The U.S. courts upheld first amendment rights of Baidu, a Chinese search engine that's also the world's third-largest with an estimated 70 per cent share of the Chinese-language market. Baidu won the court
Kalaway Bay Resort Ltd. has been named the second of three finalists in D-Link's Extreme SMB Networking Makeover contest, which gives a small business $10,000 in networking tools to revamp its network. Based
Published on: November 6th, 2013 Candice So @candice_so
Internet users have been left reeling in the wake of the National Security Agency files released by Edward Snowden to The Guardian newspaper. Suddenly the big, digital universe that promised anonymity to those
When Alan Williams, the vice-president of IT for Angus GeoSolutions Inc., was tasked with building the network for his company's first branch office and securely connecting it back to headquarters, he turned to
Network security appliance maker Fortinet Inc. has built a new network firewall appliance for enterprise data centres, large service providers, cloud providers, and carriers. The California-based company announced it was releasing the FortiGate-3700
Published on: October 7th, 2013 Candice So @candice_so
Thanks to iPads, iPhones, and ever-lighter MacBooks, we're doing more work and play while on the go than ever before. A caveat of working this way, however, is that most public Wi-Fi networks
Published on: March 20th, 2012 David Chartier @itbusinessca
Most of us have heard about the concept of building a defence in depth in order to protect computer resources from black hat hackers. The idea revolves around the use of multiple defences
Published on: February 23rd, 2012 Paul Mah @itbusinessca
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall has been arguably the most popular third-party firewall for Windows. It's a two-way firewall that's designed to help protect your PC from hackers getting in and any malicious programs on
Published on: December 12th, 2011 Eric Geier @itbusinessca
While most small to medium-sized businesses around the globe are at least considering server virtualization, most who've started the process aren't securing those servers adequately, Symantec Corp. says.The security vendor says that 70
Want to ensure that your PC and all of your files and data stay safe, secure, and private--without breaking the bank? We've rounded up 11 free security and privacy utilities that shield you
Published on: August 4th, 2011 Preston Gralla @itbusinessca
Cisco Systems Inc. announced three new products to its small business line today, adding managed switches, a secure firewall, and a cloud-based backup service for its storage products.Cisco's "Connect" product portfolio of entry-level
Managing IT security can be more than a full-time job, but Bryan Simon has learned that not everyone can give it those kinds of hours. That’s one of the reasons why Simon, senior
Published on: December 21st, 2010 Shane Schick @ShaneSchick
There are two ways to look at the Cisco SA 520 network security appliance. On one hand, it offers a solid array of features: 65Mbps IPSec VPN throughput, 100Mbps overall throughput, integrated firewall
Published on: November 23rd, 2010 Paul Venezia @itbusinessca
They say it takes one to know one – so Samy Kamkar is perfectly positioned to identify cutting edge hacking techniques threatening business computers. Samy Kamkar is a hacker, a malware author, an
