Recent Articles
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Companies Lost Billions on Lost, Stolen Laptops
The Ponemon Institute surveyed 275 European organizations in its latest lost laptop report to determine the economic consequences of having a laptop lost or stolen. Participating organizations lost more than 72,000 laptops during a 12-month period for a total economic impact of $1.79 billion, according to the “The Billion Euro Lost Laptop Problem” report, released…
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Apple COO Discusses Steve Jobs, Samsung Lawsuit
Apple COO Tim Cook used his company’s April 20 earnings call to shed a little light on the company’s upcoming legal battle against Samsung, and offered a brief update on CEO Steve Jobs, who is officially absent on medical leave. “We do see him on a regular basis,” he said, referring to Jobs. “He continues…
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Protecting Your Country While Protecting Your Clients
Recently I was surprised to learn how far espionage has moved from the traditional Cold War spying that focused on the Russians stealing our government secrets, to a new type of espionage designed to steal trade secrets and intellectual property. The targets aren’t all multi-national corporations, but include small businesses like the ones we service.…
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Spiceworks, Eaton Release Free UPS Monitoring and Management Software
Social business networking specialist Spiceworks has teamed with Eaton, a diversified power management company, to offer the industry’s first free power management software features that allow its 1.4 million small and midsize business users to remotely monitor and manage uninterruptible power systems for free through Spiceworks. The UPS features are available in the latest beta…
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Proactive Threat Management Identified as Top Need: Report
Narus, a provider of dynamic network traffic intelligence and analytics for protecting governments, service providers and enterprises against cyber-threats and the risks of doing business in cyberspace, unveiled research from a Narus-sponsored study by the Ponemon Institute that pinpoints where cyber-warriors should concentrate their security efforts. Mobile security threats and nation-sponsored cyber-attacks ranked high among…