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  • Mobile Cyber-Attacks to Double By End of 2011

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Mobile threats have exploded this year, and researchers believe the number of mobile device exploits will double by the end of the year, according to the latest IBM report. The number of known mobile operating system vulnerabilities will increase only incrementally from 2010 to 2011, but the number of exploits based on those flaws is… Read more

  • Businesses Looking to VARs to Allay Cloud Security Concerns

    Channel Insider Staff

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    According to a survey by security and storage specialist Symantec, businesses have mixed feelings when it comes to security–with a majority ranking it as both a top concern and top goal of moving to the cloud. Symantec’s 2011 State of Cloud Survey examined how organizations are adopting cloud computing and dealing with the changes it… Read more

  • IT Pros Lack Tools to Combat Social Media Cyber-Threats

    Channel Insider Staff

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    IT professionals consider social media as a positive business tool within the enterprise, but they were concerned they didn’t have the right technology and policies to deal with the dangers, a recent report found. The "Global Survey on Social Media Risks" from the Ponemon Institute released Sept. 29 surveyed 4,640 IT and IT security practitioners… Read more

  • ChannelEyes Wants to Be Facebook for the Channel

    Jessica Davis

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    ChannelEyes LLC, a new social network for IT solution providers and channel vendors is making its existence known this weekend at the SMB Nation event in Las Vegas where founders will be handing out postcards inviting channel players to sign up.   The new social network is expected to debut by the end of this… Read more

  • Cloud Services Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2016

    Nathan Eddy

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    The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the next five years to reach revenue of $66 billion in 2016 and the market will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.4 percent from the $18 billion it will reach at the end of 2011, according to a forecast… Read more

  • SaaS CRM Market Set to Triple by 2015: AMI Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Cloud-based business applications are garnering considerable attention from U.S. small to midsize businesses, according to AMI-Partners’ latest U.S. SMB Cloud Services Study. The software-as-a-service customer relationship management market—already representing 570,000 U.S. SMB firms—is set to undergo double-digit year-over-year growth in the next five years, the report projected. During this period, spending on SaaS CRM will… Read more