HP Refutes Inaccurate Claims; Clarifies on Printer Security

HP Refutes Inaccurate Claims; Clarifies on Printer Security

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011

HP today issued the following statement:

Today there has been sensational and inaccurate reporting regarding a potential security vulnerability with some HP LaserJet printers. No customer has reported unauthorized access. Speculation regarding potential for devices to catch fire due to a firmware change is false. 

HP LaserJet printers have a hardware element called a “thermal breaker” that is designed to prevent the fuser from overheating or causing a fire. It cannot be overcome by a firmware change or this proposed vulnerability.

While HP has identified a potential security vulnerability with some HP LaserJet printers, no customer has reported unauthorized access. The specific vulnerability exists for some HP LaserJet devices if placed on a public internet without a firewall. In a private network, some printers may be vulnerable if a malicious effort is made to modify the firmware of the device by a trusted party on the network. In some Linux or Mac environments, it may be possible for a specially formatted corrupt print job to trigger a firmware upgrade.

HP is building a firmware upgrade to mitigate this issue and will be communicating this proactively to customers and partners who may be impacted. In the meantime, HP reiterates its recommendation to follow best practices for securing devices by placing printers behind a firewall and, where possible, disabling remote firmware upload on exposed printers.

HP will continue to educate customers about security risks and the features available to address them, and take proactive steps to maintain the security of devices in the field. HP Imaging and Printing Security Solutions work directly at the device and on the network to protect information at rest and in motion, and to prevent unauthorized access.

Additional information is available at www.hp.com/go/secureprinting.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.


This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including execution of growth strategies, transformation initiatives and restructuring plans; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; any statements regarding anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and events; the competitive pressures faced by HP’s businesses; the development and transition of new products and services (and the enhancement of existing products and services) to meet customer needs and respond to emerging technological trends; the execution and performance of contracts by HP and its customers, suppliers and partners; the protection of HP's intellectual property assets, including intellectual property licensed from third parties; integration and other risks associated with business combination and investment transactions; the hiring and retention of key employees; expectations and assumptions relating to the execution and timing of growth strategies, transformation initiatives and restructuring plans; the resolution of pending investigations, claims and disputes; and other risks that are described in HP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2011 and HP’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2010. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

© 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

WatchGuard Ships Next-Generation Firewall for Enterprises

WatchGuard Ships Next-Generation Firewall for Enterprises

WatchGuard XTM 2050 Designed Specifically for Large Corporate Customers, Campuses and Managed Security Service Providers; Includes Advanced Networking, Management and Reporting Features

SEATTLE – November 30, 2011. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader of business security solutions, today announced that it is now shipping its most powerful security appliance, the WatchGuard XTM 2050, a next-generation firewall (NGFW) that provides enterprise-class security for large enterprises and data centers that require high-performance firewall, application control and intrusion prevention system (IPS) to protect against data theft, malware and security breaches.

"The WatchGuard XTM 2050 offers unparalleled performance, security and management controls that make it an ideal solution for enterprises and MSSPs," said Roger Klorese, Director of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies. "With this next-generation firewall, businesses gain new found abilities to enforce granular policies, which includes having the ability to harness and control social media and web-based applications on a per user basis."

The WatchGuard XTM 2050 provides true line-speed security inspection on all traffic, supports multi-gigabit packet filtering throughput and provides application control. It connects offices via unique Drag and Drop VPN; connects people via SSL and IPSec VPN; and gives the enterprise unparalleled visibility into real-time and historical user, network and security activities.

Key Features and Specifications:

  • 20 Gbps firewall, and up to 10Gbps full content inspection
  • High port density with 16 1GB copper ports and 2 10 GB SFP+ Fiber ports
  • Port Independence: any port can be External, Trusted, or DMZ
  • Redundant hot-swap power supplies, fans, storage, and NICs
  • High Availability (active/passive and active/active)
  • WAN and VPN failover
  • Application Control for over 1,800 applications
  • Integration with Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS, and other authentication sources for user-based firewalling
  • New and powerful management, reporting, monitoring, logging capabilities
  • IPSec site to site and remote user VPN
  • SSL remote user VPN
  • Advanced VoIP and HTTPS security
  • Extensive traffic shaping, QoS and bandwidth control
  • Secure connectivity for Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices
  • IPv6 Ready Gold Logo Certified (Routing)

Integrated Fine-Grained Application Control
The web is the primary source of security threats to organizations today, and web applications are often the main focus of attackers. Hackers find it convenient and effective to use social networks as a launch pad for social engineering attacks against employees in an organization. Given that web traffic and web applications are the source of so many security risks, IT administrators can cut down the potential threat vectors by limiting their users to only those applications that are necessary for business purposes.

WatchGuard Application Control capabilities empower administrators to exercise fine-grained control over 1,800 applications, and understand which applications are being used and by whom. Administrators can enforce acceptable use policies for users and groups by category, application, and application sub-functions.

