Security

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  • Collaboration

    Social Media Applications a Threat to Businesses: Report

    The fastest growing threat to corporate networks is Web-based social media applications, according to WatchGuard security researchers. These applications can seriously compromise network security, expose sensitive data and create productivity drains on employees. The WatchGuard report predicted social networks will become the leading malware vector over the next few years for three reasons: the culture…

    Nathan Eddy

  • News and Trends

    iPhone Infiltrates Corporate World with Help of Security Apps

    TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A slew of small security software developers are helping Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone gain a foothold within corporations that were once the exclusive domain of Research In Motion’s (TO:RIM) BlackBerry. The shift reflects efforts by some companies to accommodate the preference of many employees for Apple’s iconic smartphone, a trend…

    Channel Insider Staff

  • Cloud & Hybrid

    Amazon Gets Into Bulk E-Mail Cloud Service Market

    Amazon Web Services Jan. 25 launched a bulk e-mail service for businesses and developers, providing a messaging option for the cloud computing provider’s arsenal of Web-based services. AWS intends Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) as an alternative to the thorny work of building a custom messaging platform or licensing an e-mail service from a…

    Channel Insider Staff

  • Managed Services

    Level Platforms, ConnectWise Launch Upgrades for MSPs

    Managed services providers have two new tools in their arsenals from industry heavy-hitters LPI Level Platforms and ConnectWise. Level Platforms released its Managed Workplace 2011 integrated remote monitoring, management and automation software platform for IT service providers in the managed services business on Tuesday. And ConnectWise, a business management solution for IT service providers, VARs…

    Jennifer Lawinski

  • Managed Services

    SolarWinds Launches Application Performance Monitor, Acquires Hyper9

    IT management software specialist SolarWinds announced the launch of Application Performance Monitor (APM) and the acquisition of Hyper9, a privately held virtualization management software provider. The SolarWinds product family now covers additional aspects of business-critical applications and IT infrastructure — network, storage and systems — with integrated visibility into both virtual and physical environments. The…

    Nathan Eddy

  • Networking

    Social Media Security Threats to Rise in 2011: Report

    Forty percent of social networking users quizzed have been sent malware such as worms via social networking sites, a 90 percent increase since April 2009, according to IT security and control firm Sophos’ Security Threat Report 2011, which analyzes cyber-crime during the last year and looks at IT security trends to watch in 2011. In…

    Nathan Eddy

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