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McAfee Claims No. 1 Pure-Play Security Spot with Secure Computing Acquisition
With the acquisition of Secure Computing, McAfee is solidifying its spot as the world’s largest pure-play security technology vendor, positioning itself better against key competitors and opening a mother lode of new technologies to its channel resellers. McAfee will pay $465 million for Secure Computing, one of the oldest security companies in the marketplace. With…
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McAfee to Pay $465 Million for Secure Computing
BOSTON (Reuters) – McAfee Inc (MFE.N), the world’s No. 2 security software maker, said on Monday it plans to buy Internet security company Secure Computing Corp (SCUR.O) for $465 million in cash. The move gives McAfee a suite of software, services and hardware products to protect hackers from getting past the perimeters of computer networks.…
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Cisco, VMware Switch Up Virtual Server Networking
Having trouble networking and securing virtual machines? You won’t have to wait long before a new technology is available that solves that problem. VMware and Cisco Systems announced a jointly developed Cisco Nexus 1000V, a software switch designed to make easy work of networking, manage and secure virtual machines. The software switch, announced…
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Reynolds Resigns from Trend Micro Channel Chief Post
Nancy Reynolds, the face of the North America channel at Trend Micro for the last five years, unexpectedly resigned from the number-three software security company to become vice president of world wide channel sales at Palo Alto Networks, a firewall startup. Trend Micro—which boasts a channel program of nearly 12,000 partners—was quick to react to…
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Information Security Top of Mind for IT Professionals
Is information security a top concern for you? What about your customer’s information security? If the security of your computer network data is your top network-related concern, you are not alone. A new web poll of IT professionals and IT consultants conducted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) revealed that network data security/information security…
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Zyxel ZyWall USG100 Brings Unified Threat Management
The word "firewall" conjures up all sorts of images, and therein lies the problem. That word has become a catchall for an abundance of security products, both software- and hardware-based, which can share very little in common. While the industry continues to struggle with the question of what exactly a firewall is, networking vendor Zyxel…
