NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., October 17, 2005 – TimeSpring® Software Corp. announced the immediate availability of TimeData™ for Microsoft® Exchange Server– continuous data protection (CDP) software that allows Exchange administrators to rapidly recover lost, corrupt or deleted emails. Unlike other backup systems, TimeData continuously captures all Exchange data as it changes. There are no protection gaps, no scheduling requirements, no backup related system slowdowns and no backup windows for the administrator to manage.

EMC has announced EMC Storage Administrator for Exchange, a software offering for mid-sized enterprises (MSEs) and small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) that simplifies Microsoft Exchange Server storage administration tasks and improves email availability when deployed on EMC Clariion AX and CX series’ networked storage systems. Read Full Story

Microsoft is hosting an Exchange "12" Developer Conference at its Redmond, Wash. campus on Nov. 7 and 8, the Microsoft Exchange team said in a blog posting on Tuesday afternoon.

"The conference will provide selected ISVs with an early look at the “E12” investment areas and will provide you with an early look at the “E12” development roadmap, describe the characteristic of new investments we are making in Exchange 12, and provide an opportunity for you to see first hand what new features and development environments that will be optimized in “E12,” KC Lemson, a program manager with the Exchange Server team, wrote in the blog.

Instant messaging has become a preferred method of communication and collaboration - IDC reported. Enterprise messaging systems carry nearly a billion instant messages a day, with many more consumer systems brought into the workplace carrying billions of messages back and forth.

WinDeveloper Software – IMF Tune, in its latest release, opens Exchange integration to all anti-spam solutions. Filters running on any platform, on firewall appliances, and even at external service providers, suddenly become an integral part of Exchange. Read Full Story

Aventail has announced a mobile access tool that offers a common user experience across laptops, mobile devices.This simplifies administration, as remote access can be enabled via a single URL and authentication method, according to the company Full Story

Microsoft acquired Teleo Inc., a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software and services that enable people to place phone calls from PCs to traditional phones while delivering this technology in unique ways through a variety of software and Web applications. Combining the technology and expertise of Teleo with Microsoft’s existing VoIP investments in MSN is expected to help advance efforts to connect people to the information and people that matter to them ultimately enhancing the integration of rich voice capabilities throughout MSN communication and information services, including MSN Messenger.Read Full Story

Microsoft launches the Exchange SLA, solution and architecture of the service-level agreement (SLA) Scorecard Solution Accelerator for a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 environment. The solution accelerator can set SLAs, administer outages, and analyze performance and trend reports across the messaging services.

Source: Exchange SLA Scorecard Launches With Service Offering

Webcast: Managing Exchange Service Levels with the SLA Scorecard Solution Accelerator

E12 Developer Roadmap is available to download. This was presented in PDC on 15 September 2005, it provides a great overview of these great new developer interfaces. Microsoft's new Web Services will offer remotely-accessible Outlook-compatible business logic for all PIM types, new Managed Agent APIs for processing mail flow provide full access to either the raw MIME or message parts Outlook renders. Also, new Monad scripting experience delivers the power and ease-of-use that our customers deserve. All of these new API’s have been designed with Visual Studio development in mind.

Source: http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/09/15/410941.aspx

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