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How Financially Secure Is Your Security Vendor?
RSA earlier this week revamped its SecureWorld channel program, which now boasts new tiers for its broader product line, performance-based rebates, special rewards for incremental sales and, as proof of stability, the deep pockets of its parent, EMC. “A lot of niche players are going to flights of safety,” says Bill Taylor, senior director of…
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CA Sets Sights on Displacing Symantec, McAfee
To say the company formerly known as Computer Associates—now known simply as CA—has a tainted reputation is a bit of an understatement. For years, customers and partners complained about poor quality of service. Market analysts and media would joke about CA being a place where good products go to die. And the lasting impression of…
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Fortinet Unwraps New, Integrated Security Platform
Fortinet is seeking to expand its footprint in the enterprise and managed services market and capitalize on the IT consolidation trend with the release of its latest operating system, FortiOS 4.0, its security software platform that integrates multiple risk management functions into purpose-built appliances. Announced today, FortiOS 4.0 incorporates several tightly integrated security technologies, including…
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Data on President’s Helicopter Breached
A Pennsylvania security company reportedly uncovered a breach through peer-to-peer file sharing of sensitive information related the design plans, cost and avionics of President Barack Obama’s helicopter. According to report broadcast by WPXI in Pittsburgh, security firm Tiversa uncovered a breach in which files related to the president’s helicopter fleet were disclosed by a government…
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Finjan Provides Vital Management in Security Appliances
Security vendors are finding that increased competition and new ideas in protection are starting to chip away at sales of on-premises appliances. The real question becomes, can security vendors reinvent themselves to do battle in a Web 2.0 world? Finjan thinks it can and is focusing on ease of management as the means for accomplishing…
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WeRecoverData.com Does Heavy Lifting for e-Discovery
Recovering crashed hard drives, discovering lost passwords, performing e-discovery chores and other data retrieval tasks have required tools and specialist not often available to the typical solution provider. Customers calling for those services were usually shuffled off to an organization specializing in those tasks, leaving the solution provider out of the loop. WeRecoverData.com is looking…