MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - In its' latest spam report, McAfee Inc. says corporate marketing departments could learn a thing or two on how to better target customers. And governments around the world could improve their national and international business prospects by aggressively combating illegal Internet activities, but don't hold your breath. Spammers understand their "customers,"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee is building on its nine-year-old security-as-a-service strategy and positioning itself as an end-to-end provider of security in the cloud and on the customer's premise. The demand for security-as-a-service offerings is accelerating, both in the small- and medium-sized business and larger enterprise spaces, with significant growth expected over the next few
DETROIT - We have some events coming up, and the shared characteristics of both the upcoming regional event and the national one are that both are designed with affordability for attendees (and organizers) top of mind. First is SecureWorld, coming back to the Ford Conference Center on September 29th & 30th. As we did last
DETROIT - Congress passed and President Obama signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. There is a section on the False Claims Act eliminating the requirement that a false claim must be presented to a federal official or that it involves direct federal funds to bring a FCA action. This is an important
ANN ARBOR - A record crowd of over 200 information technology professionals from organizations across Michigan came to Ann Arbor on June 11-12 to attend the 2009 Merit Member Conference, Merit Network's annual two-day networking and technology conference. This year's event featured over 40 presentations and discussions spanning a wide range of topics in information
DETROIT - Renewing a drivers license has just gone from a tedious, but necessary process to an extortion game, as revenue starved states are cooperating with each other to collect every penny of traffic violation revenue possible from out of state shirkers. The new enhanced Michigan Drivers license, the license that also provides you with
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Trend Micro wants its existing channel solution partners to aggressively sell into a rapidly growing SaaS security market by way of its complete, channel-friendly portfolio of hosted endpoint, hosted email and hosted Website security products for small and medium-sized businesses, and it is launching a new SaaS for the Channel program to
STAMFORD, Conn. - Worldwide cloud computing services revenue is continuing to grow at a rapid rate, with it expected to top $56.3 billion (US) in 2009, according to a report from Gartner. The lion's share of the market will be made up of cloud-based advertising for the next few years. Market revenue grew by 21.3
SAN FRANCISCO - SaaS Web Security provider Scansafe issued its Annual Global Threat Report Wednesday. Not surprisingly, the report reveals that there has been an explosive growth in malware throughout 2008. ScanSafe noted that there has been an overwhelming 582 percent growth between like quarters in 2007 and 2008 and a 300 percent volume ratio
DETROIT - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, passed by Congress on February 13, 2009, makes significant changes to the COBRA continuation coverage rules. The most publicized change is the federal government subsidy of COBRA continuation coverage premiums for up to 9 months for certain individuals who are qualified beneficiaries due to a