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Google on Tuesday began offering a beta version of its Chrome browser for Android phones, finally beginning the move to unify its computer, tablet and mobile phone browsers. The browser, however, is only available for phones and tablets running Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. As of Feb. 1, just 1 percent of […]

Japanese NTT Communications has acquired Virtela Technology Services and a majority stake in RagingWire Data Centers as part of its worldwide data center and cloud push. Telecom operators all over the world are doing are doing their best to compete with the likes of Amazon Web Services for enterprise spending on hosted services and data […]

Attackers want to compromise networks and computers to steal sensitive information from the enterprise by using sophisticated malware. Research firm Gartner says IT can protect the enterprise against targeted attacks in five basic ways, and recommends combining at least two of them together for best effect. Gartner’s report, “Five Styles of Advanced Threat Defense” defines […]

There is an uptick in emerging cyber threats and an increased focus by governments to fight back through legislation. While the security industry is predicted to focus on “strike back” measures, WatchGuard Technologies predicts these actions will be ineffective and ultimately unviable for most organizations. “2012 was an eye-opening year in cyber security as we […]

Savvis has introduced the Savvis Big Data Solutions, a full suite of services designed to help organizations glean the most value from their data. Savvis Big Data Solutions gives enterprises and government organizations access to the compute, storage and high-bandwidth network capabilities required to power virtually any analytics application. The suite includes Savvis’ managed services […]

Gartner is predicting the cloud-based security services market, which includes secure email or web gateways, identity and access management (IAM), remote vulnerability assessment, security information and event management to hit $4.13 billion by 2017. According to its “Market Trends: Cloud-based Security Services Market, Worldwide, 2014,” Gartner is predicting growth is likely to come because of […]

Cloud storage and back-up services like Dropbox and Carbonite deliver the convenience of anywhere access and the security of offsite backup, but the subscription fees for those services add up. Network-attached storage systems like WD’s new My Cloud are attractive alternatives, but it’s not always easy to sync two of those systems over the Internet to provide […]

Twitter’s servers have been breached by “extremely sophisticated” hackers who may have made off with user names and passwords for about 250,000 users, the company said Friday. Twitter said unusual access patterns led it to identify the attacks, which took place during the past week. “We discovered one live attack and were able to shut […]

Tan Hoon Chiang, CIO of the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore, talks about the technologies aiding the mobile worker.

Cyber-Ark Software has released its new SSH Proxy solution that secures, audits, and reports on all privileged SSH activity in UNIX environments. The new solution, available as part of Cyber-Ark’s Privileged Session Management (PSM) suite, monitors and records command-level activity, protects against malware-based attacks and provides real-time intelligence on malicious activity without changing SSH session […]