Integrated Intrusion Prevention
Malicious activity can run amok on corporate networks if both network traffic and/or systems activities are not monitored. IPS works in tandem with the application layer content inspection to provide real-time protection against network threats, including spyware, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and buffer overflows. IPS scans tra¬ffic on all major protocols, using continually updated signatures to detect and block all types of threats.

Pricing & Availability
The WatchGuard XTM 2050 starts at $39,995 and is available now from WatchGuard certified Expert and Professional partners.

About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Since 1996, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leader of business security solutions, providing mission-critical protection to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired and wireless unified threat management appliances, messaging, content security and SSL VPN remote access solutions provide extensible network, application and data protection, as well as unparalleled network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity® Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle and has offices serving North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit www.watchguard.com.

Symantec Survey Finds Rapid Adoption of Encryption by Enterprises Coupled with Growing Pains

 

TORONTO, ON. – Nov. 30, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released the findings of its 2011 Enterprise Encryption Trends Survey, which found enterprises are securing data with encryption in more places than ever. However, the survey discovered that encryption solutions are fragmented, creating risk for organizations from the lack of centralized control of access to sensitive information and disrupting critical processes such as e-discovery and compliance monitoring. In fact, the inability to access important business information due to fragmented encryption solutions and poor key management is costing each organization an average of $124,965 per year.

 

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“While many organizations understand the importance of encrypting their data, issues with key management and multiple point products can give them inconsistent visibility into what has been protected,” said Joe Gow, director, product management, at Symantec. “As the Enterprise Encryption Trends survey demonstrates, encryption needs to evolve from a fragmented protection historically implemented at the line of business level to a capability that is managed as a core component of organizations’ IT security operations.” 

 

Survey Highlights:

·         Encryption use is growing rapidly but fragmented.  Forty-eight percent of enterprises increased their use of encryption over the past two years.  The respondents state that almost half of their data is now encrypted at some point in its lifecycle.  The typical organization reports they have five different encryption solutions deployed.

·         Use of encryption in rogue projects.  According to the survey, one-third of respondents said unapproved encryption deployment is happening on a somewhat to extremely frequent basis. Because these projects are not necessarily following the company’s best practices, 52 percent of organizations have experienced serious issues with encryption keys including lost keys (34 percent) and key failure (32 percent).  In addition, 26 percent have had former employees who have refused to return keys.

·         Organizations express concerns about key management.  Organizations are not very confident in their ability to effectively manage encryption keys.  Forty percent are less than somewhat confident they can retrieve keys.  Thirty-nine percent are less than somewhat confident they can protect access to business information from disgruntled employees.

·         Encryption point product issues costing enterprises.  All of the organizations reporting encryption key issues incurred some sort of related costs.  The most common costs include inability to meet compliance requests (48 percent), inability to respond to eDiscovery requests (42 percent), and inability to access important business information (41 percent).  In addition, the average loss from encryption-related issues is $124,965 per year.

 

Symantec Recommendations:

Symantec recommends the following for organizations to build a plan that avoids some of the pitfalls seen by the survey respondents.

          Understand the lifecycle for encryption processes and anticipate challenges involved with protecting data in an increased number of places.

          Plan a data recovery process that meets your organization’s needs and accounts for the ability to sever access to data in cases of disgruntled employees and former employees.

          Build a plan for consistent enterprise-wide encryption and key management prior to deploying encryption.

          Encrypt assets, starting with email, laptops and mobile devices, before experiencing a data breach.

          Anticipate the effects of mobility and cloud computing and the need to encrypt data stored outside of the enterprise, including file shares and cloud storage.

 

Symantec’s Enterprise Encryption Trends Survey

Symantec’s Enterprise Encryption Trends Survey is the result of research conducted in September 2011 by Applied Research, which surveyed C-level, tactical management, and strategic management. The report was designed to examine encryption use within enterprise organizations.  The survey included 1,575 organizations from 37 countries in North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

 

Resources

 

Connect with Symantec

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).


Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.  Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

 

 

D-Link Introduces New Energy Efficient Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Metal Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

D-Link Introduces New Energy Efficient Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Metal Switches for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

D-Link® Five- and Eight-Port Unmanaged Switches Deliver High Speed, High Reliability and Intelligent Data Streaming in a Compact Form Factor

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Nov. 30, 2011 /CNW/ -- D-Link, the cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider for small business and medium enterprise IT environments, today expanded its award-winning line of network switches with the D-Link® DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet; and DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches. Available in five- and eight-port form factors, these reliable unmanaged switches deliver small and medium-sized businesses with high-speed networking and intelligent data streaming with Quality of Service (QoS) prioritization, and leverages D-Link's Green Technology saving up to 85 percent on power consumption(1).

