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  • McAfee: Mobile Security Threats Rising Fast

    (Reuters) – Cellphone security threats rose sharply last year as a proliferation of Internet-enabled mobile devices like smartphones and tablets provided new opportunities for cybercriminals, security software maker McAfee (NYSE:MFE) said. In its fourth-quarter threat report, released on Tuesday, McAfee said the number of pieces of new cellphone malware it found in 2010 rose 46…

  • Computer Hackers Target NASDAQ Exchange

    (Reuters) – The operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market said it found "suspicious files" on its U.S. computer servers and determined that hackers could have affected one of its Internet-based client applications. There was no evidence the hackers accessed or acquired customer information or that any of parent company Nasdaq OMX Group Inc’s trading platforms…

  • Oracle Introduces Cloud File System for Private Clouds

    To help organizations deploy their applications, databases and storage in the cloud, Oracle has introduced the Cloud File System, giving businesses a platform that extends cloud characteristics to their storage by enabling more effective storage pooling through a network-accessible elastic storage cloud. The Cloud File System is available now and is priced at $5,000 per…

  • Symantec Unveils Updated Control Compliance Suite

    Symantec announced Version 10.5 of its Symantec Control Compliance Suite, the company’s automated solution to help companies identify and manage risk and compliance issues. The Control Compliance Suite lets users integrate data on risk and compliance from disparate systems into Web-based dashboards. New features include workflow integration with Symantec Data Loss Prevention that lets IT…

  • Websense Unveils Triton Unified Content Security Platform

    Unified Web security, e-mail security and data loss prevention (DLP) solutions specialist Websense launched its Triton unified threat management (UTM) platform, designed to deliver security in a consolidated appliance. The firm said Triton differs from traditional firewall UTMs, which do not scale to solve today’s security threats, and other legacy controls like antivirus and URL…

  • Notebooks to Outstrip Desktop SMB Sales in 2011: Report

    Preliminary data from IT research firm Techaisle shows 120.1 million PCs were shipped in 2010 to small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) (businesses with less than 1,000 employees)—a year-on-year growth rate of 10.4 percent. The bulk of growth rate came from emerging market countries, which reported a 16.5 percent increase. Mature markets, like Germany and the…

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