An MSP piggybacks on good vibes from Cisco/Tandberg deal
Cisco's acquisition of Tandberg and its midmarket videoconferencing products has been the subject of much analysis in the past two weeks. But we have to recognize managed service provider mvision for putting out a release on Monday that capitalizes on the good vibes, even though the London-based company had nothing to do with the deal.
Verizon, McAfee form security alliance
Verizon Business and McAfee have entered into a strategic agreement that will give Verizon Business customers access to McAfee's entire line of enterprise security products and services.
Security for small business – How to make the most of managed security services
A growing number of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are turning to managed security services to protect their networks, systems and information. Using managed services can be a sensible strategy for companies that have limited security staff and resources—and it gives them access to expertise they don't have in-house.
Alcatel-Lucent will team with HP to sell telecom products
Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent and IT vendor Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for converged IT and communications systems.
SaaS Vendors Grow in Uncertain Times
As we witness the spectacular collapse of the Industrial Era business model, built on doing everything in-house and collecting companies up and down the supply chain to form a conglomeration, it becomes clear that something has to change. This is where SaaS comes in.
Esther Schindler
If the comments are ugly, the code is ugly
claird
SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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