Recent Articles
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Panda Makes Channel-Only Commitment
Security vendor Panda Software said today it plans to move 100 percent of its U.S. sales through the channel by year’s end, in an effort to maintain its sales-growth momentum. Panda Software International SL is working to build a network of certified VARs in major cities across the United States, said Louis DaRe, the company’s…
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VARs Come to the Rescue with Managed-Services Security
When it comes to IT security, danger lurks everywhere. Threats come in the form of garden-variety viruses, worms and spam, as well as more sophisticated forms of intrusion such as spyware and hacking. But that’s not all. IT security these days also requires formulating strict data-access policies to comply with federal regulations to protect sensitive…
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How to Customize Linux Management Distros
Rigorous manageability is a major advantage of the Linux platform, but, as with any strict framework, necessary exceptions can threaten to upset the works. Tools and services are available that can help administrators maintain Linux’s software management strengths without completely sacrificing flexibility. However, the Linux community has significant standards-drafting (and adoption) work to do before…
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Finding a Corporate IM Server to Call Your Own
Like it or lump it, your staffers are using instant messaging. For years, no one has cared about managing IM (instant messaging). But security risks such as the Kelvir worm, which temporarily put Reuters IM out of business; IM-based phishing attacks; and Sarbanes-Oxley Act IM requirementsare making instant-messaging management a priority. How big is the…
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Getting the Most from Thunderbird Mail
As much as I’d love to be able to tell you to have your customers dump their copies of Outlook and Outlook Express for Thunderbird, I can’t do that … yet. But if you’re willing to work at it, you can make Thunderbird, Mozilla’s open-source e-mail client, a lot more useful even while you’re waiting…
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Customers Doubt Immediate Benefit of 64-bit
During a Ziff Davis Media Inc. eSeminar on desktop prospects for 64-bit computing March 9, attendees wondered what they’d get from the advent of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s AMD64 or Intel Corp.’s EM64T machines with their 64-bit superset of the familiar x86 platform. Windows users at the seminar learned of Microsoft Corp.’s March 3 promise…
