Archiving

IBM and Veritas Technologies announced that Veritas has certified the IBM Cloud Object Storage family of software and cloud services for use with Veritas NetBackup 8.0. www.ibm.com

Collaboration

Microsoft announced that Outlook for Mac now offers Touch Bar support for MacBook Pro users to make common commands easier, plus add-ins for Outlook for Mac to bring favorite apps to your inbox. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft announced the general availability of Microsoft Teams, the company’s new chat-based workspace in Office 365. www.microsoft.com

Miscellanous

Facebook released Message Reactions and Mentions for Messenger. www.facebook.com

Microsoft announced that it has reached an agreement to license its intellectual property (IP) for connected cars to Toyota, as its first partner in the launch of its new auto licensing program. www.microsoft.com

BlackBerry announced its crisis communication software-as-a-service, BlackBerry AtHoc, has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization. www.blackberry.com