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Banks Don’t Protect SMBs From Fraud: Report
Small and midsized businesses are more susceptible to online-banking fraud, compared with larger businesses and enterprises, according to a new security report from the Ponemon Institute. What’s worse is that many financial institutions are not doing enough to protect smaller businesses from cyber-crooks. Over half, or 56 percent, of the surveyed companies reported experiencing some…
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CA Technologies Buys Govt IT Consultant Base Tech
Software giant CA Technologies has acquired government IT consulting firm Base Technologies in a move to add consulting expertise to its virtualization, mainframe and cloud-computing offerings for government agencies and health care providers. A major player in virtualization and IT management, CA announced the agreement on April 6. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.…
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HP Revamps Information Management Offerings
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard updated both its products/service package and its marketing message April 5 in the category of information-management software and services. Actually, there is more news at this time in the way the company is presenting its software and services to potential buyers than the launch of any new products themselves. But…
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IBM Debuts Enterprise Smart Cloud Offerings
IBM has jumped head first into the public cloud space with its new IBM SmartCloud enterprise-class, secure cloud offering that has been specifically created to meet the demands of businesses. IBM introduced its new SmartCloud offering at an April 7 event in San Francisco. In an interview with eWEEK, Ric Telford, IBM’s vice president of…
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25 Facts About Research in Motion
25 Facts About Research in Motion RIM was first founded in 1985. No Title It’s initial focus wasn’t on telecom. One of its first gigs was building networked LED display terminals for General Motors’ assembly line. No Title In the early 1990s, RIM founder Mike Lazaridis won an Oscar and an Emmy for developing a…
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Cisco CEO Hints at Reorg in Employee Memo
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) will refocus its attention on five top priorities to right the ship after recent moves and a lack of focus have "disappointed our investors and … have confused our employees." That’s what Chairman and CEO John Chambers told employees in a memo later posted on a public company blog, where you can…
