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Austin Energy CIO: Security is a business enabler, not just a cost

As the enterprise slowly emerges from the recession, most IT shops would say security has been a necessity--something that was not severely affected by the downturn, partially out of fear. But Karl Read more...

Eight indicted in $22 million ID theft scam

A company can never let its guard down. A new indictment in a case in New York makes that pretty clear. Eight people were indicted last week for allegedly using the stolen identities of AT&T, Read more...

10 Big Tech Problems

It was a very good year in many ways for technology. But it was a bad one too. There were a number of issues that did not turn out well, and they must be revisited in 2008. One involves the ongoing Read more...

ChoicePoint's security turnaround

ChoicePoint's CIO Darryl Lemecha knows a thing or two about security problems. Three years ago, a thief fraudulently obtained access to the company's customer information and ChoicePoint has since Read more...

Aligning business and technology goals

The only way to effectively know whether technology decisions are being made with business needs in mind--not to mention whether your business is using technology efficiently and protecting Read more...

Wells Fargo suffers another data loss

You almost have to start feeling sorry for Wells Fargo. After experiencing several embarrassing data security breaches, it's once again notifying customers that a PC housing customer information Read more...

Anti-spam effort ignites spammer retaliation

All Blue Security wanted to do was thwart spam attacks. But the Israeli security firm ended up becoming a spam target, and its list of users who signed up for a "do not spam" list ended up being Read more...

Citibank under fire for not disclosing data breach

In the latest news related to data breaches and loss of confidential customer information, Citibank is under fire for not disclosing which third-party partner is responsible for the data breach Read more...

Spammer gets big jail sentence

The increased attention to spamming, and the devastating effect of data theft, is clearly impacting criminal penalties for those caught and convicted. An Arkansas judge just gave a spammer eight Read more...

Press Releases

Symform Integrates Cloud Storage Services with ConnectWise

TAMPA, Fla. and SEATTLE, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectWise, developer of the leading business management solution designed exclusively for IT service providers, VARs, and MSPs, and Symform, a Read more >>

Sword Ciboodle Leverages SAS® Analytics in New Intelligent Contact Center

CHICAGO, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sword Ciboodle, a global provider of customer engagement solutions, today introduced the Intelligent Contact Center - the most complete customer engagement Read more >>

Cosmetics Company Fresh Chooses Neolane to Make Its Customer Relationships Shine

Fresh Takes Advantage of Neolane’s Conversational Marketing Technology to Gain a 360-Degree Marketing View of Its Customers and Make More Relevant Offers Across Channels NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS Read more >>

Blancco Partners With DestructData to Expedite Secure Erasure of Loose Hard Drives

ATLANTA, Georgia, October 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- World's Most Certified Data Erasure Software Combined With Flexible Hardware Platforms Securely and Efficiently Destroys Data on Standalone Drives Read more >>

Only a Quarter of Employees Bypass Security Policies: Webroot Research

Report finds top brass spend more time than their employees planning personal activitiesBROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to new research from Webroot, the first Internet Read more >>