Lawrence Walsh

Hewlett Packard announced its quarterly earnings this week and quickly analysts asked “what happened to the profit in printing?” The decline in HP printer revenue-the former cash cow of the company-and the struggles of printer vendors such as Xerox, Ricoh and Lexmark-as many financial analysts and reporters believe the green (money) is gone when it […]

A new state program in Virginia provides $35,000 grants to businesses that allow employees to telecommute. With virtualization, small businesses can extend applications and data to remote workers, providing the same user experience and productivity capabilities as if they’re in the office. But virtualization is not the solution that enables small businesses to participate in […]

If someone is talking about Nine Ball to you today, it’s likely not about a game of billiards. Nine Ball is the latest worm compromising Web sites and infecting unsuspecting PCs with a Trojan. Detected less than a week ago by researchers at Websense, the new worm has already compromised more than 40,000 Web sites […]

This is one of the more amusing stories I’ve read in a while. An Ireland utility company says that unencrypted data on four stolen laptops will be difficult to access because the machines require a username and password. “I don’t want to minimize the risk but this is not a normal laptop that you could […]

A new report by analyst firm Infonetics says spending on security hardware and appliances — such as unified threat management (UTM), intrusion detection/prevention systems and SSL VPN devices — dropped 16 percent in the first quarter of 2009. The reason: businesses cut or delayed spending on IT systems, which led to cascading declines in security […]

To read the coverage of China’s “Green Dam” mandate would make it seem that the world was coming to an end and the Internet would be irrevocably changed forever. Mind you, the installation of censorship technology on every computer abhorrent in our society, and I personally disagree with the policies of the Chinese government in […]

If you weren’t among the throng yesterday to download the beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus application, you are officially out of luck today. Microsoft has already discontinued access to the free antivirus app. In a statement on MSE site, Microsoft states: “Thank you for your interest in joining the Microsoft Security Essentials Beta. […]

Technical certifications are a major factor in end users’ selection of solution and service providers. Channel Insider and Amazon Consulting asked more than 200 enterprise and midmarket purchases which vendor certifications they value the most when selecting a solution provider. Here are the top seven. >> Click here to see the full list of most […]

Microsoft flipped the switch and started distributing the beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials – a free antivirus application that succeeds Microsoft Windows Defender and OneCare service. Geared mostly toward consumers and home users, the application promises real-time protection against worms, viruses and other common pieces of malware. Microsoft Security Essentials-code name Morro-is the long […]

Hewlett-Packard new Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart aims to decouple the printer from the personal computer and connecting it directly to the Internet. The idea is to make printing of routine Web-based documents such as airline boarding passes, coupons and photos simple and efficient. But is the Web-connected printer an automatic hit? Don’t bet on it, […]