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IT Weekly Roundup, September 10
From the business wires this week: Certiport in China, e-mail spam filters, an enterprise reporting solution and a software/intellectual property protection and licensing key to fight piracy.
Mail2World released two business
solutions based on its Pangia Communications Platform:
Email
FailSafe, a service that ensures e-mail delivery despite in-house
system failures, and
Pangia Workforce, which
extends internal enterprise messaging to employees at remote or mobile
locations.
http://www.mail2world.net
McAfee’s IntruShield
intrusion prevention software has earned an Evaluation Assurance
Level 3 (EAL3) certification from the National Information Assurance
Partnership (NIAP) under its program the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation
and Prevention Scheme (CCEVS). The Common Criteria certification
recognizes IntruShield’s ability to defend customers against
known and unknown security threats. http://www.mcafee.com
SurfControl has made upgrades to three
of its products, SurfControl Web Filter 5.0,
SurfControl Instant Message Filter 2.5
and SurfControl Mobile Filter. The key
enhancements to SurfControl Web Filter 5.0 include a spyware database
to track and filter unwanted sites and downloads, and a centralized
management console. SurfControl Instant Message Filter 2.5 has expanded
support for the newest versions of AOL, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! and Sametime/AOL
(AIM) as well as updated protocols for popular peer-to-peer programs.
Businesses can maintain stricter control on their employees’
remote Internet access with the updated SurfControl Mobile Filter.
SurfControl Web Filter 5.0 costs $19 per user, SurfControl Instant
Message Filter 2.5 costs $9.50 per user, and SurfControl Mobile
Filter costs $2,500 for a one-time server fee and $6.65 per mobile
user. All costs are based on 500 users. http://www.surfcontrol.com
With an eye on the world’s largest market, Certiport
is expanding its network of testing centers into China with its
first authorized locations in the Shanghai area. The Certiport
China unit will offer certification exams for Microsoft Office
Specialist Word and Microsoft Office Specialist Excel version 2002
in Chinese Simplified initially and eventually roll out Internet
and Computing Core Certification (IC3) programs. http://www.certiport.com
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Alladin's Hasp HL key offers
enhanced encryption. |
Aladdin Knowledge Systems announced the
general availability of HASP HL, a software/intellectual
property protection and licensing key to help software publishers
and developers reduce piracy. New features offered in the product
include a cross-platform API, license generator, Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES) algorithm, RSA signatures, 128-bit key encryption
and automatic file encryption. http://www.ealaddin.com
Auersoft has upgraded VisualVault,
its Web-based secure document management software, with a rewritten
workflow engine and background processes engine, expanded automated
training record management, and simplified user administration that
allows for drag/drop functional integration to LDAP or NT directories.
http://www.visualvault.com
Verso Technologies released Verso
NetAuditor, an enterprise reporting solution that processes
and analyzes large amounts of data from firewalls and proxy servers
into management reports and graphs. http://www.verso.com
Updated offerings from Sybari Software include
Advanced Spam Manager 8.0 with enhanced
sender White-listing, junk mail folder support and spam detection,
and Antigen 8.0, which has the ability
to manage multiple disclaimers for outgoing mail and aging of records
in the Incident Database. Sybari is also launching Sybari
Enterprise Manager, a web-based management platform that
provides network managers tools for centralized deployment and reporting
of their enterprise e-mail servers running Antigen 8.0. http://www.sybari.com