Tech Web reports that Information Management Research (IMR) released Alchemy MailStore for Exchange, a real-time, automated, rules-based archiving engine for Exchange mail servers to deal with email compliance and retention regulations and enterprise policies.

Kroll Ontrack announced the addition of EasyRecovery EmailRepair to its EasyRecovery data recovery product line. The new EasyRecovery EmailRepair gives Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express email users a recovery solution that recovers and repairs lost or corrupted Outlook email files.

Information Week reports that MSBlast is quickly racing across the Internet, and security experts warn that it’s already infected roughly 57,000 vulnerable systems running Windows operating systems. Security experts have been predicting that a worm would appear since July 16, the day Microsoft announced a vulnerability in its Distributed Component Object Service (DCOM) in its Remote Procedure Call (RPC) interface. The vulnerability affects Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003.

Blue Squirrel announced the availability of Spam Sleuth Enterprise a solution for companies, governments and ISPs that want to stop unsolicited spam messages from reaching organizations’ email inboxes. Spam Sleuth Enterprise works with email programs including Eudora, Lotus Notes, Pegasus, Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape and others.

Compoze Software announced the release of Microsoft Exchange portlets for the Sun Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) platform. The portlets offer full-featured, bi-directional access to Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and 2000 systems from within a Sun ONE Portal Server desktop. Users can check email, schedule appointments, access contacts and create task lists from inside Sun ONE Portal Server.

The Globe and Mail says that Microsoft gave its business customers an incentive to upgrade their Office suite to the 2003 version. The company announced that its volume-license customers will be able to upgrade their Office XP Standard Edition to Office 2003 Professional Edition at no extra cost. Office Standard users who wish to upgrade to the full Professional Edition can do so simply by paying the price difference. While this seems like a great incentive to upgrade, the article explains why this is more like a bribe.

CRM Magazine says that Salesforce.com is reinventing itself with the launch of S3 and sforce. Some of the upgrades under the S3 umbrella include upgrades with Microsoft Outlook so users can click to add any email to S3 for organizationwide visibility and search Salesforce.com’s contacts or leads database within Microsoft Outlook.

Interwoven said it will merge with iManage in a stock and cash transaction deal estimated at $171 million. The two companies say their integration plan is to match iManage’s collaborative technology with Interwoven MetaTagger content intelligence server software. iManage said it offers market share leadership among major law firms. Based on 100 percent Java and J2EE-compliant architecture, iManage also works with Microsoft Outlook and Office.

Research In Motion brought the BlackBerry 7230 device to the U.S. in partnership with T-Mobile USA. The BlackBerry 7230 lets users access email along with the Internet and voice networks around the world. It is now available in the U.S. for $399.99. Computerworld reports that T-Mobile will charge $29.99 per month for unlimited email and other mobile content, while the voice service fee is separate.

Microsoft is set to announce pricing and licensing details for its Office Live Communications Server 2003. InfoWorld reports that the estimated retail price for Office Live Communications Server 2003, previously known as Office Real Time Communications Server 2003 and by its Greenwich code name, will be $929 for the server software and $34.95 per client access license.