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Zenprise Named Finalist In Codie Awards 2006

More Zenprise News – the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA – formerly the Software Publishers’ Association) has named Zenprise as a finalist for the Codie awards in the “Software Newcome Of The Year” category. The Software Newcomer Of The Year award is for a new software or company whose product or service has the […]

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Infoworld gives a thumbs up to Zenprise 1.0.3

Infoworld just reviewed Exchange monitoring & management tools. The following tools were reviewed: 1. Dys Analytics Email Control 5.0.22. Microsoft Exchange 2003 Management Pack for MOM3. Quest Spotlight on Exchange4. Zenprise 1.03 Zenprise 1.0.3 came out with flying colors. Zenprise doesn’t compete with monitoring & managmenet products like MOM and Quest SOE (in fact, it’s […]

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Troubleshooting email problems costs companies over $1 million annually

Osterman Research recently conducted a study, sponsored by Zenprise, Inc. (my employer), that will be of interest to CIOs and messaging groups in corporate IT departments. The study, titled “Email Troubleshooting: The Cost and Impact to the Enterprise“, came up with some interesting findings. A brief snippet: – companies with greater than 5000 employees are […]

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Exchange Server 2003 gets Common Criteria certified

Your favorite messaging server – Exchange Server 2003 (don’t tell me it’s NOT Exchange Server 2003 as of now… though that may change some time in the near future with E12 betas around the corner.. ) – is now Common Criteria certified. “Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation” (CCITSE) – commonly known as “Common […]

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Microsoft completes FrontBridge acquisition

Microsoft has just completed the acquisition of FrontBridge, a hosted email provider. Why FrontBridge?To offer Exchange as a hosted service (directly from Microsoft). It now wants a cut from the hosting pie. I wouldn’t blame them for wanting to grow revenues, but wondering what its partners think about Microsoft competing with them.

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GoogleTalk released…. yawn!

Every time Google releases a product, there is a lot of excitement built around it starting with rumors or leaks days or weeks before the product is released. Google contributes to this build-up by keeping the products in beta for as long as anyone can remember, and in some cases by limiting the beta by […]

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Windows Vista it is!

Microsoft just announced the next version of Windows that practically the whole world (except for the Mac users perhaps?) is eagerly awaiting will be called Windows Vista. The first beta will ship early next month. The actual product will ship in second half of 2006. The name – Vista – has left many people confused. […]

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Exchange Server 2003 SP2 to ship soon!

Just back from TechEd in Orlando, and I’m going to try to make up for the slack in posting over the past few weeks. Exchange Server 2003 SP2 will ship soon.Notable:1. Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition store limit raised to 75 Gigs! In addition to the Standard Edition’s ability to be a Front-End server (2003 […]

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IBM In Denial Over Lotus Notes

Another interesting article – this one’s about Lotus Notes’ declining marketshare, and the Lotus community’s claim of it still being No. 1. IBM In Denial Over Lotus Notes The marketing folks in IBM’s Lotus division are starting to sound like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who insists he’s winning a […]

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The 24-hour Linux phenomenon

Interesting observation by InfoWorld columnist Neil McAllister. He quotes Jim Allchin (Group VP of Platforms at Microsoft). Excerpts from the Open Enterprise column (emphasis mine). Standard disclaimers (including “take this with a pinch of salt”) etc. apply… I do think there’s some element of truth in this – having heard from or of people who’ve […]

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