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NAI Bets On Intrusion Prevention
For network security companies, the past two years have been a blur of innovation and skyrocketing customer demand, both feeding off a string of increasingly disruptive and malicious viruses, worms and targeted attacks. Indeed, as enterprises have scrambled to keep pace with the bad guys and look for better ways to secure their networks, security…
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Feds Unite on Security Benchmarks
A group of high-level IT officials in the federal government has begun collaborating on configuration benchmarks that government agencies could be required to use in future purchases of hardware and software. The development of the benchmarks is at once an indication of the growing importance of security in Washington and of the government’s intention to…
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European Resellers Caught in Lindows vs. Windows Crossfire
Lindows isn’t Windows. Apparently plain old folks don’t know this, however, at least according to the City Court of Stockholm, Sweden. The court issued an injunction at Microsoft Corp.’s request on Dec. 10, barring San Diego-based Lindows.com Inc. from marketing its LindowsOS operating system in Sweden. In its declaration, the City Court “prohibits, for the…
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IDC Predicts PC Market to Reach Record Shipment Levels
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)—Driven by consumer demand and enticing bargains, the personal computer market is expected to reach “record” shipment levels in 2003 and 2004, according to a report Thursday by a market research firm. IDC raised its forecast, projecting that worldwide PC shipments will grow by 11.4 percent to a total of 152.6 million…
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Windows 98 Users Face Increased Security Risk, Says Study
A new research paper to be released on Thursday is warning those companies still running Microsoft Windows 98 that they face an increased risk of a network security breach when Microsoft retires the product at the end of this year. The study, released by Ottawa-based AssetMetrix Research Labs and titled, “Usage Analysis & Risks of…
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Netgear Looks to Channel for Growth
Hot on the heels of an exclusive distribution agreement for the Japanese market with Softbank BB, networking hardware vendor Netgear Inc. is gunning for big gains in the U.S. market for 2004. Not that 2003 has been bad: for the first nine months, the company’s profits grew by a healthy 61 percent. “Security hardware for…