Kerio Connect 7.3 is a more appropriate messaging and collaboration server for organisations with between 50 and 500 employees than Microsoft Exchange or Google Apps, company officials claim.  

  Despite some remaining regulatory issues in certain countries, Microsoft has closed its acquisition of Skype.  

Microsoft has agreed to purchase Skype only days after news reports suggested either Google or Facebook was interested in the company, with Microsoft aiming to blend Skype throughout its offerings, but at a massive price: US $8.5 billion!

I don't know how many people will be affected by this, but I've discovered that if you've been sending plain text emails through Outlook 2011 viaAppleScript, you'll need to make a small change to your script(s) after applying Service Pack 1.

Microsoft has revealed that Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 will be released next week, and will include much-awaited calendar syncing. But there is a snag.

Changes to WatchGuard's XCS appliances provide extra control over email.

DEVONtechnologies has updated its collection of freeware for the Mac to deliver extra features and to better integrate with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Microsoft has released the 2011 version of Windows Live Essentials, the consumer embodiment of its 'software plus services' strategy.

September is going to be another big month for security updates from Microsoft, with nine security bulletins covering 13 vulnerabilities.

As foreshadowed, Microsoft released four security bulletins overnight. One affects Windows 7 and three are rated critical.