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110706/SF30992LOGO) Effortless Gigabit Networking in a Rugged Enclosure

Increasing in popularity, metal switches are one of the fastest growing categories of unmanaged switches. The D-Link DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit metal switches allow small and medium-sized businesses to benefit from the increased bandwidth inherent with Gigabit Ethernet, and enable them to cost-effectively expand and upgrade their networks. The switches deliver ease-of-use installation features with a simple plug-and-play design and built-in cable diagnostics for easy network troubleshooting. In addition, the switches are packaged in a rugged metal enclosure providing security and reliability, and can be mounted on the desktop or walls via a built-in mount.

"D-Link understands that small and medium-sized businesses rely on easy-to-use network technology that provide high-end features, reliability and performance without breaking the bank," said Mark Prowten, director of product marketing, Business Networking Solutions, D-Link Systems, Inc. "The DGS-105/108 and DES-105/108 unmanaged network switches are self-managed rugged switches, combining the latest intelligent switch technology with cost saving Energy Efficient Ethernet enabling businesses to work smarter, faster and be more productive."

DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet Metal Switch Features

The DGS-105 and DGS-108 Gigabit Ethernet metal switches are in five and eight port configurations, and provide data transfer speeds of up to 2,000 Mbps and up to 10x faster performance than Fast Ethernet switches. The switches support IEEE 802.1p QoS, which organizes and prioritizes time-sensitive and important data for efficient delivery for smooth streaming media, VoIP calling and online gaming. The switches are also 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Compliant and can detect when a computer is shut down or when there is no Ethernet traffic, automatically shutting down the port saving up to 85 percent on power consumption. D-Link also offers the DES-105 and DES-108 Fast Ethernet metal switches with the similar features.

D-Link Delivers on Flexibility and Affordability

D-Link unified networking solutions offer small and medium-sized businesses scalability, reliability, and performance at lower initial and ongoing costs. Through D-Link's superior economic model, businesses can take advantage of these affordable networking solutions in multi-vendor IT infrastructures without being locked into proprietary hardware, software or service requirements.

Pricing & Availability

The DGS-105 ($70*) and DGS-108 ($99*) Gigabit Ethernet metal switches and DES-105 ($39*) and DES-108 ($61*) Fast Ethernet metal switches are now shipping through D-Link's vast network of channel partners, including value-added resellers, solution providers and distributors. In addition, D-Link's network switch products can be purchased at North America e-tail and retail outlets, including Fry's, Micro Center, and at the company's online store (www.dlinkshop.com).

Detailed specifications for the DGS-105/DGS-108 and the DES-105/DES-108 metal switch are available at www.dlink.ca.

About D-Link

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011, D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit www.dlink.com, www.dlink.ca or connect with D-Link on Facebook (www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/dlink).

D-Link and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2011.D-Link. All Rights Reserved.

*MSRP

(1) Power consumption measured against a conventional non D-Link Green Switch. Power consumption may vary depending on device EEE support, power meter, input voltage and Ultra-quiet, compact design power adapter used. Actual data throughput will vary. Network conditions and environment factors, including volume of network traffic and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate. The attached devices must have a NIC that supports 802.1p queuing to allow QoS functionality. Reduced energy consumption when compared to a D-Link conventional switch.

For further information: Denise Keddy, D-Link Systems, Inc., +1-714-885-6318, denise.keddy@dlink.com, or Cyndi Babasa, Walt & Company, +1-408.369.7200, ext. 1062, cbabasa@walt.com Web Site: http://www.dlink.com


OpenText Announces Auto-Classification for Enterprise Content

OpenText Introduces First Auto-Classification Solution with
Built-in Transparency and Defensibility

New Offering Delivers Consistent, Defensible Classification of All Enterprise Content – Including Email and Social – Without End-User Intervention

Waterloo, ON. – Nov. 30, 2011 – Large companies will enter into a new era of records management with a new solution introduced today by OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC). OpenText Auto-Classification is the first automated classification application with built-in transparency and defensibility, giving organizations a powerful way to manage the retention and disposition of high-volume, low-touch content such as social media, email, office documents and legacy content, to reduce legal risk and eDiscovery costs.

“When we talk to our customers about auto-classification technology, their biggest misgivings are, “How do we do it consistently for all content and how do we prove it?” OpenText Auto-Classification has been designed from the ground up to address these problems,” said James Latham, Chief Marketing Officer at OpenText. “We now have the industry’s first machine-assisted classification with built-in statistical sampling and quality assurance to ensure that auto-classification is both transparent and defensible. This solution fundamentally changes how digital records are managed.”

Business and records managers must govern the classification, use, retention, protection, retrieval, and ultimately, the disposal of “business records.” Increasingly, however, they’re being asked to manage massive volumes of “transitory” or low value social content and emails due to their cost and potential risk. Classification of content is critical because it lets the business know what content to keep and what can be thrown away. Historically, end-users have been asked to classify content, but adoption and accuracy rates have been low, often leaving the organization exposed to expensive eDiscovery requests and penalties.

