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The sheer number of network security breaches set records in 2012 and left many midsize businesses scrambling to keep up their defenses against advanced persistent threats (APTs), Trojans and other malicious infiltration. Experts now advise that enterprises completely restructure their ...
China has essentially moved forward with the plans that country's delegates proposed during the ITU Treaty talks in Dubai earlier this month. In what is ostensibly meant to protect its citizens' privacy, the Chinese government has imposed new regulations that ...
It has been two months since the launch of what Microsoft hoped would be its new flagship operating system, Windows 8 - a move CEO Steve Ballmer considers one of the top three events in the company's history. The jury, ...
It was bound to happen. It was inevitable. It was only a matter of time before somebody somewhere would figure out a way to take the countless images uploaded to the world wide web every day by average people and ...
This week's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) ended in controversy. Ambiguous phrasing that potentially could be cited to implement government control of the Internet was reported included in International Telecommunications Regulations (ITR) being amended. Several delegates, including those from ...
Customer Relationship Management is more than just data and statistics. Behind those numbers, charts, and graphs are very real people, organizations, and human interactions that, particularly, midsize businesses depend upon for sustenance and growth. Sure, this sounds like nothing more ...
Mozilla pulled down the latest version of its open-source browser, Mozilla Firefox 16, only a day following its release, citing the discovery of critical vulnerabilities. The company made the decision in an attempt to pre-empt any in-the-wild exploits, though a ...
Microsoft has released updates for Adobe Flash Player, which the developer giant has built into Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 and is therefore contractually obliged to maintain, even though the latest version of its operating system won't be officially ...
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is shaping up to be the front-runner in the next generation of virtualization. But while manufacturers and vendors square off for leadership of the industry market, it will be IT networking professionals who really need to ...
In the ongoing race for the middle ground between on-site and cloud-based IT operations, Symantec has developed a crossover platform specifically designed to improve protection and convenience for small to medium-size businesses. With its recently launched Endpoint Protection Small Business ...
Adobe is the latest in a recent string of major software vendors to be infiltrated by hackers, giving greater rise to concern by security experts over Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) opportunities. The company is revoking the affected Windows code signing ...
If there is one thing we learned at the recent Dreamforce conference, it's that total integration is the new black when it comes to SaaS. Now, Oracle is looking to show off its own strategic brand of cloud dynamism at ...
The bad news is another critical, potential zero-day vulnerability, has been discovered in Java. Last month the code was the target of a major, widespread attack, prompting Oracle to go outside of its quarterly update schedule and issue an emergency ...
Internet Explorer users, a large percentage of which are midsize enterprises, can breathe a little easier now that Microsoft has released Security Bulletin MS12-063. Microsoft lists the bulletin as "critical" and advises that users install it immediately.As reported in InformationWeek, ...
The same hacker group responsible for recently exploiting a vulnerability in Java security is believed to have struck again, this time using the so-called Poison Ivy Trojan to sneak through a backdoor in several versions of Internet Explorer, reports Security ...
In the BYOD environment, small and midsize businesses know that mobility is an increasingly vital component of a strong, competitive, forward-thinking company. Verizon and Microsoft are looking to leverage this, which is why the two respective industry-leading corporations have teamed ...
Customer relationship management is not just a competitive concern for small to midsize businesses, but for enterprises of all brands and sizes. Even a global corporation like Microsoft recognizes the truly competitive nature of customer relations in an ever-increasing, cloud-based ...
Small and midsize businesses are becoming more aware that in order to stay competitive, they need to stay mobile in the increasing BYOD world. Though the Apple iPad is generally still the tablet to beat in many areas, the device ...
Yet another Trojan, this one disguised as an Adobe Flash update, is gaining access to unsuspecting users through a supposed courtesy message from Facebook, reports The Register. Users receive an email apparently advising them that their Facebook account has been ...
Sophos has launched its latest line of data protection packages, this time with small to midsize businesses (SMBs) specifically in mind. SMBs generally do not have the resources to employ large IT departments--making "ease of use" just as much a ...