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  • Barracuda Acquires Cloud Security Vendor Purewire

    Barracuda Networks is biting into the security services market with its acquisition of Purewire, the 18-month-old juggernaut in cloud-based security. The deal is a cash and stock transaction. Barracuda and Purewire are both private companies, and the value of the acquisition is not being disclosed. Purewire, which provides Web filtering, content security and security traffic…

  • Intel Quarter Beats Estimates, Chipmaker Ups Revenue Forecast

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) reported higher-than-expected quarterly results and forecast revenue for the current quarter ahead of Wall Street targets on recovering demand for personal computers. Intel on Tuesday reported a net profit in the third quarter ended September 26 of $1.9 billion or 33 cents per share, compared with a…

  • Warmenhoven’s New Role: Channel Ambassador

    One day last week, Dan Warmenhoven was enjoying a relatively relaxing day compared with the intensity of what his day would have been had he stayed in the chief executive’s office of NetApp. While he sat in his new cubicle down the hall from his former office, his successor, Tom Georgens, was in New York…

  • Oracle Lets Rival Salesforce.com Pitch its Customers

    By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Oracle Corp has unexpectedly invited the CEO of archrival Salesforce.com Inc to speak at its annual users’ conference, giving him a chance to hawk his goods to Oracle’s customers. Both companies are vying for control of a $9-billion-a-year market for software that businesses use to manage sales,…

  • Websense Hires New Security Research Leader

    Websense is hoping to get a shot in the arm of innovation with the appointment of a new research leader poached from the labs of antivirus vendor F-Secure. Just under a month ago the web security firm hired Patrik Runald as senior research manager for the Websense Security Labs. With 14 years of security research…

  • Five Hot Technology Gadgets Turning Heads in Hershey

    Five Hot Technology Gadgets Turning Heads in Hershey   No Title From NexAira, this new router lets users plug their wireless carrier laptop sticks into the router and provide Internet access to all the PCs in range of the router instead of just one. It comes in a consumer and business model, with the business…

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