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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…
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VLT, Deduplication Show Strong Promise Among Budget Conscious Businesses
Data protection budgets are growing, according to a recent survey by virtual tape library (VTL) and deduplication software vendor Sepaton, offering a promising opportunity for solution providers selling into the lucrative space. The survey 600 business-technology consumers shows that regulatory pressures are driving much of the emphasis on data protection, but that increasing ROI and…
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Zyxel Melds 3G, Wi-Fi to Create a Wireless Security Appliance
Connecting a wireless LAN to wired broadband is pretty much old hat; the market is littered with hundreds of devices that do just that and a little more. So, how does one find new market share in such a crowded market? Just come up with a better mousetrap! ZyXEL’s better mousetrap comes in the form…
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Check Point Sees Better Product through Nokia Acquisition
Check Point Software Technologies’ acquisition of Nokia’s security appliance unit will expand the security company’s expertise and value of its product line, creating greater value for partners and customers, says the company’s channel chief Amnon Bar-Lev. In an interview with Channel Insider, Bar-Lev foresees few problems with the integration of the Nokia hardware platform with…
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Solution Providers Give Thumbs Up to Check Point`s Nokia Buy
The impending purchase of Nokia’s security appliance business to Check Point Software Technologies is an incredibly good move for both Check Point and the solution providers who sell security products from both companies, according to Check Point and Nokia channel partners. “There are a lot of customers who had benefited from both technologies together,” said…
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Check Point Acquires Nokia Security Appliance Unit
Check Point Software Technologies announced this morning that it will acquire Nokia’s security appliance unit for an undisclosed price. In September, Nokia made public plans to sell of its security appliance business to raise cash to buoy its troubled core telecommunications and handset business. The initial report pegged the buyer as an anonymous private equity…