Data Privacy and Security
In order to steal accounts from archrival Symantec, McAfee cooked up a new sales campaign recently called, “Bring McAfee to the Game.” The description of the program, which seems to pivot off the upcoming World Cup Soccer tournament, reads as follows:
“McAfee will pay partner sales reps ...
Yesterday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that it will no longer pursue the Trusted Internet Connect (TIC) initiative first announced in November 2007. TIC was considered one of the cybersecurity efforts making up the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) which was born out of ...
I’ve written some not too flattering things lately about Cisco. Now I’ve got nothing against Cisco — I’m actually quite impressed with its broad portfolio, M&A strategy, and sales/marketing muscle. Cisco also has a lot of Chutzpah — taking on Dell, HP, and IBM on next-generation servers ...
There is little doubt that President Obama and the 111th congress are prioritizing cybersecurity initiatives.
The President outlined his plan last May and appointed Howard Schmidt as his Cybersecurity Coordinator late last year. As for the 111 congress, it passed the Federal Data Breach Bill (H.R. 2221) earlier ...
While there were multiple contributory reasons Martha Coakley lost the recent special election in Massachusetts for the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, perhaps not the least of which was the fact she made it easy for her opponent.
When it comes to your online security, don’t make it easy for your ...
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When it comes to hyperbole, the technology industry is at least as persistent as any other. Take Cloud Computing, the buzz term Du Jour. Is the industry hype here appropriate? Yes and no. Yes, cloud computing will play an increasing role in the future of IT but ...
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Google did something few companies are brave enough to do — it went public about a data breach. This is especially noble as the company is really betting on cloud computing and SaaS for future growth.
While Google applications were ...
This morning, Symantec jumped into the 2010 acquisitions pool with its purchase of Gideon Technologies, a security and risk management software vendor. Gideon is not a broad market play — this acquisition is really focused on the Federal market alone.
Gideon is one of few vendors with tools that support the ...
ESG’s annual IT spending survey is about to be published to clients, but it’s so good I’m going to give you a sneak peak into what we found. (Note: if you are a legitimate IT pro, by registering for free on our site – and not lying ...
