Net6 announced the availability of ScreenTop, which provides a way to tie IP telephones to packaged applications, such as visual voice mail, organization-wide corporate directories, alerts, or email, along with the ability to transform any HTML or XML-based business application for delivery to the screen of the IP telephone. ScreenTop Email and PIM enables employees to access email packages like Microsoft Exchange. Users can check and respond to email from conference rooms, view their calendar from a conference room or keep it opened at their desk, and soft-dial from their contacts from anywhere on campus.

The Wendover-Global Insight IT Spending Index increased through August by 12% over the average for Q2, indicating that IT sales are firming up a bit. However, there is no clear signal that a robust market is in store over the next two quarters, and the Index is still well below pre-recession peaks. Replacement spending continues, but firms are not yet allocating budget to discretionary IT.

CommVault Systems announced the availability of new QiNetix DataArchiver software. The DataArchiver solution adds to CommVault’s data protection solution by helping provide customers with surveillance, discovery and long-term access to Microsoft Exchange email for government compliance or business needs.

GFI today released a white paper to highlight the latest method of blocking spam: Bayesian filtering. Describing this new technology in detail, the paper outlines how network administrators can achieve a spam detection rate of over 98% through Bayesian filtering at the mail server or gateway level. The document can be ##viewed at GFI’S Web site##.

eIQnetworks announced FirewallAnalyzer Enterprise 3.0, a new enterprise version of their browser based, Firewall/VPN correlation analysis, reporting and monitoring solution. Using patent-pending FScale data management architecture and advanced log management technologies, FirewallAnalyzer Enterprise correlates cryptic syslog messages from all leading firewall appliances and servers into information that is easily interpreted and acted upon by security administrators.

Scopeware has announced the availability of Scopeware Vision 2.1, which integrates RSS feeds with the content on your computer. Scopeware Vision’s interface responds to keyword searches by displaying the results in visual, chronological streams. Search results include RSS feeds and most standard file types- including digital photos, mp3s, Adobe PDFs, Web pages, Outlook and Outlook Express email, and Microsoft Office documents and non-standard file types defined by the user. The software features several preloaded RSS feeds so that users can access online news and content from sites like CNN, Rolling Stone and Yahoo News.

GlobalStreams announced it has launched a partnership with Cerulean Studios, makers of the popular Trillian software. Under the agreement, Cerulean Studios will be integrating GlobalStreams’ new Vibe Phone video communication service into its Trillian software. Vibe Phone allows anyone with a PC webcam and broadband access via cable or DSL modem the ability to communicate face to face from their PC with a few clicks. The software supports Microsoft PowerPoint and imports contact lists from Microsoft Outlook.

Good Technology and Sprint announced a formal relationship to deliver the GoodLink Version 2.1 wireless messaging and information system on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. GoodLink 2.1 is the newest version of Good’s cradle-free system for wirelessly connecting everyone in the corporation with enterprise systems and access to Microsoft Exchange.

Available nationwide from Sprint, the PCS Vision Smart Device Treo 600 by Handspring sports a new candy bar design, full-color screen, Palm 5.2.1HS Operating System, a backlit QWERTY keyboard with dome-shaped keys, a 144MHz ARM 9 processor, a VGA quality camera and a PCS Phone. Sprint also makes available its PCS Business Connection, which is compatible with Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Dominos servers.

LiveVault Corporation launched version 4 of the LiveVault Online Backup and Recovery Service. With this announcement, LiveVault becomes the only provider of online backup and recovery services to automatically detect and properly configure systems to ensure Microsoft Exchange is fully protected and recoverable. LiveVault 4 also doubles NAS-based restore performance and optimizes network-based performance, making data restores faster and easier for customers.