Recent Articles
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RSA to Partner with McAfee and Privaris, Buy Valyd
RSA does not just host the biggest vendor-driven security event of the year. It also makes news of its own. At its RSA Conference in San Francisco, RSA, the security division of EMC, announced Feb. 7 that it has signed an agreement with McAfee to work together on a security platform that will help its…
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Managed Services on Mobile Devices
Mobile handset users often run into problems with e-mail settings, lose their cell phone or have trouble backing up important information. Users of Samsung mobile handsets may not have to worry about these common problems as InnoPath Software announced Feb. 7 that it has signed an agreement with Samsung to deliver its iMDM (integrated Mobile…
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Datalink-MCSI Consolidation: Sum Could Outweigh the Parts
Datalink acquired fellow storage VAR Midrange Computer Solutions Feb. 1 and overnight became one of the largest vendors of Sun, EMC, IBM and Symantec storage solutions. The purchase, for $14 million ($5 million cash and $9 million in Datalink shares), makes a storage VAR with the potential for $160 million in annual revenue–MCSI’s $47 million…
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Credibility at the Forefront
There’s something different about the security market, and especially the anti-malware market. Most software markets tend to move towards consolidation, but competition is alive and well in anti-malware. Clearly the major players are concerned about Microsoft’s entry into the market with their consumer-oriented OneCare service and the corporate Forefront products. Big players in the corporate…
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Global Warming and the Channel
I was wrapped in green at the end of January. In addition to editing an in-depth story about eco-friendly business opportunities for the channel, every time I opened my Google News page, the top story was about a high-profile report on global warming. And it just so happened that I had watched Al Gore’s “An…
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Testers Shine Light on CA-Vista Vulnerability
SAN FRANCISCO—Vulnerability researchers at penetration testing software maker Core Security claim that a well-known vulnerability existing in CA’s BrightStor backup software can be exploited when the program is running on Microsoft Windows Vista, essentially defeating the purpose of the operating system’s much-publicized security features. Officials with Core, which is based in Boston, announced the flaw…
