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
SAN FRANCISCO - Companies who invest wisely to protect against data loss and theft will experience far greater savings in the long term, according to the latest report from the IT Policy Compliance Group. The report, entitled "Managing Spend on Information Security and Audit to Improve Results," polled more than 2,600 firms and found that
DETROIT - InfraGard East has a couple of exciting events in the early planning stages, but I won't have more specifics until after the board meeting next Thursday. What I can tell you is that you should mark some space on your calendar on April 22 for a members only event that will feature a
NEW YORK - Cloud computing is the next evolution of technology and capabilities, but it's still in its early adopter phase, according to an IBM spokesperson. IBM and its customers have been experimenting with cloud computing, and while the technology is only now starting to get going, it's generally expected that the uptake in it
STAMFORD, Conn. - With social computing increasingly more important in customer relationship management, it's becoming a disruptive force in the market, stated Gartner. The research firm is predicting that 60 per cent of Fortune 1000 companies will have some form of online community for CRM purposes by 2010. "Social applications offer a great opportunity for
MIDLAND - The chaos resulting from the economic disaster in our financial system and the ensuing rush to spend money to stimulate economic growth has left information assurance and IT security side-lined. Most organizations are trying to understand the new business conditions before they allocate budgets for IT. At the same time, an increased focus
SAN FRANCISCO - Based on the results of Janco Associates' January 2009 IT Salary Survey, prospects look grim for IT professionals. "The job market for IT professionals is one of the worst that I have seen since the late 1970s," said Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates. "There is a surplus of IT talent and