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InfoWorld’s campaign to “Save Windows XP”

I’ve been an avid reader of InfoWorld for as long as I can remember. It is one of the finest trade publications out there. In case you’ve missed it, they’ve been running an online campaign to “save Windows XP”. A few weeks ago, they announced that 75,000 XP users had signed up for it (Read […]

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Zenprise and the BlackBerry Blackout of 2/11/2008

At Zenprise, we do not revel in outages and issues that cause service disruptions or service deterioration for our customers. However, when such incidents do occur – whether in the Exchange messaging infrastructure or in BlackBerry service, we take pride in the fact that Zenprise is able to help customers by providing early warnings and […]

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BlackBerry service out in N. America: Zenprise customers benefit from proactive detection

North American users of the ubiquitous BlackBerry service are hit by another outage – it’s second major one in less than a year. The extent of the outage isn’t known, nor an ETA available from RIM. Update: According to Bloomberg, 8 million users are impacted – about two third of its 12 million users. Users […]

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Sony Ericsson jumps on the Windows Mobile bandwagon with Xperia X1

If you’re in the market for Windows Mobile smartphones, your choices are going to grow at a rapid pace this year. Amongst the more exciting announcements at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – Sony Ericsson’s first Windows Mobile phone, the Xperia X1. Yes, Sony finally jumps on the WinMo bandwagon. The Xperia X1’s all-metal […]

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Zenprise alerts customer about data outage at AT&T

The end-to-end view of BlackBerry® service provided by Zenprise has always been of (a lot of) interest to me. Besides detecting specific issues impacting users, Exchange and infrastructure issues affecting BES, what has been particularly exciting is our ability to detect issues with RIM’s SRP network, and also those with carrier networks in use by […]

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The Saga Continues: White House Says It Routinely Overwrote E-Mail Tapes From 2001 to 2003

The saga of Messaging Records Mismanagement continues, with interesting bits and pieces surfacing every once in a while. Elizabeth Williamson and Dan Eggen report in the Washington Post: From 2001 to October 2003, the White House’s practice was to use the same backup tape each day… Although the White House said in the filing that […]

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Zenprise at Fenway Park: How the 2007 World Champion Boston Red Sox’s IT Shop Keeps BlackBerrys in the Game

I haven’t posted too many updates from Zenprise lately. Zenprise v3.3 will ship soon, and the regular stream of customers throughout the year has been a great validation of Zenprise’s approach to monitoring and real-time troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange Server and BlackBerry environments. The exciting news – standing here during the attendee party at TechEd […]

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Redmond on Exchange’s Evolving Strategy

Tony Redmond outlines his perspective of how Exchange will evolve over E14 and onwards in this Windows IT Pro article. The key areas, according to Redmond, are automation, virtualization, mobility, Unified Communications, Information Management, and Software as a Service (SaaS). Read “Exchange’s Evolving Strategy” on WinItPro.com (requires subscription).

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Released: ForeFront Security for Exchange SP1

ForeFront Security for Exchange SP1 follows Exchange Server 2007 SP1 out the door. FSE SP1 is compatible with Exchange Server 2007 SP1. It includes support for Windows Server 2008, IPv6, and improved content filtering. Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and ForeFront Security for Exchange – Before you upgrade Exchange Server 2007 to SP1, make sure you […]

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 SP1

Great news, in words of Exchange TAP Program Manager David Espinoza: “Exchange Server 2007 SP1 has left the building”. The “pack of goodies” is Build 240.06 – download it here. (Read the announcement on the team blog, with feedback from TAP customers, including Zenprise.) Congratulations to the Exchange product team for shipping an unusual service […]

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