VERITAS Software announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KVault Software, provider of e-mail archiving software, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$225 million. More

Open Text released results for 4Q2004, ended June 30. Revenue increased 98% to $105 million with a GAAP net income of $9.0 million. More

McAfee released version 8.01 of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, its anti-virus solution. Key enhancements: integrated intrusion prevention and firewall, protection against buffer-overflow exploits and blended attacks, and outbreak management response, among others. Available immediately. More

This report is a case study of one organization’s experiences in upgrading from Microsoft Exchange version 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003, from a financial point of view.

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GFI LANguard released GFI LANguard Portable Storage Control, its network security product control of portable storage devices. Offers administrators network-wide control of which users can plug in a USB or other removable storage device and access CDs and floppies. Available immediately. More

Websense launched Websense Security Labs, its information update service on Internet security. Includes information on malicious Web sites, phishing-based attacks, and other emerging threats associated with keylogging, spyware, instant messaging (IM) attachments, and corporate use of peer-to-peer (P2P) applications. More

EMC released EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Integration (ECI) Services, its content integration software. Key features: content monitoring, personalized relevancy ranking, content snapshot, among others. Available immediately. More

McAfee released version 3.0 of McAfee WebShield Appliance, its intrusion prevention solution. Key enhancements: full policy support, new dashboard and configuration wizard, and SMTP transport logging, among others. Available immediately. More

Proofpoint released version 2.5 of Proofpoint Protection Server, its anti-spam solution. Key enhancements: recipient verification, enhanced group support, and integration with LDAP and Active Directory, among others. Available immediately. More

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Sherpa Software released Archive Attender for Microsoft Exchange, its email archiving tool. Key features: move essential documents from the message store into a secure location, archive based on specific criteria such as age, size and user, search the archive based on subject, sender, date, and archive location, among others. Available immediately. More

ZANTAZ announced the acquisition of Steelpoint Technologies, a provider of electronic discovery and litigation support solutions. Funding for the acquisition was led by General Atlantic Partners. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.     More

Open Text Corporation announced IXOS Suite for Microsoft Exchange Archiving completed the Microsoft Certified for Windows Server 2003 program. The third-party testing was done by VeriTest. More