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Kara Swisher in Enterprise on January 16 at 12:19 pm PT
Symantec said it had acquired LiveOffice, a privately-held cloud-based archiving company, for about $115 million. The security software company said the “acquisition will extend Symantec’s intelligent information governance offering to the cloud, providing customers choice between on-premise, cloud or hybrid delivery of Symantec solutions.” (Yes, the company actually said that.)
Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on December 20, 2011 at 12:31 pm PT
If I say “cloud computing,” what companies come to mind? Amazon’s Web Services? Google’s cloud-based collaboration tools, Google Apps? How about Microsoft?
Nick Mehta, CEO, LiveOffice in Voices on October 31, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT
The classic comedy “Trading Places” explores what happens when people from completely different walks of life switch places. In the technology world, we are witnessing a similar swap.
Kara Swisher in News on October 26, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
Change is certainly afoot inside Yahoo.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:35 am PT
The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
Liz Gannes in Social on May 10, 2011 at 11:08 pm PT
Following Symantec’s discovery that old Facebook code was exposing user data through thousands of the site’s apps, Facebook said it will require all its developers to implement a more secure combination of HTTPS and OAuth 2.0 by October 1 of this year.
Ben Rooney, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 11, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Consumers using Facebook and other social media sites, or using mobile devices, are among the key targets of malware according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report published by anti-virus company Symantec.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 9, 2011 at 6:50 am PT
Days before his big public debut, Hewlett-Packard’s new CEO makes it official: The company is going shopping for software companies.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 3, 2011 at 2:05 pm PT
A new crop of malware-infected apps, some of which briefly made their way intoo Google’s official Android store, shows that the rise in smartphones hasn’t escaped the attention of those writing malicious code.
Although computers remain the more common vector for attacks, phones represent ripe targets with their fast Internet access, tons of personal information and direct connection to a billing mechanism.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 22, 2010 at 5:03 pm PT
Wireless security specialist Lookout Mobile Security has returned to the funding well, scooping up $19.5 million in Series C funding. As part of the latest round, Index Ventures is adding its name to the roster of backers, with partner Mike Volpi joining Lookout’s board.
