IDG News Service - Some of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that targeted the websites of U.S. financial institutions this week have peaked at 60 Gbps, according to researchers from DDoS mitigation provider Arbor Networks. ...
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Kaydon Custom Filtration, a leader in bulk oil and fuel purification and Purafil, Inc., a leader in gas phase and biological air filtration, have joined forces to form Kaydon Environmental Services Group. This consolidated group will be ...
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Groups of companies in the same industry could pool infrastructure resources to help each other mitigate the effects of cyber attacks and work together on security issues, a senior official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
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Outsourcing is becoming an increasingly complex task for CIOs – especially if you want it to be successful. Originally, the idea of handing all or parts of your IT infrastructure to a third party was to exploit economies of scale ...
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For most of us, cupcakes are a pleasant treat. For Freed's Bakery, though, cupcakes are serious business -- big business. That's because Manchester, NH-based Freed's, a division of Maplehurst Bakeries, Brownsburg, IN, is one of the largest ...
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Dutch-Italian confectioner Perfetti Van Melle has signed a marketing, sales and distribution deal with global market expansion firm DKSH for the launch of its products into Myanmar. The confectioner has entered into an agreement with ...
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Nick Bunker, the head of Kraft Foods' businesses in the UK and Ireland, is to become CEO of United Biscuits recently-separated snacks unit. United Biscuits said today (6 August) Bunker would become chief executive of KP Snacks on 1 ...
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EQECAT and its consulting services group have introduced new catastrophe risk consulting services for the re/insurance, financial, and corporate markets. The new service involves US Flood Portfolio Analysis and Mortgage Impairment Risk ...
Malta based underwriter GlobalCapital has deployed BSB's Solife software to administer its full range of life insurance portfolio, in a bid to offer better services to the customers, while improving business efficiency. With the launch of ...
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Maine Municipal Association (MMA) has deployed NavRisk suite to replace their existing claims and policy administration applications from DAVID. According to the solution provider, the MMA Risk Management Services group offers ...
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Limited Brands announced the appointments of Michael G. Morris and Dr. E. Gordon Gee to its Board of Directors. Mr. Morris is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Electric Power Co., Inc., one of the nation's largest ...
US-based specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services has appointed Surety executive Lawrence McMahon as the first vice president of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP). McMahon, who joined the ...
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Risk Strategies Company (RSC), an insurance brokerage, has appointed John Wilcox as its new president and chief operating officer. Wilcox, who will report to RSC chief executive officer Michael Christian, will be responsible for ...
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RLI, a specialty insurance company, has promoted both Jennifer Klobnak and Chris Randall to vice president, risk services. According to the underwriter, Klobnak will oversee property and personal lines products, while Randall will ...
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The Hartford, a US-based insurance and financial services company, has selected Guidewire ClaimCenter as its new solution to manage all of its property and casualty claims. Commenting about the selection, The Hartford claims executive ...
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