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Messaging & Collaboration

AXIGEN and Stimulus Software announced a partnership aimed at integrating email messaging and archiving functionalities. www.axigen.com / www.mailarchiva.com

Security

ProCurve Networking by HP announced with Microsoft a solution to protect networks with open, secure, standards-based interoperability that integrates ProCurve's trusted infrastructure, policy management system and Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) technology. www.hp.com / www.microsoft.com

IBM introduced several new services to help mid-sized businesses better manage risk and improve the security of their IT systems. www.ibm.com

IBM and Crossbeam Systems, Inc. announced a high-performance network intrusion prevention solution. www.ibm.com / www.crossbeam.com

Business Social Networks

Google opened a sandbox for developers that help them build richer gadgets for iGoogle, which will offer users more powerful and interactive features. www.google.com

Miscellaneous

Industry-leading voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) providers are rallying around the Microsoft Response Point phone system to offer an easy-to-use, complete digital voice solution for small businesses. www.microsoft.com

IBM announced it has completed its acquisition of FilesX, a privately held storage software company based in Newton, Mass., and Haifa, Israel. www.ibm.com / www.filesx.com

Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, an on-demand customer relationship management service hosted and managed by Microsoft. The new Internet service delivers a full suite of marketing, sales and service capabilities through a Web browser or directly into Microsoft Office and Outlook. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft Corp. and Novell are announcing an incremental investment in their relationship focused on converting unsupported Linux users to supported SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise, with a particular emphasis on the Chinese market. www.novell.com / www.microsoft.com