Symantec last week crippled a large number of Windows XP machines when it shipped customers a defective update to its antivirus software,the company acknowledged Friday. "After a full evaluation and root cause analysis...we have ...
Tags: Symantec, SONAR, Windows XP PCs, BSOD, SEP
A computer worm that propagates by exploiting a 2010 Windows vulnerability is responsible for some of the recent incidents involving network printers suddenly printing useless data,according to security researchers from Symantec. Many ...
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At the Dell Storage Forum in Paris this week, Dell launched a back-up appliance – the DL4000 with AppAssure virtual server and cloud back-up software – and an upgrade to its DL2300 Commvault appliance, with increased capacity ...
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Symantec has sacked CEO Enrique Salem as the security supplier's profits fell in its latest results. The news follows Symantec’s first quarter results which saw profits fall by 10% to $172m (pound 111m) for its first quarter and ...
The hacktivist collective Anonymous celebrated Guy Fawkes Day on Monday by claiming it had stolen data from Symantec and ImageShack servers and had found a zero-day flaw in ZPanel. Fawkes was arrested over an alleged Nov. 5, 1605 botched ...
The new processors are based on Intel's 22nm microarchitecture Chip maker Intel has released its third generation Intel Core vPro processors, codenamed Ivy Bridge, designed for use in business laptops, desktops PCs and Ultrabook devices. ...
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Cloud-based intelligence databases Customised risk tolerance Signature approach combined with local behavioral analysis Protecting systems offline File-scanning misses the big picture Read more about cloud and security Security continues ...
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SAP has turned heads in recent years with a number of high-profile acquisitions, scooping up SuccessFactors, Sybase and Ariba for more than $13 billion collectively. But company executives also maintain they intend to increase revenues ...
Tags: SAP, commercial product, SuccessFactors, Sybase, Ariba
Kent Police has revamped its backup systems with Acronis Back-up & Recovery software that has allowed it to cut backup windows from several days long to 16 hours. Data recovery times on the mixed physical and virtual server backup ...
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Security vendor Symantec,the firm behind the Norton Antivirus product among others,has warned of a new type of malware that is able to modify corporate databases. The threat,which Symantec has named W32.Narilam,has the functionality to ...
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"I don't think IT realizes how much the way we live life as individuals has completely permeated the enterprise,"says Margaret Dawson,vice president of product management at Symform."This is happening whether you want it to or not." ...
Tags: Shadow IT, Symform, survey, rogue cloud use
Globally,almost half(46%)of enterprise information is being stored outside of its own datacentre,with 23%stored on the cloud as mobile computing and cloud services go mainstream,according to the State of Information Report 2012 from ...
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About 200 Android applications hosted on Google Play create spoofed SMS messages on the devices on which they are installed,according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec. This technique can theoretically be used for SMS ...
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Infoworld-Every transition in computing spawns a new market in management tools--the evolution to highly virtualized data centers and the cloud is no different.Virtual Instruments is squarely focused on delivering the next generation of ...
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IDG News Service-Yammer said it has simplified and expanded the ways in which its enterprise social networking(ESN)software can be integrated with third-party business applications. Components from Yammer's ESN software that can be more ...
Tags: Yammer, Social Software, third-party business applications, ESN software