eWeek has this report on using instant messaging in the enterprise. Included in the report is a review of Ximian’s Evolution open-source email and personal information management application. This latest version of Evolution includes a connector for Microsoft’s Exchange server.

Sunbelt Software announced that iHateSpam, a junk email filtering software for Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, is now available for $19.95. The product had previously been available for $29.95. The pricing change is effective immediately on Sunbelt’s online shop; retail stores that carry the product are expected to drop their prices imminently.

Peer Software combined its PeerSync synchronization and backup software with St. Bernard’s Open File Data Protection technology to create a product that lets IT managers protect their applications even when they are in use. According to Network World Fusion, the software saves business-critical open or locked files, which are often skipped when the rest of the network is backed up or synchronized.

Visto Corporation announced the availability of their new product, Visto MessageXpress for mobile professionals. MessageXpress, which supports Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook and POP3 email, was designed for users to access their corporate and Internet email accounts on a variety of devices and platforms, including Pocket PC and Palm OS.

Here’s a review of Nelson Email Organizer (NEO) from the Kingsport Times-News. NEO is a separate program that looks like Outlook and communicates with it.

Panda Software launched Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0 with Firewall. New features that Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0 include the ability to scan and disinfect all incoming and outgoing email traffic; wizards for antivirus and firewall configuration; and the scanning of network files and data transferred from computers to handheld devices.

GFI announced GFI LANguard System Integrity Monitor (S.I.M.) monitors important system files for changes. If anything happens to them, the program immediately sends an alert to an administrator.

Information Week reports that Microsoft has listed eight software-security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities are in Microsoft’s Virtual Machine for Java.

Sprint announced the availability of an enhanced Managed Microsoft Exchange solution that is supposed to reduce messaging costs for business customers. Through an agreement with Abridean, Sprint’s enterprise customers can administer and manage hosted messaging services, including email and scheduling.

Wired Magazine take a look at this year’s Infosecurity 2002 conference. According to the article, antivirus software and ways to combat spam were the hot issues at the conference.