Matt Hines

Everdream, best known for its remote desktop management services, is stepping further into the security arena with a new offering aimed at helping companies protect against the threat of stolen hardware. With the rash of high-profile corporate data losses from the theft of laptops and other devices—most recently evidenced in the disappearance of a computer […]

Security software maker Symantec is hoping to cash in on enterprise customers growing headaches over instant messaging applications, including those freebies popularized by America Online, Google, MSN and Yahoo. Although corporate messaging systems have long been pitched by companies such as Microsoft and IBM as the best answer to security issues raised by the proliferation […]

Betting that security applications will follow in the footsteps of CRM tools and similar technologies, Web site testing specialist Watchfire is launching a hosted version of its software. The company contends that its new offering, AppScan OnDemand, delivers all of the same functionality as its traditional on-site applications, via the software-as-a-service model. Just as Salesforce.com […]

SealedMedia introduced its latest enterprise digital rights management software package, promising simplified ease-of-use and improved ability to track and protect the flow of information throughout businesses. The eDRM software provider is pitching the SealedMedia Version 5.0 revamp of its applications as far easier to install and manage than both earlier iterations and rivals products, allowing […]

IBM is touting a new technology that it claims will greatly increase chip makers ability to build embedded security features into processors used in mobile handsets, PDAs and other devices. Tabbed with the code-name “Secure Blue,” IBM said that the technology, which it labels as a security architecture, can be built into a microprocessor chip […]

While Research In Motions fourth-quarter earnings met the firms previous estimates, experts said that the companys lowered first quarter sales outlook may evidence that its prolonged patent suit against NTP helped RIMs rivals boost their own fortunes. On April 6, RIM reported fourth-quarter 2006 net income of $18.4 million, or 10 cents per share, compared […]

IBM on April 6 released a preview of its latest database server software, known as DB2 Viper, and said it plans to deliver the new product to market sometime before the end of this summer. The company launched what it is calling an “open test drive” of the database server, available for free download from […]

Windows systems administrators will get a handful of patches by Microsoft as part of its scheduled April 11 security update. In all, the software maker said it is planning to address four Windows security glitches rated as critical, the companys highest severity rating, while it will also distribute a patch to fix a moderate security […]

Cisco Systems has warned its customers about a handful of security vulnerabilities in one of its networking hardware product lines that researchers said could leave the devices open to attack. The networking giant reported the presence of five individual flaws in its Cisco Optical Networking System 15000 Series in a bulletin issued to customers. Cisco […]

The U.S. Census Bureau signed an IT services contract that will make it the largest user of Microsofts Windows Mobile operating system as part of its preparations to conduct the 2010 citizen head count. Under a new deal signed between the Census Bureau and government contractor Harris, which also includes consultant Accenture, the federal agency […]