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Who Says Silicon Valley’s the Startup Hub?
Launching an IT company in Indianapolis isn’t as sexy as Silicon Valley, but the economics are pretty appealing. Just ask Jeff Ready, an Indiana native, who has spent the majority of his career launching startups in Silicon Valley. Recently, he decided to move back to the Midwest to be closer to extended family. The move…
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Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Security Strategy
It can’t be stressed enough—ensuring data integrity, physical security and business continuity/disaster recovery is the most important action you can take for your business. Of course, developing a comprehensive strategy to address security threats, whether from hackers, viruses, malicious insider attacks, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes or hardware failure is not a simple process and takes time,…
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Video MSP Provides Live Feeds for 2009 NBA Draft
For basketball fans watching tonight’s 2009 NBA Draft live on television to see which team gets Blake Griffin, there’s no tolerance for lost video signals, dropped video or audio or anything else going wrong with the broadcast. For the fifth year in a row, video conferencing managed service provider Glowpoint service will be making sure…
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CA Pitches IAM Alternatives to Sun, Oracle Customers
CA has created a program intended to woo customers of Sun Microsystems and Oracle to migrate to CA’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) products. "CA SPF 100" would allow Sun’s and Oracle’s customers to trade their product licenses for equivalent licenses of CA Identity Manager, CA Role & Compliance Manager or CA SiteMinder — essentially…
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Microsoft Not First with Free Anti-virus Protection
Those who missed out on downloading Microsoft’s free anti-virus beta package June 23 don’t have to wait for the general release later in 2009. Several security software vendors offer—and have for years—free anti-virus applications, using them as a gateway for users and partners. Microsoft is receiving mixed reviews of its Microsoft Security Essentials, billed as…
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Microsoft Still Courting Yahoo Partnership
Yahoo and Microsoft continued their “Will they? Won’t They?” dance this week regarding online advertising partnerships. Executives at each company spoke up on the topic today, with Microsoft making it clear that it is open to a deal and Yahoo remaining cryptic on the topic. Microsoft president and CEO Steve Ballmer spoke first this week…