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Netgear Tackles SMB Security with ProSecure Appliances
Netgear’s purchase of security vendor CP Secure is starting to bear fruit, with the introduction of the STM series of ProSecure appliances designed specifically for the SMB marketplace. The STM product line blocks spam, removes e-mail-borne malware and provides protection against Web-based malware. The STM series comes in three models: the low-end STM 150 (designed…
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Cisco, Trend Micro Partner to Tackle SOHO Market
When enterprise networking giant Cisco Systems acquired SMB-oriented networking rival Linksys, many wondered where the relationship would go. Would Cisco leave Linksys to service the SMB market, and continue to focus on the enterprise? Or would Cisco just gobble up Linksys and create Cisco branded products for the consumer market? Surprisingly, the outcome hasn’t really…
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Cisco Pads Router, Switch Profitability with Rebates
After announcing stinging drops in hardware sales in January, Cisco Systems is relaunching rebate incentives designed to stimulate solution provider sales of routers, switches and core networking equipment. Under the plan originally unveiled in December 2008, solution providers that close sales on routers will receive a 5 percent rebate and sales on switches will receive…
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Break the WebEx Habit with RHUB’s TurboMeeting Conference Appliance
Web Conferencing has become one of those business tools that most cannot live without, and the market has grown in leaps and bounds as more SaaS providers have gotten involved. Big names like WebEx, GoToMeeting and Microsoft Office Live Meeting have come to dominate the market with subscription-based services. While SaaS subscriptions are a great…
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Websense Web Security Gateway Offers Security via SAAS
For many network administrators, security and insomnia go hand in hand. After all, threats are omnipresent and attacks can happen at any time, day or night. Add to that the rapid adoption of Web 2.0 technologies, and it becomes easy to see how those threats can evolve into something almost impossible to manage. The answer…
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How to Fix PC Performance Issues with Software Utilities
Squeezing more performance out of older PCs is becoming a necessary alternative to purchasing new computers as upgrade budgets shrink. While that may be bad news for those selling new PCs, it may be good news for those in the PC service industry. Pretty much any technician knows that a PC tune-up can net real…