Recent Articles
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TrustMark: Putting a Seal on Security Practices
There’s an old saying in information security: "Security is a process, not a product." In other words, it’s more about what you do than the equipment and technology that you use to protect IT infrastructure and digital assets. If security is about the process, how do you—as a solution provider—demonstrate your competency and value to…
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Moore’s Law for Mobility Innovations and Solutions
Mobility solutions are among the most profitable technologies and services delivered by solution providers, even in a tight economic climate. Businesses of all sizes are looking for ways to increase productivity, and that often means pushing connectivity and applications out of the data center and desktop to mobile devices. This comes as no surprise to…
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SonicWall Brings Next Generation Unified Threat Management to the SMB Market.
When it comes to the NSA 240 from SonicWall, perhaps the question should be “what doesn’t it do?” Built upon the idea that all network traffic needs to be monitored and validated, the NSA relies on Re-Assembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) to provide Intrusion Protection, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Content Filtering, and Application Management in a…
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Symantec May Not Name New Global Channel Chief
Reports out of the Symantec PartnerEngage 2008 in Washington DC this week say that Symantec Chief Operating Officer Enrique Salem may not replace Global Channel Chief Julie Parrish who recently announced her resignation from that position. Instead, Salem acknowledged Symantec may instead go with some kind of more regionally-based structure to manage the company’s channel…
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Symantec Needs to Focus on Relentless Execution
Symantec has a problem, and it’s not the fact that channel chief Julie Parrish resigned to join NetApp a few days before the company’s channel event in Washington, D.C. Fortunately, the issues challenging Symantec are about the same that any major technology company experiences after going on a series of acquisition binges. Right now,…
