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Nancy Reynolds Leaves Dell to Join Kaspersky Lab
Nancy Reynolds, a veteran channel manager and seasoned security sales executive, has left Dell to assume the senior vice president of sales for the Americas at Kaspersky Lab. “Seeing Kaspersky Lab’s remarkable growth these past few years has made taking this position an easy decision. The company has done everything right in establishing a prime…
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EMC Buys Archer Technologies for RSA
EMC channel partners will gain a new portfolio of IT governance, risk and compliance products to sell by the end of the first quarter after the company makes good on plans to acquire the GRC firm Archer Technologies. EMC’s RSA Security Division announced yesterday its plans to acquire Archer in order to bolster its ability…
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Top 20 Security Acquisitions of 2009
Top 20 Security Acquisitions of 2009 Riverbed Buys MazuPurchase Price: $25 millionWhen: JanuaryDetails: Riverbed expanded its footprint from application control into application optimization by picking up Mazu’s application mapping and analysis capabilities. No Title Riverbed Buys MazuAnalyst Comment: (A)s Mazu is a genuine innovator in application dependency mapping and application analysis, the acquisition instantly fortifies…
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Top 10 Security Blogs of 2009
In May, Channel Insider launched “Secure Channel” – the security technology and market trends blog written specifically for solution providers. I have personally shepherded this blog over the last eight months, during which time numerous security issues have come to fore. The following is a collection of my 10 favorite security blogs of 2009. These…
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SmoothWall Rolls Out New Web Filtering Box for Schools
This week the web security firm SmoothWall announced a new web filtering appliance that it hopes channel partners selling within the education sector can leverage to add greater value to protection initiatives. The Secure Web Gateway-1200 is set for release to the North American channel in January at the annual FETC education technology conference. SmoothWall…
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Obama to Appoint Schmidt Top Cyber-security Officer
Howard Schmidt, the former Microsoft chief security officer, is reportedly returning to Washington, D.C., for a second tour of duty as the nation’s cyber-security czar, according to published reports. President Obama, under pressure in the wake of highly publicized breaches of military Predator drones by al-Qaeda operatives, is expected to name Schmidt to fill the…
