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Lawsuit Could Refine Liabilities of Security Service Providers
Information security managers and executives have long been held accountable for security incidences and breaches, but what about the people who certify or provide the security? In other words, should auditors and managed security service providers be held accountable for breaches that happen after they’ve signed off on security measures? That is the question before…
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Verizon Offers Pay-as-You-Go Hosting Service
(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday unveiled a pay-as-you go hosting service for corporate customers looking to save money by buying only as much computing capacity as they need at any given time. Verizon is the latest U.S. telecom to jump on the bandwagon of so-called "cloud computing" services after AT&T Inc said last…
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Google Courts Business Customers with New Products
(Reuters) – Google Inc is stepping up efforts to infuse its search engine into the operations of the most technically sophisticated corporations as well as the least digitally savvy businesses. The Internet search giant unveiled a pair of new products on Tuesday aimed at large corporations with strict technology requirements and at small businesses that…
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NetApp Ups the Ante in Battle for Data Domain
NetApp bids $1.9 billion in cash and stock for deduplication vendor Data Domain, and says the acquisition would be more beneficial than In a press release issued this morning, NetApp announced a revised proposal to acquire Data Domain, heating up the battle between the storage giant and rival vendor EMC. Under the terms of the…
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Microsoft Windows 7 to Hit Market in October
(Reuters) – Microsoft said on Tuesday its new Windows 7 operating system will be generally available on October 22, well ahead of its original schedule and in time for the holiday shopping season. The new operating system, which will replace the unpopular Vista, was originally planned for roll-out at the beginning of next year, but…
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Cisco Pulls Back Curtain on Rack-Mounted Servers
When Cisco Systems announced it was entering the blade server market at the beginning of the year—on the heels of earlier jumps into storage, unified communications and security—it was clear that the titan of networking was seeking a world beyond switches and routers. At the Cisco Partner Summit in Boston on June 3, the company…