OpenText Auto-Classification provides consistent, defensible classification of content without end-user intervention after the system has been set up. It uses the OpenText Content Analytics engine to “read” through each document, email or social media posting to classify content according to corporate policy and legal requirements. In contrast to search or key word based text analytics, OpenText Content Analytics codifies language specific nuances identified by teams of linguistics experts to dramatically improve accuracy.

Going a significant step beyond “black box” classification systems, Open Text Auto-Classification includes workbenches for identifying exemplar documents and rules, testing and refining effectiveness and quality assurance and sampling against a broader set of documents on an ongoing basis. This gives organizations the level of transparency they need to continually adapt the auto-classification engine to their changing needs and to prove to the courts and regulators that the organization maintains an effective records management program. 

OpenText Auto-Classification was developed in close partnership with customers using the OpenText ECM Suite. It works in conjunction with OpenText Records Management so that existing classifications and classified documents can be used in the tuning process. Among the customers participating in the testing process was Translink, the regional transportation authority for Metro Vancouver, B.C.

Noella Bordian, Manager, Corporate Records for Translink, said that “By participating in the beta program, we were able to play a part in the development of the auto-classification for records management product. Not only will this product improve and increase the use of our classification system and retention schedules, but it will also make it easier to identify content for eDiscovery, archiving and disposition.”

OpenText Auto-Classification will be available later this year. For more information, go to: www.opentext.com/auto-classification.

Follow OpenText on Twitter @opentext and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/opentext.

About OpenText

OpenText, a global ECM leader, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of their business content. OpenText brings two decades of expertise supporting 100 million users in 114 countries.  Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts™ to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. For more information, visit www.opentext.com.

Certain statements in this press release may contain words considered forward-looking statements or information under applicable securities laws. These statements are based on Open Text’s current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the operating environment, economies and markets in which the company operates. These statements are subject to important assumptions, risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict, and the actual outcome may be materially different. Open Text’s assumptions, although considered reasonable by the company at the date of this press release, may prove to be inaccurate and consequently its actual results could differ materially from the expectations set out herein.  For additional information with respect to risks and other factors which could occur, see Open Text’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other securities filings with the SEC and other securities regulators. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Open Text disclaims any intention or obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Copyright © 2011 by Open Text Corporation. OPENTEXT, OPENTEXT AUTO-CLASSIFICATION and  OPENTEXT ECM SUITE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Open Text Corporation in the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and/or other countries. This list of trademarks is not exhaustive. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names, brands and service names mentioned herein are property of Open Text Corporation or other respective owners.


Iomega Brings VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to Small Business and Distributed Enterprises

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Iomega Brings VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure (VDI) to Small Business and Distributed Enterprises

VMware vSphere 5 Certification for Top-of-the-Line Iomega Network
Storage Products Creates an Ideal Combination for VMware View Virtual
VDI Deployments

SAN DIEGO – November 30, 2011 – Iomega Corporation, an EMC company
(NYSE:EMC (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=emc)) and a leading innovator in
data storage solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs),today
announced that the complete line of the Iomega® StorCenter™ PX series
network storage products has been certified as VMware Ready™ for use
with servers running VMware vSphere® 5, creating ideal cost-effective
storage solutions for VMware® cloud infrastructure and virtual desktop
deployments at small and mid-sized businesses and distributed
enterprises.

“Qualifying our top-of-the-line PX series of network storage products
for VMware vSphere 5 enables Iomega customers to use the newest and best
technology from VMware,” said Jonathan Huberman, President of Iomega
Corporation. “It’s been our goal at Iomega to bring the cost
advantages of VMware cloud infrastructure and virtual desktop
deployments to SMBs and distributed enterprises. This is another
important milestone in the overall value and capabilities of Iomega
network storage solutions for serious business use. Bringing enterprise
level applications to SMBs and distributed enterprises as part of rock
solid, economical Iomega network storage solutions is what being part of
EMC is all about.”

“Iomega has been instrumental in delivering virtualized storage
solutions for SMB customers and has demonstrated a robust solution for
SMBs deploying VMware View,” said Parag Patel, Vice President, Global
Strategic Alliances, VMware. “Now with VMware vSphere 5 certification
for the Iomega PX series, customers can use the latest VMware technology
on the network storage products that opened up the market for small
installations.”

News Summary:

The Iomega PX series of network storage products has been tested and
certified as VMware Ready with VMware vSphere 5 as both iSCSI and
NAS/NFS storage targets.* This certification means that users can take
advantage of VMware vSphere features on Iomega network storage platforms
designed for small and medium businesses and distributed enterprise
locations with up to 250 users.

