Patrick Hoffman

Check Point Software Technologies announced Feb. 6 that it has launched a new line of unified threat management appliances, called UTM-1, designed to help medium-sized businesses and enterprises protect their networks from threats such as viruses and spyware. The UTM-1, which comes in three customizable models, the 450, 1050 and 2050, includes an inspection firewall […]

IronPort Systems announced Feb. 6 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco that it has released two security offerings—the IronPort C650 e-mail security appliance, which is designed to aid businesses in securing e-mail, and the IronPort S650, which is an update to IronPorts S-Series that helps businesses secure the Web. Due to an increase in […]

Bioscrypt announced Feb. 5 that it will offer its Verisoft Access Manager Server and other IT capabilities to Hewlett-Packard business PC users. Verisoft Access Manager allows business professionals to replace passwords and secure user identities and important company information. The tool also enables business users to store user names and passwords for Web-based and Microsoft […]

Guidance Software announced Feb. 2 that their latest digital investigative feature has been patented by the United States Patent and Trademark office. Guidance Softwares newest patent, known as “Automatic Reconnect and Reacquisition in a Computer Investigation System”, will be integrated into Guidance Softwares EnCase Enterprise platform, which is designed to perform thorough computer investigations such […]

Sage Software announced Feb. 1 that it has released an updated version of its customer relationship management platform, SageCRM, v6, which is designed to help small and midsize businesses manage its CRM capabilities. The updated version of Sages CRM platform features a new quick start tab that allows users to access on-screen training and coaching […]

Sonus Networks announced Jan. 31 that it has released its updated Network Border Switch platform, a security offering designed to help network operators protect the privacy of their IP networks and to protect those networks from attacks. The updated NBS features enhanced DoS (denial of service) protection, allows network operators to securely exchange traffic between […]

Nuance Communications announced Jan. 29 that it has teamed up with Appligent to give legal, intelligence and security organizations a way to better secure the contents of their PDF documents. The agreement calls for Nuance to use Appligents redaction functionalities within PDF Converter Professional 4 while also offering several capabilities to Appligents Redax and Stamp […]

Verifichi announced Jan. 30 that it has released its IT Auditor, a configuration management data warehouse aimed at easing the pain of compliance by centralizing auditing processes across infrastructure systems. Once installed, IT Auditor enables businesses to identify the configuration data related to its IT infrastructure. “IT Auditor provides the appropriate reporting level and dashboards […]

The World Wide Web Consortium released eight new standards for its XML line on Jan. 23. The new Web standards are designed to help businesses request information from a database, transform and access XML data and do bond databases with the Web W3Cs new Web standards were developed by the XSL Working Group and XML […]

RSA Security announced Jan. 25 the findings of its fourth annual Financial Institution Consumer Online Fraud Survey, which showed that online customers are not very confident when it comes to their online banking security. The survey, which was conducted in December 2006, asked 1,678 adults from eight countries about their opinions regarding different online fraud […]