Collaboration

Microsoft announced new Office 365 Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities to help subscribers discover insights from data, leverage organizational knowledge, arrive on time for events, and more. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft released new calling capabilities in Teams. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft rolled out new Skype features for on Windows 10 PCs. www.microsoft.com

Synacor announced the release of Zimbra 8.8. www.synacor.com

SAP announced innovations in the enterprise information management (EIM) portfolio to help customers better manage data for digital transformation, cloud, Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and data protection and privacy. www.sap.com

Security

VMware and Carbon Black announced an expanded partnership that will help transform current approaches to cloud and data center security. www.vmware.com

McAfee announced further collaboration with Samsung to support the back-end for Samsung”™s newly pre-installed Wi-Fi protection, Secure Wi-Fi on the Galaxy Note8. wwwmcafee.com

Cisco announced the availability of Cisco Security Connector, a security app designed to give enterprises visibility and control over network activity on iOS devices. www.cisco.com

BT and Symantec announced the availability of new endpoint protection solution for BT”™s business customers. www.symantec.com

Miscellaneous

Microsoft announced general availability of Azure Archive Blob storage, designed to provide low cost, highly available, secure cloud storage for rarely accessed data with flexible latency requirements. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft offers Windows Analytics, a cloud based service that provides data driven insights, that make upgrading to Windows 10 from legacy operating systems easier and streamlines keeping devices up-to-date and secure on Windows 10. www.microsoft.com

Microsoft announced new Azure management and cost savings capabilities. www.microsoft.com