Security

PacketMotion Partner Growth Skyrockets Amid Security Demands

• March 28, 2011

PacketMotion is boasting partner growth numbers of 250 percent in the last quarter in light of growing demand for user activity security solutions. Impressive numbers, for sure. So what is PacketMotion’s secret to success with its partners? Read on for a little channel perspective …

Symplified Joins Cloud Security Alliance

• March 25, 2011

Symplified, which bills itself as “The Cloud Security Company,” will be lending their identity and access management expertise to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a non-profit dedicated to developing best practices for providing security assurances in the new cloud frontier. The goal is for Symplified and the CSA to work together and develop practical solutions […]

MSPAlliance: Extending MSP Certification to Cloud Computing

• March 25, 2011

About a week or so ago, TalkinCloud openly wondered if associations would start to launch cloud certifications and accreditations. We got our answer yesterday when the MSPAlliance, an international association of managed service providers, launched the Unified Certification Standard for Cloud and Managed Service Providers. According to MSPAlliance President Charles Weaver’s blog entry, the new […]

Microsoft Yields to iPad Crowd with New Mobility Solution

• March 24, 2011

Kaspersky Targets Small-Business Security with SOS

• March 24, 2011

Security company Kaspersky Lab is looking to make it easier for small businesses to get the “right kind” of Internet protection. Aptly named “Kaspersky Small Office Security,” Kaspersky Lab is bringing features such as easy-to-use central management controls and other near enterprise-level features into the small-business arena. Read on for the rundown …

Tripwire: Compliance and Security-as-a-Service for MSPs

• March 24, 2011

Security-as-a-service provider Tripwire dropped me a line a few weeks ago regarding a new offering for MSPs and cloud service providers. Intrigued, I had a chat with Tripwire Chief Business Development Officer Dan Schoenbaum about the Secured By Tripwire offering, and heard about how the company is helping service providers help their customers clamp down on […]

Opengear Reports Major Growth in 2010

• March 23, 2011

Kerio Technology Inks Distribution Deal With SYNNEX

• March 21, 2011

Distribution company SYNNEX has inked a deal with Kerio Technologies to help proliferate Kerio’s security, voice and collaboration solutions into the marketplace in the United States. Read on for the quick details on what exactly Kerio’s solutions can provide for VARs and system integrators…

Cloud.com And Symplified Make A Trusted Cloud Move

• March 18, 2011

Cloud security provider Symplified and open source cloud platform developer Cloud.com (how did they get that URL, anyway?) have partnered up to give service providers single sign-on (SSO) and identity management capabilities. As the technological foundation of the cloud matures, the security around it will have to as well if it’s going to make its […]

Symantec’s NetBackup 7 Protects Virtual Environments

• March 17, 2011

V.i. Labs Turns Software Piracy into a Lead Gen Vehicle

• March 17, 2011

Few things are more important to ISVs than making sure their software is locked down and protected from piracy. It is, after all, their bread and butter. But what about hacked software, illegal downloads and exploited product keys? The VAR Guy has found an interesting solution in the form of V.i. Labs. Inject the company’s code into your software and suddenly you can track whether your software product is being pirated. What’s more, the company aims to turn piracy into lead generation.

Harris Corp., EMC, and VCE Partner Up For Cloud Solutions

• March 17, 2011

International IT solutions giant Harris Corporation and security vendor RSA are partnering with VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company, to co-develop trusted cloud solutions and bring them to market. Together, the companies hope to accelerate adoption of Harris Trusted Enterprise Cloud IaaS solutions among commercial and governmental organizations by making them more efficient and more secure. […]

MSPs: How To Boost Recurring Revenue Beyond The Mailbox

• March 16, 2011

Problem: hosted Microsoft Exchange mailboxes are becoming a commodity — and the MSP’s potential for margins is dipping accordingly. But at the Intermedia Partner Summit, company Channel Chief Anthony Graziano had some insight for the 100 service providers in attendance on how to use new value-added Intermedia cloud offerings like e-mail encryption and online backup […]

HyperOffice Adds Cloud Message Continuity

• March 15, 2011

Cloud productivity suite HyperOffice has added message archiving to the company’s SaaS offering. HyperOffice is pitching it as a low-cost way to keep e-mail safe and secure for SMBs that might not be able to afford pricier solutions like Microsoft Exchange 2010 licenses. And with message continuity such a hot topic in the wake of a […]

Promoting Mobile Security in a Consumerization-of-IT World

• March 14, 2011