MAILSITE SERVES EMAIL, CALENDAR AND CONTACTS TO OUTLOOK 2007 WITHOUT PLUG-INS

MailSite Software released version 8 of MailSite Collaborator, its messaging server solution. Key enhancements: calendar and contact server, MailSite ExpressPro web client, Outlook 2007 support, among others. Available immediately.... read more »

CSG SYSTEMS SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE PRAIRIE VOICE SERVICES, INC.

CSG Systems announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Prairie Voice Services a provider of interactive messaging services, approximately $39 million. The transaction is expected to close in August 2007. More.... read more »

Zeacom Releases Communications Center 4.1

Zeacom released version 4.1 of Communications Center, its unified communications solution. Key enhancements: support for Exchange Server 2007, Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista; voicemail enhancements; and new XP/Vista-type icons and wizards for the desktop; among others. Available immediately. More.... read more »

MAILSITE SERVES EMAIL, CALENDAR AND CONTACTS TO OUTLOOK 2007 WITHOUT PLUG-INS

MailSite Software released version 8 of MailSite Collaborator, its messaging server solution. Key enhancements: calendar and contact server, MailSite ExpressPro web client, Outlook 2007 support, among others. Available immediately. More.... read more »

Challenge/Response Spam Filtering Gets Some Positive Press

Two weeks ago, a few IT journalists quoted a report that painted challenge/response (C/R) spam filtering in glowing colors. But as we’ve said before, C/R is a bad idea, which causes false positives, poor deliverability, and turns its users into spammers. C/R is by no means the final, ultimate solution to the spam problem. So […]... read more »

Crawler, LLC Releases Industry’s First, Totally Free Internet Security Suite with Spyware Terminator 2.0 Antispyware and Web Security Guard

Crawler released version 2.0 of Spyware Terminator, its anti-spyware solution. Key enhancements: new summary page, improved scan accuracy, and option to create custom scan profiles, among others. Available immediately.... read more »

A checkpoint on Web 2.0 in the enterprise

Article discussing the use of Web 2.0 solutions in the enterprise. ... read more »

Mozilla to ditch Thunderbird e-mail

Article discussing Mozilla’s decision to stop supporting Thunderbird, its email client.... read more »

Dirty e-Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Article discussing Panda Lab’s report entitled “The Price of Malware” that covers the array of crimeware for sale in malware markets.... read more »

Presence Based Services Market, 2007-2011

Insight Research released “Presence Based Services Market, 2007-2011,” its report that overviews of presence-based services market. Details the status of the market today, as well as the migration through various stages of service integration and unification. Available immediately.... read more »

Pubblog.com announces the release of MailSteward Pro

Pubblog released MailSteward Pro, its Mac OS X email archiving and management solution. Key features: utilizes MySQL database server; select email from archive by date range and keywords; and sort by date, To, From, Subject, Mailbox, or unique ID; among others. Available immediately.... read more »

Study: Web-based instant messaging is growing fast

Article discussing the results of survey conducted by Nielsen NetRatings that tracks the usage of IM solutions. Results indicate that web-based IM is gaining acceptance.... read more »

The Latest Inbox Scourge: Spam Disguised as PDFs

Wall Street Journal: Click Here for Story... read more »

Userplane Unveils Minichat, Adding Light UI and Syndication Options to Webchat

Userplane released Minichat, its embeddable chat window. Embeddable tool that provides a preview pane of live chat activity taking place within Userplane Webchat 2. Available immediately as a feature of Webchat 2.... read more »

New Book And Toolkit Equip Organizations For The New Challenges Of Legal E-Discovery

IT Governance Publishing released E-Discovery No. 1 Toolkit, its documentation toolkit. A suite of policies, checklists and templates that address all the steps an organization must take prior to, during and between e-discovery events. Available immediately.... read more »

Multifunction Text and SMS Messaging Server Software

NotePage released version 5 of PageGate, its wireless messaging solution. Adds failover options and support for redundant connectors. Available immediately.... read more »

IT managers fall behind on e-discovery efforts

Article discussing the results of survey conducted by Contoural and Osterman Research that shows 69 per cent of medium and large enterprises are not prepared for handling e-discovery requests for data such as email archives.... read more »

Email security has been around forever, you just need to turn it on

Article discussing email security that is available today, it only needs to be turned on.... read more »

Think You Might Be Addicted to Email? You’re Not Alone

Article discussing the results of AOL’s third annual Email Addiction survey. Concludes more Americans than ever before are using portable devices to keep tabs on their email throughout the day and night, and from virtually anywhere.... read more »

McAfee, Inc. Rootkit Detective Nabs Hidden Malware

McAfee released Rootkit Detective, its tool to help computer users clean their machines of rootkits. Key features: uncovers hidden processes, registry entries and files and lets users safely remove or disable them upon system reboot and scans the integrity of a PCs kernel memory and displays any modification, which may also point to a system […]... read more »

Google Buys GrandCentral

New Book And Toolkit Equip Organizations For The New Challenges Of Legal E-Discovery

IT Governance Publishing released E-Discovery No. 1 Toolkit, its documentation toolkit. A suite of policies, checklists and templates that address all the steps an organization must take prior to, during and between e-discovery events. Available immediately. read more »

Mail Attender for Notes 6.4 Introduces a Customized, Proficiency Level Interface

Sherpa Software announced version 6.4 of Mail Attender for Lotus Notes, its email management solution for Lotus Notes. Key enhancements: proficiency-driven menu system for administrators, new reports, and report customization options, among others. read more »

Instant Messaging Invades the Office

Article discussing the uses of IM in the office environment. read more »

VelvetPuffin offers Web-based IM client

Article discussing VelvetPuffin’s new feature that allows users to access its IM service from any desktop computer without downloading software.... read more »

Policy management is becoming more important

Article discussing the results of a study on messaging policy management. Concludes while policy considerations are a serious issue for many decision makers, they are less important than issues like storage management.... read more »

Instant Messaging Invades the Office

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Unified Communications…..Where On Earth Do I Start?

Article discussing where to start when looking for a unified communications solution.... read more »

Essential Archive Requirements for E-discovery; Facilitating Email Discovery & Production

MessageOne released “Essential Archive Requirements for E-discovery; Facilitating Email Discovery & Production,” its whitepaper. Provides an overview of the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requirements governing electronic discovery and how to effectively manage and recover electronic documents.... read more »

SMBs unprepared for IM revolution

Article discussing why small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have to step up to the plate and adopt technologies to secure and manage IM use.... read more »

Autonomy Completes Acquisition of ZANTAZ, Inc.

Autonomy announced that it has completed the acquisition of ZANTAZ, a provider of content archiving and electronic discovery solutions, for approximately $375 million. read more »

Autonomy Acquisition of Zantaz Spells Problems for Symantec

SAP Buys MaXware; Leaves Gap in Directory Synchronization Market

SaaS and Enterprise Messaging (Redux)

SaaS and Enterprise Messaging

There has been much buzz about Software as a Service (SaaS), this industrywide vision where companies will rent much or most of their software from the “cloud” of services available. This is not a new concept: for example, over 10 years ago Zivex was intent on becoming the “IT Utility Company.” There were many that […]... read more »