Messaging and Collaboration

Axigen announced the release of Axigen version 7.4.1, which introduces new usability enhancements for the Ajax WebMail interface, while also adding a series of corrections and bugfixes for the Axigen server and connectors. www.axigen.com

Archiving and Compliance

C2C announced that its ArchiveOne Enterprise and ArchiveOne Express are now compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. www.c2c.com

Catbird and HyTrust, Inc. announced integration of the HyTrust Appliance with Catbird’s vSecurity. HyTrust provides control and compliance for host machines by analyzing, authorizing and creating an audit trail for all virtualization administration operations and enforcing correct host configuration; while Catbird proactively secures the virtual network and guest operating systems by analyzing and responding to network events and attack, and enforcing correct VM configuration. www.nasdaq.com

Unified Communications

Teo announced the general availability of its Teo Unified Communications (UC) platform. Teo UC offers a comprehensive UC suite across all device types and easily integrates with existing technology infrastructures to provide a highly intuitive user experience for both administrators and end users. www.ucstrategies.com

Security

IBM is introducing a new security appliance to help clients more easily adopt an IT infrastructure that is secure by design and enable them to stay ahead of looming network security risks. www.ibm.com

SafeNet announced the release of version 8.5 of its eSafe suite of enterprise-class Web and e-mail security solutions.  The new version offers a number of enhancements, including:  real-time Web 2.0 content analysis with granular controls over user actions; enforcement of Web application usage policies for over 500 applications (AppliFilter); better protocol enforcement (blocking unauthorized protocols and preventing protocol tunneling of SSL and HTTP ports); prevention of policy circumvention by using anonymizers (blocking known and unknown proxies);  management of content sent via HTTPS; URL filtering controls (using 70 categories); advanced content control of streaming media and gray list categories; DLP capabilities (with out of the box DLP dictionaries); improved reporting capabilities (click through dashboard, etc.), and other features.. www.safenet-inc.com

Miscellaneous

Microsoft Corp. showcased new capabilities that are coming in its next-generation customer relationship management (CRM) solution. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 — formerly code-named “CRM5” — will be publicly available as a beta release in September 2010, beginning with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft Corp. announced the introduction of the Windows Azure platform appliance, the first turnkey cloud services platform for deployment in customer and service provider datacenters. www.microsoft.com

The openSUSE Project announced the release of openSUSE 11.3, with support for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 systems. openSUSE is a free Linux-based operating system for PCs and servers that caters to both beginners and experienced users. www.novell.com