Wednesday, September 15, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNR) 14/09/2010



LogLogic Appoints iValue InfoSolutions as VAD
As its VAD for Saarc region, iValue InfoSolutions will distribute LogLogics suite of security and log management products
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HP Acquisition Train Keeps Rolling With ArcSight
HP kept its post-Mark Hurd acquisition momentum rolling on Monday with the $1.5 billion acquisition of security player ArcSight
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Mumbais 60 Percent Businesses Have Unsecure Wireless Networks: KPMG
The survey that covered 28,000 wireless networks in the city found that many of these networks did not implement baseline security measures
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Symantec To Acquire VeriSign Security For $1.28B
Symantec has signed a deal to acquire VeriSign's authentication and identity business, including its renowned SSL Certificate Service, for $1.28 billion in cash
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Building A Global Brand The Kaspersky Way
Kaspersky is not only aiming to become the number one security company in the world by 2014
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Cloud Computing: Security's Friend And Enemy
Cloud computing security is another stage in the epic battle of good vs. evil, McAfee said at the All About The Cloud conference in US
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McAfees Announces MOVE For Virtualized Environments
The MOVE platform will accelerate and address the specific needs of security for virtualized environments
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Sophos Launches MSP Program
Sophos launched a new MSP channel program in an effort to help partners expand their managed services businesses
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Cyberoam Launches Version X Of UTM Appliance
Version X includes features such as an ESA, Application Layer 7 Management, 3G/WWAN connectivity, security for HTTPS/SSL traffic, instant messaging archiving and control, Next-Gen GUI, and IPv6 support
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Symantec Q4 Revenues, Profits Up With Consumer Sales Growth
Symantec reported a 4 percent sales revenue growth along with increased profits, attributed to strong consumer sales and an expanding hosted services division
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Apax Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Sophos
Following industry consolidation trends, security vendor Sophos said that it planned to sell the majority interest to equity financing company Apax Partners in a deal valued at $830 million
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eScan Launches Version 3.0 For Linux
The latest Linux version claims to have an improved antivirus engine capable of quicker scanning and better detection
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Symantec Acquires PGP, GuardianEdge
The deals stand to position Symantec as a strong player in the encryption and key management space
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Supertron Electronics To Foray Into Handset Market
Supertron will set up a whole new distribution network for the handsets and appoint 3-4 super distributors in East India
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Transcend Launches USB 3.0 ExpressCard Adapter
Its an easy-to-install, add-in card that allows users to upgrade their notebook ports from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0
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Inspan Debuts Genius Speakers SP-i Series
All the models in the SP-i series boast of unique designs, built-in battery to provide eight hours of music, and can be charged via USB
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CA Rebrands Its Data Protection Software Family Around ARCserve Name
In addition to renaming several applications with the ARCserve name, the company also introduced a new disk-to-disk backup application for physical and virtual server environments
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Enterprise Spending Fuels Dell's Q1 Sales Growth
Enterprise spending returned in a big way for Dell in its first fiscal quarter, fueled by spikes in sales of servers and services
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HDS Reports Strong Late FY2009 Storage Growth
HDS and parent company Hitachi reported storage revenue growth and a fall in sales of enterprise-class hardware sales, and said they are happy to see both happening
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HDS Appoints Srikant Chakrapani As Director Channels
Chakrapani will be responsible for the Hitachi TrueNorth channel partner program and driving the technology alliances strategy
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Sybase Acquisition Strengthens SAP's Hand Against Oracle, Microsoft
The acquisition will bring to SAP a broad range of mobile computing technologies, just as the world is adopting mobile computing as a way of life
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EMC Breaths Life Into NetWorker With Dedupe, Cloud Integration
EMC admitted that its NetWorker data protection software has fallen behind, but says it has has been rebuilding the offering with new features and integration with other EMC storage technologies
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Cisco Appoints Comstor As National Distributor
Comstor India will have a team focusing exclusively on Cisco and will offer channel partners the entire range of Cisco enterprise and SMB solutions
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Oracle Seeks Partners For CRM On Demand
The company is looking at partners who have the experience of selling and implementing CRM. It plans to address mid-end enterprises, and is taking a vertical approach
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EMC CEO Tucci: HP's Hurd Has It Wrong
In an exclusive interview with CRN, EMC CEO Joe Tucci says HP CEO Mark Hurd is missing the point when he talks about HP driving down high storage and networking margins
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Where Does VMware Play In Cisco-EMC Alliance?
Next weeks coming-out party for Ciscos and EMCs VCE Coalition and the appointment of Michael Capellas as the new executive to lead VCE is causing HP partners to wonder what will happen to the all-important HP-VMware relationship
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Hitachi Builds Partner Network To Restrict Parallel Imports
Hitachi has started partner registration program, which apart from incentivizing the partners would also ensure that they do not sell products coming through parallel imports
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Brocade, Dell Start Shipping PowerConnect B-Series
The new range of open, standards-based networking solutions enable organization of all sizes to simplify the management of growing and evolving data center networks
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Iomega Enters Unified Storage Market With NAS-SAN Appliance
EMCs Iomega business is stepping up into the SMB data center business with a new appliance that fits the gap between the legacy Iomega product line and entry-level EMC Clariion arrays
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Sony Ending Floppy Disc Production, But Discs And Drives Still Available
Sony is ending sales of 3.5-inch floppy discs in Japan, but the 30-year-old technology lives on for those who still need it
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Extreme Networks Launches Products To Enhance Virtual Machine Manageability
It comprises a set of loadable software modules addressing VM lifecycle management for the ExtremeXOS modular operating system and its EPICenter network management suite
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Net4 India To Raise Rs 8 Crore Via PE Investment
The funds will be used for setting up a large 30,000 sq ft data centre at Chennai and expanding the portfolio of services
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Still Going: Cisco Makes An Optical Acquisition
Cisco will acquire CoreOptics for $99 million, marking its first major acquisition in the optical networking market in more than a decade
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D-Link Promotes Rajesh Sahore As Sales Head India And Saarc
In his new role, Sahore will be instrumental in driving sales and marketing strategies, demand generation and exploring untapped market
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D-Link Announces Twin Offers For Channel Partners
The nationwide channel incentive schemes are valid for a period of three months starting from May 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010
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McAfee Joins Citrix To Enhance Virtual Desktop Security
At the recent Citrix Synergy 2010, McAfee and Citrix Systems announced a strategic partnership and collaboration agreement to make virtual desktop security simpler and more scalable for large enterprise deployments
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Extreme Networks Appoints Fore Techserve As ATP
With the appointment of Fore TechServe, the companys plans to deliver essential training in regional languages and also ensure better availability of local training centers
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Cisco: Surging Q3 Highlighted By 63 Percent Profit Gain
Cisco reports year-over-year growth across the board for its third fiscal quarter, says supply chain issues easing
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Sybase, Microland To Provide Secured Enterprise Mobility
Microland's Smart FutureMobility Service will utilizes Sybase's Afaria to help global businesses meet the increased demand for hosted/managed services, richer applications, broader mobile device support, access to backend systems, centralized management and security
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Brocade Enhances Alliance Partner Network Program
The networking vendor recently announced more innovative programs designed to maximize its channel partners profitability
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