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IBM Acquires Security Software Specialist Q1 Labs
Technology giant IBM announced it is acquiring Q1 Labs, a Waltham, Mass.-based provider of security intelligence software. The move aims to accelerate IBM’s efforts to help clients more intelligently secure their enterprises by applying analytics to correlate information from key security domains and creating security dashboards for their organizations. Financial terms of the deal were…
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Mobile Security Investments Rising: Canalys Report
Canalys forecasts that worldwide investments in mobile security will grow an average of 44.2 percent per year over the next five years, reaching $759.8 million by the end of 2011 and turning into a $3 billion market opportunity in 2015. According to Canalys figures, only 4 percent of smartphones and smart pads shipped in 2010…
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Malware at Work The Facebook Threat
Malware at Work The Facebook Threat 63 percent of respondents believe that employee use of social media puts their organizations’ security at risk. No Title Just under 30 percent of organizations think they have the necessary security controls in place to mitigate or reduce this risk. No Title Only 35 percent of organizations currently have…
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Citrix Optimizes XenServer 6 for Cloud Computing
Virtual computing solutions specialist Citrix Systems announced the availability of XenServer 6, the most recent edition of its server virtualization product line. As a key component of the Citrix cloud computing and virtualization strategy, XenServer 6 brings new optimizations and improved scalability and performance for cloud infrastructure, desktop virtualization and networking. XenServer 6 includes full integration…
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The State of IT Security and Budgets at Midmarket Companies
The State of IT Security and Budgets at Midmarket Companies More than half of executives believe that security breaches within their organizations have increased during the last year. No Title 27 percent of executives said their organizations suffered a breach by unauthorized internal access in the last year. No Title 20 percent reported experiencing an…
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Managed Security Services Continue Growth Pace
New research out from market analysis firm Infonetics Research showed that in spite of a stagnant economy, managed security services are experiencing a brisk rate of growth with no signs of letting up through the next few years. In 2011, Infonetics believes that the managed security market will reach 13 percent growth. By 2015, Infonetics…
