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StealthBits Introduces Free Data Loss Prevention Tool
Security and IT management solutions specialist StealthBits announced the release of DLP Lite for File Systems, a free, regex data loss prevention (DLP) tool designed to help businesses identify high-risk, unsecured content on their networks to mitigate the risk of data leakage and theft. The freeware solution is a file-level content scanning tool that pinpoints…
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HP Takes On Cisco With Partner Program Enhancements
In a move designed to help channel partners take advantage of growing opportunities in the midmarket, HP Networking is expanding its PartnerONE and ExpertONE channel programs, as well as updating its legacy networking solutions in an effort to win market share from networking competitor Cisco. As it moves to more closely align itself with its…
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Rebit, Carbonite Team for Cloud-Based Backup for Desktop Devices
Rebit, which makes what it cheerfully calls “ridiculously simple” backup software for consumers and small busineses, said Dec. 5 that version 5 of its backup software has been integrated into Carbonite’s new Home Premier data protection suite. Rebit, which has created a foothold in the desktop disk backup business in 2008 by building single-purpose plug-and-play…
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Store to Challenge Apple, Google
With its newly unveiled Windows Store, Microsoft is aiming for a market long dominated by Apple, and coveted by other rivals such as Google. The long-anticipated online storefront, integrated into Windows 8, will give consumers and business users access to a wide variety of apps and games. For third-party developers, the chance to port their…
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Cisco’s Ethernet Switch Market Share Rises: IDC
Cisco Systems, which earlier this year said it was refocusing on its core businesses, saw its share of the competitive Ethernet switch market jump almost 3 percentage points in the third quarter, according to numbers from market research firm IDC. In their review of the networking space in the third quarter, the IDC analysts on…
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AMD Helping Project to Bring Android to PCs
Advanced Micro Devices reportedly is backing an open-source project that is looking to port Google’s Android operating system onto PCs powered by x86-based processors. Meanwhile, officials with AMD rival Intel are saying that the goal of their joint efforts with Google is not to bring Android to PCs, but to enable it to run on…