Lawrence Walsh

MSP Partners-an organization founded by Level Platforms, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Ingram Micro and other vendors-recently announced that it will partner with CompTIA and Everything Channel’s Institute for Partner Education and Development (IPED) to create a managed services accreditation program around its existing training and education materials. “Our new MSP accreditation exam is another vital step […]

More than $500 billion in IT goods and services is sold and delivered through North America channel partners-solution providers, managed service providers, systems integrators, custom systems builders, ISVs and VARs. Most vendors are dependent upon solution provider and reseller partners to reach and manage segments of the IT marketplace that they simply can’t reach with […]

The RSA Conference in San Francisoc this week drew thousands of attendees and dozens of exhibiting vendors. There were few surprises in terms of technologies on display, but the exhibit hall did contain a number of new, evolving technologies that address cloud security, data loss prevention, and Web 2.0 applications. Here’s a look at a […]

Amid the noisy and crowded aisles of the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week was a curious exhibit, a small booth with a backdrop picture of the Great Wall of China and that declared, “Lenovo: The leader of Information Security in China.” On a folding table sat a Lenovo-branded 3U security gateway appliance-the KingGuard […]

More virulent, stealthy and voluminous malware for smartphones such as the Apple iPhone, BlackBerrys, Google Android and devices running the Microsoft Mobile is coming as these platforms become more open to application developers, says Eugene Kaspersky, the chief executive and founder of anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab. In a meeting at the RSA Conference, Kaspersky says […]

Edgar Allen Poe, the first American master of the macabre, provides the theme of this year’s RSA Conference-the largest gathering of security vendors, resellers and professionals-which opens today in San Francisco. What does a writer who plied stories about ghouls and madness have to do with security? His classic poem “The Raven” is hardly a […]

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Microsoft promises a “rolling thunder” launch later this year of the various components of the next-generation of its ForeFront security suite for client, network and cloud-based network protection. Code-name Sterling, the next-generation of the ForeFront suite has been delayed as the software packages for antimalware and application-layer security undergo further testing and evaluation. Doug Leland, […]

The economy is showing signs of relative stability. The stock market is no longer going through wild swings. Banks are beginning to lend (at least a little). And the government is no longer talking about economic doomsday scenarios. While that all sounds good, it doesn’t mean the recession is over. Analysts and economists say true […]

Those unsolicited e-mails promising low-cost Viagra, cheap herbal alternatives for sexual health or “male enhancement” pills are losing their luster among spammers, according to a new security study by Microsoft. In the second half of 2008, the volume of spam for sexual medications fell a dramatic two-thirds from the first half of the year. Spam […]

Demonstrating its commitment to working with channel partners on services, Trend Micro announced its Hosted Security for the Channel program, a new initiative to educate and enable solution providers on the mechanics and benefits of working with a hosted provider in the delivery of SAAS security applications. According to Channel Insider’s 2009 Market Pulse Report, […]

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt walked into the lion’s den yesterday, speaking at the annual Newspaper Association of America’s meeting in San Diego to assure publishers of struggling newspapers across the country that the search giant is their friend. But these are not good times for newspapers and other periodical publishers, such as The New […]