VMware vSphere 5 is the foundation for desktop virtualization, and
Iomega’s support of solid state disks (SSDs) with its StorCenter PX
series of advanced network storage products provides a unique and
compelling value to customers with small installations.

The recently introduced Iomega StorCenter PX series network storage
product line now listed on the VMware hardware compatibility list
includes the desktop models – the four-bay Iomega® StorCenter™
px4-300d and the six-bay StorCenter px6-300d – as well as the
rackmount models – the Iomega® StorCenter™ px4-300r and flagship
StorCenter px12-350r.

The certifications with both NFS and iSCSI enable users to leverage the
flexibility of Iomega network storage and the capabilities of VMware
vSphere 5. Certification with iSCSI enables servers running VMware
vSphere 5 to use the latest version of VMware VMFS in VMware vSphere 5
on top of block storage to capitalize on benefits such as improved
scalability and performance, and reduced space usage by small files.
Certification with NFS lets users deploy Iomega’s native file-based
replication technology for backup or offsite data protection of virtual
machines. Both storage options enable customers to fully utilize
advanced VMware vSphere 5 features that require network shared storage.
In addition, Iomega network storage devices also support CIFS for
storing production data from virtual machines running Microsoft
Windows.

About Iomega StorCenter PX Series Network Storage Devices

Th
e Iomega StorCenter PX series features four models that are available
in diskless, partially populated and fully populated configurations that
allow users the freedom of choice and economics to grow their network
storage capacity as needed. These include the new four- and six-drive
desktop Iomega StorCenter px4-300d and px6-300d models, with up to
18TB** of storage, and the rackmount models – the Iomega StorCenter
px4-300r and flagship StorCenter px12-350r network storage array –
which offer up to 36TB of storage capacity. All StorCenter PX series
models have SSD capabilities for high I/O performance.

All of Iomega’s StorCenter NAS devices utilize the acclaimed EMC
LifeLine™ software, a fully-developed Linux operating environment that
incorporates select EMC world class storage technologies typically
available only for enterprise-level customers.

Availability

All of the Iomega® StorCenter™ PX Series models are available
worldwide. Pricing starts at less than US$800.00.

The Iomega StorCenter PX Series includes a standard three-year limited
warranty with U.S.-based phone support up to 13 hours a day, five days a
week. Optional service plans include Iomega’s Enhanced Service Plan
which includes 24x7 phone support with advance replacement.

For more information on Iomega's complete line of StorCenter network
storage models, including pricing for all models, please go to
www.iomega.com.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation
headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage
solutions for small businesses, home offices, consumers and others. The
Company has sold more than 425 million digital storage drives and disks
since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega’s product portfolio
includes industry leading desktop and rackmount network attached storage
products for small and medium businesses and distributed enterprises;
one of the industry’s broadest selections of direct-attached portable
and desktop external hard drives; and multimedia drives that makes it
easy to move video, pictures and other files from the computer room to
the livingroom. To learn about all of Iomega’s storage products and
network storage solutions, please go to the Web at www.iomega.com.
Resellers can visit Iomega at www.iomega.com/ioclub.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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For more information contact:
Mike Martin/Michelle Chang
StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
mike@stratamp.com
michelle@stratamp.com


Copyright© 2011 Iomega Corporation. All rights reserved. Iomega and
StorCenter are trademarks or registered trademarks of Iomega Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries. EMC and LifeLine are
trademarks or registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. VMware, VMware
View and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of
VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

This release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under
the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from
those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain
risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in
general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in
information technology spending; (iii) o
ur ability to protect our
proprietary technology; (iv) risks associated with managing the growth
of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and
investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring
and achieving anticipated synergies; (v) competitive factors, including
but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (vi)
the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost
declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues;
(vii) component and product quality and availability; (viii) the
transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of
new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (ix)
insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (x) war or acts of
terrorism; (xi) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified
employees; (xii) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xiii) other
one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and
from time to time in EMC’s filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such
forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

* The Iomega® StorCenter™ px12-350r Network Storage Array has been
tested and certified as an iSCSI and NAS/NFS storage target. All other
Iomega StorCenter PX series models are certified as iSCSI storage
targets and are currently completing testing and certification as
NAS/NFS storage targets.

** 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.


Gartner Says Worldwide Server Shipments Grew 7 Percent; Revenue Increased 5 Percent in the Third Quarter of 2011

Gartner Says Worldwide Server Shipments Grew 7 Percent; Revenue Increased 5 Percent in the Third Quarter of 2011

STAMFORD, Conn., November 28, 2011—   

Worldwide server shipments in the third quarter of 2011 grew 7.2 percent year-on-year, while revenue increased 5.2 percent year-on-year, according to Gartner, Inc.

