Recent Articles
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Provilla to Fight Leaks with Document ‘Fingerprints’
A software startup is hoping to plant its flag in the rapidly expanding data leakage prevention sector using a technique that marries traditional endpoint security controls with a document-based system that assigns a digital fingerprint to each piece of protected content. Provilla, based in Mountain View, Calif., moved out of quiet mode on Jan. 22…
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Linspire CEO on Opening Up CNR: Share the Bread
Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony says his company is opening up its CNR (“Click ‘N Run”) software download and management service to other Linux distributions because “Linux really needs an easier way to find and install software, regardless of which flavor of Linux you’re using.” The company said earlier this week that it will extend CNR…
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Novell’s Online App-Build Service Supports Multiple Linuxes
ISVs have a problem with Linux. They want to be able to write, compile and ship one version of an application. They don’t want to make one for SUSE, another for Red Hat and still another for Ubuntu. Novell has an answer. On Jan. 24, the company released the alpha version of the open-source OpenSUSE…
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The Zero-Day Dilemma
The recent surge in malware attacks against zero-day flaws in some of the most widely used software packages is confirmation of an IT administrator’s worst nightmare: Stand-alone, signature-based anti-virus software offers no protection from sophisticated online criminals. During 2006, there was a wave of zero-day attacks against Microsoft Office applications—through vulnerabilities known only to the…
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College NAC Specialist Goes Enterprise
Security software maker Bradford Networks is stepping away from its history as a specialist providing network access control tools to colleges and universities and launching a new product line designed specifically for enterprise businesses. On Jan. 24, Concord, N.H.-based Bradford introduced its NAC Director appliance, which promises to help large, distributed companies manage network authentication…
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SAP to Pump Nearly $500 Million into SME Development
Despite a fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings report Jan. 24 that came in below par, SAP is forging ahead with plans to invest heavily in the midmarket with a new services-based product and business model. SAP said it hopes the plan will increase its earnings by $1 billion over the next four years and triple…
