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Symantec and VMware Deliver Desktop-as-a-Service Solutions: Chirantan Desai Comments
Today at VMworld 2011, Symantec and VMware announced an expansion on their strategic partnership to define and architect Desktop-as-a-Service solutions.
Their goal is to provide secure, pre-integrated and well-managed desktop computing environments for enterprises and IT service provides. This initiative will leverage VMware virtual desktop and cloud infrastructure solutions such as VMware vSphere 5 with Symnatec…
Norton Announces Small Business Plan for NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk
Published on 31 Aug, 2011 at 16:22 in Industry News | Viewed 29 times | No Comments
Norton by Symantec today announced a Small Business Plan for NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk offering resource-constrained small business owners an effective and affordable alternative to in-person support services.
According to a Norton research study, more than half of small business owners, 59 percent, have experienced some sort of malware in the past three years, and more than half of those…
Symantec Announces New V-Ray Enhancements to Backup Exec 2010
Published on 30 Aug, 2011 at 16:27 in Industry News | Viewed 53 times | No Comments
Today at VMworld 2011, Symantec announced new V-Ray technology enhancements to Backup Exec 2010 to provide organizations with greater visibility into both their physical and virtual environment with a single backup solution.
The latest version of Backup Exec 2010 will support the upcoming VMware vSphere 5 and will integrate with Symantec ApplicationHA to predict and trigger…
Symantec Leading Storage and Availability Products for VMware Environments
Published on 29 Aug, 2011 at 14:56 in Industry News | Viewed 99 times | No Comments
Today at VMworld 2011, Symantec announced broad support across its storage and availability product portfolio for the VMware industry leading virtualization and cloud platform.
In utilizing Symantec’s storage and platform management within VMware environments, customers can easily virtualize their business critical applications with full support for application availability, better and more powerful storage as well as the ability…
Global Data Protection and Recovery Solutions Market 2010-2014
A recent report by Technavio forecasts the Global Data Protection and Recovery Solutions market will grow at a CAGR of 10.2 percent over the period of 2010 through 2014.
A key factor contributing to market growth is the rise of compliance requirements. The Global Data Protection and Recovery Solutions market has also been witnessing a shift in demand toward centralized…
Symantec Announces August 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report
Published on 24 Aug, 2011 at 10:44 in Industry News | Viewed 38 times | No Comments
Symantec yesterday announced the results of the August 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report revealing that spammers are seeking to benefit from fluctuations in a turbulent financial market.
The report combines results from the Symantec.cloud MessageLabs Intelligence Report and the Symantec State of Spam & Phishing Report.
According to Symantec, the turbulent market drives “pump-and-dump” stock scams. Spammers cause an artificial rise…
Symantec Launches Norton Mobile Security Lite for Android
Published on 11 Aug, 2011 at 11:08 in Industry News | Viewed 75 times | No Comments
In response to the rapid surge of security threats for mobile devices, Symantec released today Norton Mobile Security Lite, a free security application for Android-based smartphones.
According to Symantec, the new app combines select anti-theft features with powerful anti-malware, giving users a sense of security in the event their phone is ever lost, stolen or compromised by…
DHS Kicks Off GFIRST Cybersecurity Conference
Published on 9 Aug, 2011 at 10:05 in Cyber | Viewed 105 times | No Comments
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security kicked off its seventh annual cybersecurity conference this week in Nashville.
The Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams conference is hosted by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and brings together the top information security professionals and government officials to discuss the latest in cybersecurity news, trends and technologies.
10 Cybersecurity Stocks to Look to in the Future
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 11:38 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 319 times | No Comments
With a growing rate of publicized hacking incidents, the demand for information security has companies, governments and investors looking toward IT security providers for protection from network intruders. The industry has experienced a rapid growth within the market, and many companies are acquiring IT solutions to join in on the growing demand.
Although the market…
Symantec’s Healthcare Expert: Substantial Risk for Cyber Attack on Medical Devices
Published on 28 Jun, 2011 at 11:20 in Cyber | Viewed 243 times | No Comments
Although there has not yet been a planned cyber attack on medical devices, the “collateral damage” of viruses has infected the medical community, according to Axel Wirth, healthcare solutions architect at Symantec.
During his June 25 presentation at the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Conference…
