Stories by: Jason Meserve

Sonic Foundry has released a new, enhanced version of its Mediasite EX Server software that is designed to be more robust and support an enterprise-wide deployment with such features as LDAP integration, improved scalability and better accessibility for the blind and deaf.

Polycom this week took advantage of its annual Polycom User Group conference taking place in Phoenix to announce products that support high-definition (HD) videoconferencing, including new software for its MGC multi-point control unit and an upgrade package for its high-end group conferencing unit.

For videoconferencing vendors and users alike, one of the biggest hurdles to connecting a call between organizations is getting through a firewall or NAT implementation because of the way the H.323 protocol is designed. The major players have had individual systems for getting around the issue, but no standard exists. Until now.

Avaya and Polycom have teamed to create a desktop videophone that lets users place a video call by dialing a standard telephone number.

If you open the latest virus making the rounds Tuesday, your computer's antivirus system could be a goner. The infected machine may also be left open to a hacker backdoor.

Videoconferencing equipment vendor Polycom gave itself a US$339 million Christmas present with its acquisition of Accord Networks, which makes networking hardware for connecting disparate video systems.

More than a week after its initial release, the LoveLetter virus and its variants continue to haunt corporate email systems and networks around the globe.

With a billion or so pages and hundreds of search engines to choose from, how does one begin to find information on the Web? IntelliSeek hopes the answer will be by using the company's Windows-based BullsEye 2 application from your desktop

If at first you don't succeed, try again. OpenText last week announced a second takeover bid for document management software vendor PC DOCS Group, which is already negotiating a buyout with Hummingbird Communications.