Although International Talk-Like-a-Pirate day is sadly over (much to the relief of Mrs. Pirate), we do have one more piratical item to show you. Until next year, arrrrrr!

DYS Analytics, whose products and services manage today’s top messaging platforms, announced that its Collaboration CONTROL! real-time collaboration management software now supports IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5, the latest version of IBM’s enterprise instant messaging and Web conferencing platform. By swiftly supporting IBM’s latest release, DYS Analytics helps IT staffs ensure Lotus Sametime is broadly and appropriately used as the foundation for the real-time enterprise. Collaboration CONTROL! monitors, analyzes and reports on IM and Web conference use to ensure broad adoption and optimal server load balancing, archives and alerts on IM conversations to ensure appropriate use and regulation compliance. In addition, Collaboration CONTROL! performs Lotus Sametime health probing to ensure continual availability.

Stampede Technologies announced the availability of its latest innovation in client technology, Acceleration On-Demand. Acceleration On-Demand is the industry’s first solution that enables enterprises to fully leverage bi-directional acceleration without the need to install hardware or software at remote locations. The Stampede Application Acceleration Series offers acceleration and WAN optimization for traditional HTTP/HTTPS, legacy TCP and emerging Web 2.0/AJAX applications. In addition, Stampede’s solutions offer application front-end services for Firewalling, Load Balancing and server off-loading of TCP connection management and SSL processing.

C-Search Limited announced the release of version 2.0 of its search engine for Domino. The release of R2.0 C-Search now offers customers the choice between a distributed and centralized crawl modes. Distributing the crawler allows indexing responsibilities to be shared across multiple servers whereas the more traditional centralized crawler allows one instance of C-Search to crawl and index any database on any server in the Domino domain. The PDF press release contains more info.

In November, Adobe Systems will release Acrobat 8, an updated version of its PDF software that adds Web conferencing services gained from its acquisition of Macromedia. The company on Monday detailed its refreshed Acrobat line and pricing. In tandem with the product upgrade, Adobe will launch a hosted service called Acrobat Connect, which will allow individuals to click on a button in a PDF file to start a Web conference.

Google has acknowledged the presence of a phishing hole on its Public Service Search application and has blocked access to the service until the problem is fixed. The problem went public when blogger Eric Farraro posted details on Thursday on his software development blog. Farraro said that the customizable code in Google’s Public Service Search, which enables nonprofit institutions like universities to install ad-free Google search functions on their Web sites at no cost, could be used to create a page hosted on the google.com domain.

Ahoy, in honor of Mrs. Pirate, who also happens to be the Managing Editor of these fine publications (and who doesn’t yet know about our avastitude of Talk Like a Pirate Day, aye, that’ll be a conversation, matie!), we bring you Knit Like a Pirate. No, we couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried. But others did. In fact, you can knit a hat, a bag, and many other incredibly piratical things. Oh, so you’re a hoidy toidy DominoPower reader and you don’t think DominoPower readers knit, do ya? Well, think again, matie. It’s scary actually. We’ve got editors talking knitting all the bloody time. Frankly, it’s a bit creepy. But that makes it perfect for International Talk Like a Pirate Day, now doesn’t it? Arrrrrrr!

Ahoy, just in case you think the highly restrained and professional editorial team here at ZATZ are the only one’s with a diminishing grip upon reality, me hearties, we present the wacked out crew that invented International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Aye, you’ll definitely want to visit their site for special sections like "Ask Cap’n Slappy" and some wildly hilarious and completely cracked videos. The lesson on pirate phone etiquette is not to be missed. Arrr!

It’s our job, here at ZATZ, to educate and inform you, to provide you with information and knowledge that will forward your career, enhance your enjoyment of your gadgets, and improve your love life. Today, we’ll ruin all that. For today, September 19th, is International Talk-Like-A-Pirate Day and we call out to all our readers to baffle and confuse those around you by talking like a pirate.

Oh, come on. You know you want to. Now that we’ve told you about it, it’s going to rattle around your head for a few hours and then you’ll avast someone and matie someone else. Just don’t do any "matie-ing" at the office. It’d be bad. I’m Blackbeard the Editor and I talk like a pirate! Now, you can, too. Har har har!

Most of the information out there about switching from IE to Mozilla Firefox focuses on individual users. But enterprises are dumping IE for Firefox also, and making the switch in the corporate setting brings a host of concerns that you don’t see when you’re talking about just one desktop. This article discusses the most important issues to watch for when you’re making the leap from IE to Firefox in a managed desktop environment. Some of these issues may pose serious problems if you are heavily dependent on IE or if you want to use Windows-specific features, such as centralized management through Active Directory.