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Mid Year Review - Security: Security & Networking Collaboration Gains Ground

Security and networking are generally considered two different ball games but lately the lines are blurring and collaborations to unify the two haven’t gone unnoticed. Last month, a clear indication in this direction came in the form of the launch of a UTM in a switch by Fortinet and HP in collaboration.

The Security Divide : Virtualisation and Cloud infuse complexity

Security of virtualization, cloud computing divides IT and security pros.

Intel To Buy Security Vendor McAfee For $7.68 Billion
Aug 19 2010
Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini said that the deal illustrates what Intel regards as the three most important pillars of computing today: energy efficiency, Internet connectivity and security. Everywhere Intel sells a microprocessor is also an opportunity for a security sale as well, he said. The premium price paid by Intel indicates there may have been a bidding war, which is likely to spark a frenzy of acquisitions from other players such as Oracle and IBM,said Chris Christiansen, program VP for analyst IDC.

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Gartner : Efficient & Secure Enterprises to reduce security budget through 2011
Jun 10 2010
IAM is the top security priority for 20 percent of organizations surveyed in Gartner's 2010 CIO Survey. More than 40 percent of organizations named intrusion prevention systems, patch management, DLP, antivirus and identity management among the top five security priorities for 2010.
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Former Google VP Suggests User-Based Security
Aug 03 2009
Former Google VP of Engineering Douglas Merrill gave the opening keynote presentation at the Black Hat security conference where he focused on one vital point saying the companies need to let the users dictate the enterprise security needs.
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McAfee Reveals India Strategy for Network Security Market
Jun 09 2009
After its acquisition of Secure Computing late last year, the security vendor now says it has a formidable platform of security products.
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Intel-McAfee Deal Baffles Security Analysts
Aug 20 2010
At first glance, acquisition of security software firm appears to make little sense for chip giant Intel. The deal could prove beneficial to McAfee rivals like Symantec, Sophos and Trend Micro, at least in the short term. Each can be expected to move quickly to try and take advantage of a distracted McAfee prior to the deal's closing and during the integration phase, say analysts.
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Gartner Reports the APAC Security Market Grew 28.3 Percent In 2008
Aug 13 2009
The APAC security market grew at a rate of 28.3 percent in 2008, down from 36 percent in 2007, according to Gartner.Security Information Event Management (SIEM), Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and email security were the fastest growing segments.
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Wipro And Trend Micro Unite To Deliver Virtualization Security Solutions For Datacenters
Feb 03 2010
With this arrangement, Wipro becomes a global reseller of all Trend Micro products and will offer Trend Micro products as a managed security service.
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IBM Looks To Pair Security Technologies For Software Development
Mar 09 2010
Former Watchfire and Ounce Labs capabilities would be partnered in an enterprise-level product to be released later this year.
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