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LAS VEGAS, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon will be on hand at the Black Hat USA 2012 conference Saturday through Thursday (July 21-26). Company experts will showcase identity management services, managed security services and investigative response services designed to protect enterprises from data breaches and other cyberattacks. In addition, the authors of the "Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report" series will be at the company's booth to answer questions and provide...
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Federal Communications Commission issued the results of its "Measuring Broadband America July 2012" broadband speed and reliability testing for residential broadband service. This is the second broadband report issued by the FCC in conjunction with SamKnows, an independent company that tests broadband speed. The study measured the speed and performance of major wireline Internet service providers nationwide. The following is a...
NEW YORK, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon's small business team will present another free webinar Thursday (July 19), featuring Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, author, co-founder of Alltop and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures. In this one-hour live webinar, Kawasaki will share his recollections of working with Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple, who died last fall. The webinar -- part motivational, part inspirational -- is meant to get...
PORTLAND, Maine, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FairPoint Communications commends the recent regulatory reforms in northern New England, saying the moves are important for consumers since they enable the company to react to market pressures more quickly. In addition, they will reduce the company's exposure to unnecessary penalties by more than $31 million. "This is a big step forward for FairPoint. This regulatory reform addresses the dramatic change in communications technology...
NEW YORK, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) will report second-quarter 2012 earnings on Thursday, July 19. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Francis J. Shammo will present results on a webcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Access instructions and presentation materials, including Verizon's earnings release, will be available at 7:30 a.m. on Verizon's Investor Relations Web site, www.verizon.com/investor. VERIZON'S...
NEW YORK, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon has enlisted Best Buy's Geek Squad to provide a new set of services to meet the increasingly complex information technology requirements of small and mid-size businesses across the country. Verizon designed the solution, IT Help Desk, to help small and medium-sized companies, which often cannot support in-house staffing resources, keep the focus on their business by leaving technology challenges and opportunities to a dedicated team...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A major problem in the provision of health care is how to improve the quality of care without increasing costs. With advances in health information technology, there is an opportunity to leverage it to improve the provision of care and enhance the patient experience and outcome. "This is an unprecedented time for transition in the health care ecosystem through the use of technology," said Dr. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer...
BALTIMORE, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Maryland Public Service Commission met on Tuesday (July 17) with Verizon and several other companies to discuss supplier diversity initiatives statewide. The following statement should be attributed to Karen I. Campbell, Verizon's Mid-Atlantic vice president of state government affairs: "At Verizon, diversity is as much about good business practice as it is the right thing to do. And we're proud to be recognized as a company that sets...
CONWAY and LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PrivacyStar and Alltel Wireless today announce PrivacyStar for Alltel Wireless Android customers. Users of the privacy application can now easily block unwanted calls and texts as well as easily report telemarketer and debt collector violations directly to the Federal Trade Commission. Other features include SmartBlock, Do Not Disturb, Caller Lookup and more. The PrivacyStar feature-packed application provides Alltel...
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell SonicWALL -- a leader in advanced network security, secure remote access, email security, backup and recovery, and management and reporting -- has completed ICSA Labs' next-generation firewall evaluation. After thorough testing, ICSA Labs reports that the capabilities evaluated for the Dell SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance Series function securely, with a high percentage of coverage. Next-generation firewalls provide...
