for Unauthorized Outsiders and Authorized Insiders,” its whitepaper. Shows how to protect sensitive data from unauthorized outsiders and authorized insiders. Available immediately.... read more »
Symantec release the 2008 version of Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton AntiVirus. Key enhancements: improved performance, improved technical support, and reduced user interruption, among others. Available immediately. read more »
Trend Micro released the results of a study into the behavior of corporate mobile workers. Finds Mobile workers more likely to engage in risky behavior such as downloading executables and sending confidential information over IM.... read more »
Promisec released a set of network security best practices for use by small and medium enterprises. ... read more »
Aladdin Knowledge Systems announced an update to version 6 of Aladdin eSafe, its content security solution. Adds an option that allows organizations to inspect SSL encrypted HTTP traffic.... read more »
Birdstep Technology signed an agreement to acquire VoiceRoaming Technology AS, a provider of solutions for mobile VoIP, for NOK 31 million ($5.24 million).... read more »
Article discussing the results of a survey of CIOs and IT directors on their companies’ current digital collaboration strategies. Concludes while collaboration and communication technologies are widely acknowledged to be beneficial within the enterprise, less than half of Canadian and U.S. organizations have actually developed a strategy that they’re happy with.... read more »
Yahoo! released an update version of Yahoo! Mail, web mail service. Key enhancements: ability to send free text messages from Yahoo! Mail to mobile phone numbers, ability to send IMs from Yahoo! Mail to users of Yahoo! Messenger and Windows LiveMessenger, and performance enhancements, among others. Available immediately.... read more »
Symantec released “Beyond Antivirus: Redefining Endpoint,” its whitepaper. Details an endpoint security solution that provides the highest level of protection, compliance and control while minimizing the drag on system performance. read more »
Article discussing the results of a survey on Unified Communications’ impact on network bandwidth. Shows the components of a UC infrastructure are contributing significantly to network traffic that the impact of UC applications is poised to become even more pronounced.... read more »