Monday was a big day for Kerio Workspace. A year ago, version 1.0 was just starting to spread with some momentum. But on Monday, a new beta was released showing it's matured with blistering speed to become a bar-setting example of how social collaboration software should perform in a small or medium business environment.

Check out our blog post about it.

Kerio's James Gudeli spoke with InformationWeek SMB and provided some practical advice for SMBs to begin thinking about the transition to IPv6. Among the topics he covered are: Talking to your ISP, Auditing your networking equipment and (of course) configuring your firewall.

Read the complete article here.

The Small Business Marketing Tools website has a wealth of resources and pointers for businesses that may not spend a lot of time on marketing. One that particularly impressed is the article on Email Newsletter Strategy for Small Businesses. It does a great job explaining how to develop your newsletter and also points you in the direction of easy-to-use and cost-effective email marketing tools to keep in touch with your customer base.

The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is inevitable. It won't happen overnight, but native IPv6 adoption has grown over 500% since 2009 with no signs of slowing down. Organizations need to plan and test thoroughly, and be ready to adopt IPv6 when the ISPs are ready to deliver it.

Kerio Control 7.3 introduces some powerful new updates including preliminary support for IPv6, allowing organizations to securely test IPv6 traffic over their corporate networks. Check out the announcement day blog post to find out Kerio's take on IPv6, or click here to find out what else is new.

These were the main characteristics that helped Kerio Operator get a very positive product review in the most popular Slovak IT Magazine, PC REVUE. What is more, Kerio Operator gained the TIP PC REVUE award. Congratulations to Kerio Operator!

Scott Schreiman, CEO at Kerio Technologies, has been nominated for an SMB 150 Award. Selected via an open voting process, the awards honor influencers in the SMB technology channel. Please take a moment to check out Scott's nomination and cast your vote by clicking on the blue arrow.

An important change in Kerio WebFilter took place on March 1st, 2012. In order to ensure seamless website categorization in Kerio Control, it is necessary to update Kerio Control to version 7.2.2 patch 4 which is available for download here. All versions prior to 7.2.2 patch 4 are affected. No other changes are included in this patch and it is required to continue proper functionality of Kerio WebFilter. If you haven't had a chance to update, take the time to get the full benefits of your UTM solution.