Email Systems launched Web Filtering, its service that will provide a first layer of defense against malware. IT administrators are able to identify specific categories of website to be restricted, specific schedules of restriction or access and specific users to be restricted or granted access and, within certain categories, an administrator can allow access to [...]

McAfee released “Image Spam: The New Email Scourge,” its whitepaper. Explains how image spam has evolved, why it is more difficult than text spam for most anti-spam filters to detect, and what McAfee is doing to help customers combat the problem. Available immediately. More

Article discussing the availability of unlimited email storage from web-based email providers, its benefits and downsides. More

Article discussing the importance of monitoring and maintaining an on-line reputation. More

Email Systems launched Business Continuity, its service that will allow users to access email irrespective of the status of their email server. When there is an email outage, provides access to incoming email that is being queued by Email Systems by switching to a web browser email interface. Available immediately. More

Article discussing how to manage and reduce the glut of email. More

BeeJive released version1.0 of JiveTalk Mobile Messenger for BlackBerry, its solution for communicating on multiple instant messaging communities. Key features: supports AOL/iChat, Yahoo!, MSN/Windows Live Messenger, GoogleTalk, ICQ, and Jabber; access to key functions of desktop IM; and customizable alerts and ringtones, among others. Available immediately. More

Article discussing mobile security threats and how conditions are rapidly ripening for these threats to start overwhelming companies in North America. More

Messageware released a fix Office Outlook Web Access for a problem addressing messages. The problem occurs in some environments, when the spacebar is pressed after addressing a message the address dialog box re-appears and in some cases, while typing the message body, entering a space suddenly activates the addressing dialog box. Available immediately. More

Email Systems launched Personal Archiving Service, its service that allows users access to personal archived information via a secure web portal. Key features: runs as a stand-alone product, an Outlook plug-in or software-free via a web browser; allow users to access and retrieve information from within an online interface; intended to be utilized at the [...]

General Wireless announced updates to eSMS and eMMS, its text and multimedia mobile messaging PC-plugins. Adapted to work with the new security policies in Windows Vista and Outlook 2007. Available June 2007.

Article discussing voice presence which, similar to IM presence, can detect and convey one’s willingness and ability to talk on the phone. More

Article discussing Unified Communications, when will companies make the move to UC solutions and is the technology up to the task. More