“The third quarter of 2011 produced growth on a global level but there was some significant variation in growth by region,” said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner. “All regions showed growth in both shipments and vendor revenue except for Western Europe which posted a 4.9 percent decline in revenue for the period. Asia/Pacific grew the most significantly in shipments with a 23.9 percent increase. Eastern Europe posted the highest vendor revenue growth at 27.4 percent for the period.”

“x86 servers forged ahead and grew 7.6 percent in units and 9.3 percent in revenue. Some regions like Western Europe and the United States did not produce as much relative x86-based server growth because of comparatively stronger third quarter results in 2010. RISC/Itanium Worldwide Unix server shipments declined 6.8 percent, but vendor revenue increased 3.5 percent compared to the same quarter last year. The ‘other’ CPU category, which is primarily mainframes, showed a decline of 6.9 percent,” Mr Hewitt said.

All of the top five global vendors had revenue increases for the third quarter of 2011 except HP and Oracle. HP declined 3.6 percent year-on-year and Oracle achieved flat growth. IBM took the lead in the worldwide server market based on revenue (see Table 1) — the company posted just over $3.8 billion in server vendor revenue for a total share of 29.7 percent for the third quarter of 2011. This share was down 0.5 percent year-on-year. Most of IBM’s revenue growth came from its Power Systems line with some contribution by System X as well.

Table 1
Worldwide: Server Vendor Revenue Estimates, 3Q11 (US Dollars)

Company

3Q11

Revenue

3Q11 Market Share (%)

3Q10

Revenue

3Q10 Market Share (%)

3Q10-3Q11 Growth (%)

IBM

3,846,807,802

29.7

3,717,419,666

30.2

3.5

HP

3,802,440,047

29.3

3,942,615,230

32.0

-3.6

Dell

1,903,221,687

14.7

1,789,631,319

14.5

6.3

Oracle

763,610,285

5.9

763,964,420

6.2

0.0

Fujitsu

603,044,868

4.7

582,244,543

4.7

3.6

Other Vendors

2,048,599,229

15.8

1,533,530,740

12.4

33.6

Total

12,967,723,917

100.0

12,329,405,918

100.0

5.2

Source: Gartner (November 2011)

In server shipments, HP remained the worldwide leader in the third quarter of 2011 (see Table 2) in spite of a year-on-year shipment decline of 3.1 percent for the quarter. This decline was driven primarily by drops in HP’s ProLiant brand. HP’s worldwide server shipment share was 29.2 percent representing a 3.1 percent drop in share from the same quarter in 2010.

In terms of server form factors, blade servers rose 3.3 percent in shipments and 7.6 percent in revenue for the quarter. The rack-optimised form factor climbed 8.2 percent in shipments and 6.3 percent in revenue for the third quarter of 2011.

Table 2
Worldwide: Server Vendor Shipment Estimates, 3Q11 (Units)

Company

3Q11

Shipment

3Q11 Market Share (%)

3Q10

Shipment

3Q10 Market Share (%)

3Q10-3Q11 Growth (%)

HP

693,265

29.2

715,481

32.3

-3.1

Dell

517,867

21.8

501,593

22.7

3.2

IBM

287,507

12.1

287,574

13.0

0.0

Fujitsu

79,072

3.3

75,479

3.4

4.8

Lenovo

46,638

2.0

26,346

1.2

77.0

Other Vendors

748,633

31.5

607,641

27.4

23.2

Total

2,372,982

100.0

2,214,115

100.0

7.2

Source: Gartner (November 2011)

Additional information is available to subscribers of Gartner’s Servers Quarterly Statistics Worldwide program. This program provides worldwide market size and share data by vendor revenue and unit shipments. Segments include: region, vendor, vendor brand, sub brand, CPU type, CPU group, Max CPU, platform, price band, operating systems and distribution channels.

Gartner analysts will provide additional analysis on server trends further at the 30th Annual Gartner Data Center Conference, December 5-8 in Las Vegas. This event delivers a wealth of strategic guidance and tactical recommendations on the hottest issues, including servers, next-stage virtualization, the impact of cloud computing, mobility, storage, facilities, business continuity and disaster recovery.

More information on the Data Center Conference in Las Vegas is available at www.gartner.com/us/datacenter. Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at christy.pettey@gartner.com.

Additional information from the events will be shared on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerDC.

 

Contact:

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Gartner
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Equation Technologies Adds Intacct to Expand Cloud Computing Across Canada

Equation Technologies Adds Intacct to Expand Cloud Computing Across Canada

press release

Nov. 29, 2011
Top Sage VAR Adds Intacct to Its Portfolio, Says Nearly All New Customers Want Cloud-Based Financial Applications

SAN JOSE, CA, Nov 29, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Intacct, a leading provider of cloud financial management and accounting software, today welcomed Equation Technologies to the Intacct Business Partner Program. Based in Toronto, Equation is one of the largest ERP Value Added Resellers in Canada and ranks #63 on the 2011 Accounting Today Top 100 list of North American VARs. Equation, a top Sage VAR for many years, is adding Intacct to its portfolio because nearly 100% of the inquiries it has received from prospective clients this year have been for cloud-based applications.

