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Security Spending Priorities Remain Stable
Security Spending Priorities Remain Stable The annual RSA Conference saw the release of several new reports on security spending, priorities and activities. The following is a sampling of data from various security surveys. No Title 22% of enterprises have deployed application firewalls; 31% plan to purchase application firewalls No Title 29% of enterprises are using…
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HP Unveils ProCurve Firewall, Security Ambitions
The pantheon of major security players includes the likes of Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, IBM, Symantec, McAfee and even Microsoft. Missing among the noted is Hewlett-Packard, which has fielded security products over the years, but not a concerted effort to stake out a piece of the security market. That’s changing, rapidly. Today, HP unveils its…
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Teradici Thin-Client Technology Enhances DLP Security with Low-Cost PC over IP Solution
Teradici has been focusing on technology that brings a low-latency, fast and graphics-intensive experience to a desktop user, all without having a PC nearby. The concept here is pretty simple—bridging a true PC or workstation computing experience over the network using existing IP technology (cables, switches, routers)—yet at the same time it’s a pretty tall…
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Scenes from the RSA Conference
Scenes from the RSA Conference Thousands of security solution providers and professionals gathered in San Francisco for the annual RSA Conference, as seen from atop the ESET booth. No Title Palo Alto Networks caught a lot of people’s attention with its application-aware firewall. Attendees listen to how Palo Alto Networks’ applicance profile traffic to block…
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Is Lenovo Getting into Security Appliances?
Amid the noisy and crowded aisles of the RSA Conference in San Francisco April 20 to 24 was a curious exhibit, a small booth with a backdrop picture of the Great Wall of China and the declaration, "Lenovo: The leader of Information Security in China." On a folding table sat a Lenovo-branded 3U (5.25-inch) security…
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EMC Says Oracle-Sun Deal is a Game Changer, Asks For Salary Reductions
EMC’s (NYSE:EMC) CEO says Oracle’s bid to buy Sun Microsystems will be a game changer in the data center market, and has asked employees to take a 5 percent pay cut as the vendor struggles with lower demand for its storage products. Earlier this week, Oracle Corp. made a surprise proposal to acquire Sun Microsystems…
