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COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian® today announced that the two-factor credentialing solution jointly developed by Experian and Symantec to comply with electronic authentication guidelines in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication SP 800-63-1 is the first solution to achieve Level 3 Assurance. The Experian and Symantec two factor credentialing solution was evaluated by the General Services Administration (GSA) Division of...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton by Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced a Small Business Plan for NortonLive Ultimate Help Desk - a professional IT help desk service that supports a broad range of computing and digital devices commonly used at home or in the office. It offers resource-constrained small business owners an efficient and cost-effective alternative to in-person support services. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110201/LA39884LOGO)...
BOSTON, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB), a leading provider of online backup solutions for consumers and small and medium sized businesses, today announced the appointment of Oussama El-Hilali as Senior Vice President of Engineering. With more than 20 years of experience in software development, data protection and data integrity, El-Hilali will build and manage the company's engineering organizations and will oversee new product development. "We are pleased to...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT/WHY: With more than six billion applications downloaded to date, it's clear that the Android Market is experiencing explosive growth and that consumers are hooked on downloading what they want, when they want it. At the same time, consumers need to be vigilant about safeguarding their mobile phones because Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16, found that researchers identified nearly four times as many...
STERLING, Va., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a provider of market-leading innovative solutions and directory services, announced today that Mark F. Bregman will join the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective August 2. Dr. Bregman comes to Neustar from Symantec Corporation, where he has served since 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. He will be responsible for Neustar's product technology strategy and product development...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SMX Limited has launched SMX3 - a major upgrade of its proven inbound and outbound email filtering 'security as a service' platform. SMX3 now enables service providers, telecom operators and large enterprises to deliver a wide array of applications and services from the cloud - faster and at less cost. Thom Hooker, SMX Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, says SMX3 is a logical evolution of SMX's cloud-based email security service...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Norton by Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that its Safe Web for Facebook application, a free tool to let Facebook users know if links are safe before clicking on them, has surpassed one million users less than a year after its initial launch. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110201/LA39884LOGO) Norton Safe Web for Facebook protects users by scanning their news feeds and identifying URLs containing security risks such as...
Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape report lists SenSage, Q1 Labs and Symantec as Security Information and Event Management Champions. The firm believes the coming year will show shifts in the landscape and big growth in adoption of this technology. London, ON (PRWEB) July 11, 2011 Growing security and compliance concerns signal big growth in the awareness and adoption of SIEM solutions in the coming year, according to a recent Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud-based email security company SMX Limited has signed a global agreement with Symantec. Symantec's Brightmail software will be integrated into the SMX anti-spam and anti-virus cloud-based solution. The SMX solution targets large international systems integration vendors and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) looking for a comprehensive anti-spam and anti-virus service to offer under their own brand and local infrastructure. SMX...
RAPPERSWIL-JONA, Switzerland, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Identity theft, online fraud, or the interception of personal data; online consumers are increasingly worried about their Internet security. Hostpoint is the largest Swiss web hosting provider and the only Symantec SSL Gold Partner in the web hosting category. As such, Hostpoint now offers a wide range of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security solutions by Symantec, a global leader in Internet security. Swiss SSL clients can now...
