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Survey: IT Security Breaches More Severe
The severity of security breaches is climbing at a time when IT organizations are under pressure to cut expenses and work with smaller budgets. But the good news is that IT security remains a major priority among IT professionals. A total of 38 percent of U.S.-based IT professionals ranked IT security as their top priority.…
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Lotus Notes versus Microsoft Redux
The biggest battle in the history of the channel harkens back to the way Microsoft essentially destroyed Lotus Development Corp., by first bundling productivity applications together in Microsoft Office and then tightly coupling its Microsoft Outlook client with the Microsoft Exchange messaging platform. The first move essentially eliminated the viability of the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet…
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Adobe Gets Regular on Patching Acrobat, Other Apps
Like Microsoft and Oracle before them, Adobe is getting on the routine patch release schedule. Beginning today, Adobe will begin releasing patches for its widely used document presentation, media and graphics applications, according to the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team blog. According to the Adobe security blog, the company will release unspecified security patches…
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Palo Alto Networks Unveils New Breed of Firewall Software
The application landscape has changed over the years and yet the firewall hasn’t. With this in mind, Palo Alto Networks is telling customers and channel partners its’ new PAN-OS 3.0 software for its firewalls is designed to supersede the ‘find it and kill it’ model other security technologies are based upon. "Any application can use…
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Storage Software Market and Most Sub-Markets Decline: IDC
The storage software market had its first year-over-year decline in more than five years according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker. The market experienced its first decline in 21 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09) with revenues of $2.8 billion, representing minus-5.2 percent growth over the same…
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Internal Best Buy Memo Details Presales Plans for Windows 7
Looking to get a jump on sales of Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 7 operating system, Best Buy is planning a host of pre-release specials and incentives for retail customers. In an internal memo to Best Buy employees posted on the Website engadget.com, Best Buy’s management details a multifaceted presales plan that will be rolled out starting…