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Heartland Data Breach Underscores Security Necessity
The Jan. 20 announcement by Heartland Payment Systems that a security breach left more than 100 million accounts vulnerable underscores the value of a good security system and the opportunity for solution providers to keep their customers’ data safe. "[Security breaches] can and do happen to everyday companies," says Eric Greenberg, vice president of security…
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Is ‘Patch Tuesday’ Dead?
Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of the new year is an unusually singular effort; the company is releasing a single patch to correct a remote code vulnerability in all versions of Windows server. When Microsoft created Patch Tuesday in October 2003, it was a mechanism for bringing regularity and predictability to the patch release process. Prior…
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Bomgar Offers an Appliance for All Remote Support Needs
Pity the poor help desk worker, often tasked to solve near impossible problems with nothing more than a telephone and a sense of humor. Add to that the distributed nature of today’s enterprises, and it is easy to see why good help desk folks are hard to find. Bomgar (formerly NetworkStreaming) is aiming to make…
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Dickison Out at McAfee
In another blow to its channel leadership, McAfee confirmed that David Dickison, vice president of channel operations, has left the company. Dickison’s departure follows that of former vice president of North American Channels Lisa Loe, who left McAfee in December 2008. At the time of Loe’s departure, it was announced that Roger King, executive vice…
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CA Strengthens Security Posture with Orchestria
CA is jumping into the data-loss prevention game with the acquisition of Orchestria. The deal will fill a significant hole in CA’s security software line and provide it and its partners with a new competitive weapon. “The DLP space is gaining a lot of traction in the market as customers are increasingly concerned with protecting…
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Trend Micro, BigFix Team Up for Endpoint Security Management
A new partnership between security vendor Trend Micro and systems management vendor BigFix will give solution providers tools for managing and securing enterprise customers’ globally distributed endpoints. Trend Micro will license BigFix’s unified management platform software and extend it across all of Trend Micro’s endpoint security products, providing simplified management of mobile devices, remote office…