"The cloud is the future of our firm and for most of our clients," said Pat Wade, president of Equation Technologies. "We're excited to offer true cloud applications -- Intacct's system is multi-tenant, offers superior functionality and is built exclusively for the cloud. Our clients want a financial system that delivers great applications, is highly customizable, doesn't require costly IT, and offers regular upgrades without disruption to their business. What they don't want is a hosted copy of their old on-premises software. We believe that we have reached a tipping point with cloud computing and are seeing demand for cloud financial management and accounting platforms like Intacct growing rapidly."

Equation has offered ERP software, systems integration, and custom development services to mid-sized companies since 1985. Partnerships with Deltek and Sage have allowed Equation to help clients manage their finances, projects, people, customer relationships and other key assets. The firm has been named one of Accounting Today's Top 100 VARs in each of the past eight years, and is a member of the Sage Leadership Academy and a two-time recipient of the Sage President's Circle Award.

Equation was attracted to Intacct for a number of reasons, including the strength of its applications, the capabilities of its development platform, and the quality of Intacct's partner program. Equation expects Intacct's multi-currency and multi-entity functionality to be a huge asset for its clients in the financial services industry as well those with distributed and multi-national businesses. Meanwhile, Intacct's project accounting and Services Resource Planning applications will be very attractive to professional services firms and other project-based businesses. Finally, Intacct's fund, grant, and donor accounting make it a great fit for nonprofits, faith-based organizations and membership associations.

"We really like that Intacct is all about making financial management and accounting easier and even fun again -- how great is it to be able to use your iPad to access your financial system," said Pat Wade. "Intacct really impressed us with its strong core financials and fit for our target markets. We also like that the system is designed to be flexible -- allowing for tailoring and customizations to meet the exact needs of our customers."

Equation also raved about the Intacct partner program, which stresses quality over quantity, protects partner territories, and views the channel as the best way to deliver value to clients.

"We evaluated all the leading cloud financial applications vendors and spoke to several large firms that have also become Intacct business partners before making our own decision," said Annette Balgord, vice president of Equation Technologies. "Across the board, Intacct's partners had nothing but positive things to say about the product, the people and the opportunity with Intacct. They noted Intacct's strong product architecture, approachable management team and the vast client demand for cloud computing. From what we've seen so far, we couldn't agree more. We see Intacct as a key component of growing our business in our key industries."

"Microsoft and Sage partners continue to turn to Intacct to gain access to true cloud-based financial applications. They understand that the cloud-washing of old legacy on-premises software coming from their current publishers isn't good for either them or for their clients," said Taylor Macdonald, vice president of Channels for Intacct. "Equation is a great addition to our partner program. Pat, Annette and the entire Equation team have a strong background in our target markets and provide a new local presence for expanding our footprint across Canada."

About Equation Technologies Equation Technologies has been a leader in the implementation of ERP technology, systems integration and advanced custom development since 1985. Equation provides solutions for financial and professional services, corporate head offices, and nonprofit organizations. Partnerships with proven technology leaders, including Sage, Deltek, Intacct and Avectra allow Equation to help clients effectively manage finances, projects, people, constituent relationships, and assets. The company has received numerous awards including Sage President's Circle, Accounting Today magazine's "Technology Pacesetter," and the Sage Customer Excellence Award for its high level of client satisfaction. Equation Technologies has developed a reputation for combining creative thinking with technological competency to achieve powerful solutions. They assist clients to achieve their business objectives by providing solution design, product evaluation and selection, project implementation, education, and support. Equation also offers advanced custom development for extending and enhancing the applications they support.

About Intacct Intacct is the cloud financial management company. Bringing cloud computing to finance and accounting, Intacct's award-winning applications are the preferred financial applications for AICPA business solutions. Intacct applications are used by thousands of organizations from startups to public companies and are designed to improve company performance and make finance more productive. Hundreds of leading CPA firms and Value Added Resellers offer Intacct to their clients. The Intacct system includes accounting, contract management, revenue management, project and fund accounting, inventory, purchasing, vendor management, financial consolidation and financial reporting applications, all delivered over the Internet via cloud computing.

Intacct is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit www.intacct.com or call 877-437-7765. Connect with Intacct on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

Intacct and the Intacct logo are trademarks of Intacct Corporation. All other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

RIM Announces BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – The Next Generation Enterprise Mobility Solution for BlackBerry, Android and iOS Smartphones and Tablets

RIM Announces BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – The Next Generation Enterprise Mobility Solution for BlackBerry, Android and iOS Smartphones and Tablets

Simplifies Management of Smartphones and Tablets for Business and Government

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion – the Company’s next-generation enterprise mobility solution and RIM’s entry into the multi-platform Mobile Device Management (MDM) marketplace. Building on years of leading enterprise mobility management solutions from RIM, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will simplify the management of smartphones and tablets running BlackBerry®, Google® Android® and Apple® iOS® operating systems.
 
