Nathan Eddy

Kaspersky Lab announced the latest edition of the company’s security platform built specifically for businesses with fewer than 25 employees. The updated edition of Kaspersky Small Office Security (KSOS) includes enhanced protection from known, unknown and advanced threats, with multi-layered protection for Windows and Mac computers, servers and Android-based mobile devices. A cloud-based management console […]

Panda Security announced GateDefender e250 and e500 unified threat management (UTM) devices. Both models offer speeds rated in terms of gigabits per second (Gbit/s) instead of megabits per second (Mbit/s). The firewall throughput in the e250 has jumped from 800 Mbit/s to 5.1 Gbit/s. The throughput of the e500 has increased from 1,474 Mbit/s to […]

Organizations large and small are struggling to meet their key performance indicator (KPI) goals and prevent IT issues before they adversely impact the business, according to a Continuity Software survey of 200 IT professionals from various industries. The survey found that organizations detect and address an average of only 57 percent of critical IT issues […]

1010data announced a new version of its data access and analytics platform, which includes the next generation of QuickApps. QuickApps enables users with little knowledge of complex programming languages to create analytic applications on top of big data. With Version 8 of the software, users can create form-based analyses, management dashboards and analytical applications that […]

A coordinated assault launched by sophisticated cyber-criminals would wreak ongoing havoc on business operations, cause considerable harm to a brand, and potentially affect related companies, even entire industries, according to a report by RedSeal. The survey of more than 350 C-level executives confirmed that securing the network infrastructure to ensure ongoing business operations is not […]

The use of encryption continues to grow, yet managing keys across fragmented encryption implementations remains a challenge. The Ponemon Institute’s annual survey of business and IT managers found that 34 percent of more than 4,700 survey respondents use encryption extensively. The top three reasons for deploying encryption were compliance with data protection mandates, to address […]

Security and payment, cyber security and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies saw big growth in the mergers and acquisition market in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report from financial analyst firm EY. The aggregate value of disclosed deals in the quarter hit $77.1 billion, higher than any quarter since the height of […]

Cloud-based ERP and omnichannel software specialist NetSuite announced plans to acquire cloud-based commerce marketing automation company Bronto Software for $200 million. The companies expect the deal to close in the second quarter of 2015. Privately held Bronto offers a host of capabilities designed to unify a shopper’s omnichannel journey, including messaging, marketing CRM and automation. […]

Managers in corporate environments spend nearly two days a week on unnecessary day-to-day administrative tasks that are not core to their jobs, according to a survey of nearly 1,000 managers in the United States and the United Kingdom by enterprise cloud specialist ServiceNow. The survey found nine out of 10 managers, regardless of company size […]

Email messaging and Web security solutions specialist AppRiver announced its latest version of its SecureSurf product that defends against existing and emerging Web-based threats. The newest version features a critical threat notification capability that serves as an early warning system for network administrators. To help ensure threats are mitigated as soon as they arise, critical […]

For three quarters in a row, year-over-year sales of smartphones among consumers earning under $30,000 annually grew by more than 50 percent, according to NPD Group research, which examined data through February 2015. The data suggests that smartphone buyers are significantly older and less affluent than they were in previous years. This demographic (buyers ages […]

Centify unveiled a cloud-based identity management solution designed to address the gap in security, visibility and control over privileged accounts. Privileged accounts provide elevated access to an organization’s most critical data, applications, systems and network devices. As more enterprises embrace the cloud, privileged accounts increasingly lie outside the corporate perimeter and are frequently shared by […]