Brian Prince

Cisco officials are hoping to field a triple play of sorts in the security space with a new series of appliances aimed at addressing threats posed by Web 2.0 in the workplace. The company is releasing the Cisco ASA 5580 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, as an answer for enterprises looking to protect media-rich, highly transactional […]

McAfee has baked encryption technology into its latest data security product in a bid to protect mobile devices, endpoints and the network from data leaks. Dubbed McAfee Total Protection for Data, the product is the Santa Clara, Calif.-based security vendor’s answer to compliance regulations requiring business secure customer data. It is an amalgamation of a […]

Arbor Networks is making a move to extend its footprint in network security with the planned acquisition of Merrimack, NH-based Ellacoya Networks. In the proposed acquisition of Ellacoya, Arbor Networks is advancing on its stated strategy to acquire new technologies to augment its own network security tools. The Lexington, Mass.-based company, which specializes in security […]

When Sun Microsystems announced it was putting $1 billion up for MySQL AB, members of the other open source database community – PostgreSQL – also took notice. For the past few years, Sun has been a major backer of PostgreSQL, packaging, distributing and supporting a version of the open-source database and some of its associated […]

Officials at Sun Microsystems are placing a $1 billion bet that the acquisition of MySQL AB will create a strong opportunity for deeper penetration of the enterprise market by open-source databases. Calling it the biggest acquisition in the history of Sun, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said the move holds an enormous opportunity for growth for […]

Webroot’s software-as-a-service strategy took a major step forward when the company bought Email Systems in November. However, company officials said that was only the beginning. On Jan. 15, the vendor launched its Webroot E-Mail Security SAAS, which targets small- and medium-sized businesses looking to manage perimeter security. The service includes encryption, content and image filtering […]

Storm worm – two words that continue to brew up agita among IT professionals as it stalked vulnerable computers across the Internet. Now officials at Secure Computing have created a special section on their Web-based research portal dedicated to providing the public with up-to-date information on it. Dubbed Storm Tracker, the section offers a real-time […]

Oracle has released its first critical patch update of 2008 with 26 new security fixes. The update included a total of eight fixes for Oracle database products, seven new security fixes for the Oracle E-Business Suite, six for Oracle Application Server, four for Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools and one patch for a flaw affecting Oracle […]

Oracle puts out its share of security patches for its software. However, for many database administrators and IT professionals, the amount of manual labor involved and the threat of downtime can seem as troublesome as the vulnerability itself. According to research by database security company Sentrigo, many Oracle DBAs are opting to put patches on […]

Roughly six months after SonicWall snapped up Aventail, the newly merged network security company launched another entry into the SSL VPN space as it prepares to pursue a more comprehensive network security strategy. “When we were Aventail, we were just an SSL [Secure Sockets Layer] VPN provider,” said Chris Witeck, director of product management at […]

The update is scheduled to be released Tuesday, Jan. 15. Though the Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company did not reveal the precise nature of any of the vulnerabilities in its advisory, the most serious security hole belongs to Oracle Application Server, which has more than one vulnerability with a CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) score of […]

Microsoft is banking on more than functionality to make SQL Server 2008 stand out when it hits the scene-the company is also relying on pricing. Slated to be launched at a public event in February and be released in the second quarter of 2008, SQL Server 2008 will enter the market with a pricing strategy […]