SAIC, McAfee Partner to Help Enterprises Battle Cyber Threats; Charles Beard Comments

SAIC and McAfee are partnering to provide new cybersecurity solutions to help large enterprises in facing sophisticated threats. The partnership will result in carrier grade security solutions for national governments, intelligence, telecommunications and enterprises worldwide. 

The beginning of the agreement calls for McAfee Network Threat Response to be integrated into CloudShield’s PN41 for the IBM Blade Center and CS4000 platforms. McAfee Network Threat Response captures, deconstructs, and analyzes…

Red Hat Partnership Delivers Data Virtualization-Powered Dashboard

Red Hat and Japersoft are expanding their partnership to deliver an open source solution that enables fast data-to-dashboards.

The joint offering combines data virtualization technology from Red Hat’s JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform with the reporting, analysis and dashboard capabilities of Jaspersoft’s BI Suite.

“The combination of JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform and Jaspersoft’s flexible and modern BI suite provides…

HP Solutions Help Deliver Cloud Services

HP has announced new services and solutions based on HP Converged Infrastructure that empower service providers and enterprises to rapidly deliver cloud services while leveraging existing investments, minimizing risk and lowering costs.

HP Technology Consulting Services is being offered for data center strategy, operations and continuity accelerate planning, design and building of cloud data centers.

HP CloudSystem portfolio includes financing, services, developer resources…

McAfee Adds Partners to Innovation Alliance During Fourth Annual Conference

McAfee welcomed four new partners to the technology partnering program, McAfee Security Innovation Alliance, including Internet Identity, NTRglobal, Sypris and Trustware.

Along with the new members, McAfee also announced that two partners have achieved “McAfee Compatible” status for their solutions within the program including AVOB and Protegrity.

McAfee has also welcomed AVOB, Netronome, Protegrity, Solera Networks, and 

Autonomic Software Named McAfee 2011 Most Innovative Partner

McAfee named Autonomic Software the 2011 Security Innovation Alliance’s most innovative partner for leveraging McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator software in the most creative way.

“McAfee’s Program is truly unique,” said Tony Gigliotti, president of Autonomic Software. ”They set extremely high standards for partners. We are humbled and at the same time very proud to be receiving this award.” 

Autonomic Software has…

Dell KACE is Identified as a “Value Leader”; General Manager Rob Meinhardt Comments

Dell KACE’s systems management appliances has been identified as a “value leader” for both small-medium business and enterprise environments. The firm was honored by Enterprise Management Associates in its Client Lifecycle Management Radar Report. EMA has also recognized Dell as the most economical…

Deloitte Survey Reveals Inadequate Internal Cyber Awareness

A recent survey produced by Deloitte, conducted during Deloitte’s Dbriefs Technology Executive series: “Securing Enterprise Social Media and Mobility Apps,” reported that 40 percent of employees are unaware as to whether their organization has strategies, policies, procedures or technology controls in place to effectively enforce mobile security.

The survey also found that 28.4 percent of respondents believe there are unauthorized…

VMware and Desktone Partner to Provide Desktop-as-a-Service Solution

VMware and Desktone, Inc. are partnering to deliver a new desktop-as-a-service solution that aims to make it easier for service providers to offer full-featured and cost-effective virtual desktops.

“Delivering DaaS on a large scale requires a fully automated, self-service solution that can scale in a cost-effective way,” said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president of end-user computing at VMware. “VMware…

Symantec’s AdVantage Helps Online Publishers Avoid Malvertising

Symantec Corp. has announced that its new cloud-based service, Symantec AdVantage, enables website owners to identify malicious software hidden in online advertisements. 

Offered in partnership with Armorize Technologies, the solution uses the latest malware detection techniques so website owners can quickly find malvertising threats. AdVantage will be available to publishers and ad networks through a free early access…

Cisco and HP Put Nexus Fabric Extenders With HP BladeSystem to Simplify Integration

Cisco and HP are combining resources to ensure the availability of choice and interoperability for their joint customers. 

The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP extends the Cisco unified fabric into the HP c-Class BladeSystem and offers tighter integration for customers investing in HP BladeSystem and Cisco Nexus switch environments. 

“By offering the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP, our…