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	Security-as-a-service growing When you ask IT professionals if they use cloud computing or software-as-a-service, most start by saying "no". But if you ask some follow up questions, you will quickly find out about "that one application" that is a SaaS application. Read More WHITE PAPER: Watchguard 10 questions to ask before you buy an anti‐spam solution With so many anti-spam products on the market, how can you be sure you're getting the best solution for your business network? With these ten critical questions as your guide, you can cut through the marketing hype and zero in on the key features and benefits that should guide your decision. Read now! In this Issue NetApp, Syncsort team up on data protection Google disputes bug patching report Hurricane Earl may test IT teleworkers RSA Security Extends Compliance to Virtualization Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud Scam preys on required TweetDeck update Bridging the Gap in Cloud Security Outlawing e-personation May Be a First Amendment Issue Microsoft can only do so much to fight cyber threats NASA helps two commercial spacecraft blast off DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Today! NetApp, Syncsort team up on data protection NetApp and Syncsort are bringing storage and data protection together in a single product, NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup, to offer quick backup and restoration of an enterprise's data. Read More Google disputes bug patching report Google argued that a recent report by claiming it failed to patch a third of the serious bugs in its software had the facts wrong. IBM's X-Force admitted the error. Read More Hurricane Earl may test IT teleworkers Power outages caused by Hurricane Earl, now swirling in the southern Atlantic, may pose more of a problem to IT telecommuters than to overall data center operations. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Security in the Cloud This technology dossier contains four papers that address security considerations in cloud computing. It includes IDG Research results on what IT managers have to say about cloud security, executive viewpoints on blending cloud solutions to optimize security, and a strategy paper that addresses protecting data. Read now! RSA Security Extends Compliance to Virtualization In between the cloud rhetoric and virtualization hyperbole at this year's VMworld, I'm starting to see a few significant announcements. RSA Security made one of these by introducing virtualization intelligence in its Archer compliance suite. Read More Trend Micro brings encryption to the cloud Trend Micro is blazing a new trail with a service called SecureCloud intended to give enterprises a way to encrypt data in cloud-computing environments. Read More Scam preys on required TweetDeck update Scammers are trying to take advantage of the fact that many users will soon have to update their version of the TweetDeck Twitter software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Checkpoint Software Point Abra: A Secure Virtual Workspace Discover how you can turn any PC into your own corporate desktop with a fully encrypted USB stick. Read now! Bridging the Gap in Cloud Security How Merit Medical protects off-premise data while offering users a single sign-on. Read More Outlawing e-personation May Be a First Amendment Issue Ars Technica has a great if brief article on California's attempt to make "e-personation" illegal. E-personation basically means someone impersonates someone else on the Internet. This could be via Twitter, Facebook, or any number of web sites and services where people's identities are at issue. The bill is being pushed by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto). Read More Microsoft can only do so much to fight cyber threats That headline was not written to make me sound like an apologist for Microsoft. A lot of the security breaches happen because people with bad intentions exploited weaknesses in ubiquitous Windows operating systems in computers worldwide. Try as they might, Microsoft and other software companies still need to diligently patch security leaks in the virtual world. But there is also a need for security... Read More NASA helps two commercial spacecraft blast off NASA delivered some punch to its Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program today by awarding about $475,000 to two companies looking to make a big sub-orbital space slash. Read More
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