“We are pleased to introduce BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – RIM’s next generation enterprise mobility solution – to make it easier for our business and government customers to manage the diversity of devices in their operations today,” said Alan Panezic, Vice President, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Research In Motion. “BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together our industry-leading BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology for BlackBerry devices with mobile device management capabilities for iOS and Android devices, all managed from one web-based console. It provides the necessary management capabilities to allow IT departments to confidently oversee the use of both company-owned and employee-owned mobile devices within their organizations.”
 
RIM is the leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions with over 90 percent of the Fortune 500 provisioning BlackBerry devices today. The enterprise market for smartphones and tablets continues to grow in both the company-provisioned and employee-owned (Bring Your Own Device or BYOD) categories. BYOD in particular has led to an increase in the diversity of mobile devices in use in the enterprise and new challenges for CIOs and IT departments as they struggle to manage and control wireless access to confidential company information on the corporate network. This has resulted in increased demand for mobile device management solutions.
 
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together the market-leading BlackBerry® Enterprise Server (version 5.0.3) for BlackBerry smartphones; new management capabilities for BlackBerry PlayBook tablets built on BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology; and mobile device management for smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS operating systems. 
 
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will provide the following mobile device management capabilities for all supported mobile devices*:
 
Asset management
Configuration  management
Security and policy definition and management
Secure and protect lost or stolen devices (remote lock, wipe)
User- and group-based administration
Multiple device per user capable
Application and software management
Connectivity management (Wi-Fi®, VPN, certificate)
Centralized console 
High scalability
 
BlackBerry smartphones will continue to benefit from the many advantages of the end-to-end BlackBerry solution including the same advanced IT management, security and control available with BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3, which is part of BlackBerry Mobile Fusion. These advanced features include BlackBerry® Balance™ technology supporting the use of a single device for both work and personal purposes without compromising the organization’s need to secure, manage and control confidential information; over 500 IT policies; over-the-air app and software installation and management; high availability; and much more. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will also introduce new self-service functionality for employees to secure lost or stolen BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
 
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion is currently in early beta testing with select enterprise customers. RIM is now accepting customer nominations for the closed beta program which will start in January, and general availability is expected in late March.
 
For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/mobilefusion.
 
* Device security, manageability and controls will continue to vary according to the inherent capabilities of the individual device operating systems.
 
About Research In Motion
 
Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Montreal's online payment processor launches enhanced real time monitoring platform

Montreal's online payment processor launches enhanced real time monitoring platform

MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - AlertPay, a Montreal-based secure online payment processing service for e-commerce sites said today that it has launched a real time security monitoring platform named "FraudMatrix".  The company reports that its new platform is more than just a monitoring system, the technology learns and adapts to patterns which enables it to instantly identify suspicious activity.

President and CEO of AlertPay, Firoz Patel has indicated that AlertPay persistently monitors websites and user activity through its propriety monitoring software along with leveraging the industry leaders in persistent monitoring services.

"We have vast experience throughout the e-commerce universe, our expertise, built-in monitoring and screening tools; make us a leader in e-commerce and security. A few years ago, cookies and IP's were enough to combat fraud.  Now it takes an arsenal of tools that are ever evolving, which is why, beyond our continuous improvements in compliance, risk and fraud prevention measures, we are pleased to announce these enhancements to our platform."

Mr. Patel said that with nearly 7.7 million members conducting payment transactions through their AlertPay accounts worldwide, AlertPay's monitoring system screens transactions in real-time detecting patterns and anomalies without impacting the user experience.  When a transaction is flagged, AlertPay's security team quickly reviews the transaction for suspicious activity.

For instance, AlertPay recently played a very active role with local authorities to track down distributors of child pornography.  AlertPay regularly reports any and all suspicious cases to the relevant authorities such as Cybertip, Montreal Police, and the RCMP.   The suspicious cases are never revealed to the public as they are often key facts in an ongoing investigation.

The company's commitment extends to its support of organizations that are dedicated to the protection of children.  Mr Patel concludes: "AlertPay is a company made up of 130 hard-working and dedicated employees; we have families and children of our own. We take special care in child protection and take to heart any role we can play in protecting children."

About AlertPay

AlertPay is a Montreal-based online payment platform that specializes in making and accepting secure e-wallet and credit card payments. The Company has 7.7 million members and offers its services in 197 countries and in 22 different currencies. More than 15,000 sellers use AlertPay as a one-stop-shop solution to accepting payments. The Company also offers foreign exchange services, localized banking, fraud prevention, email invoicing, mass and single remittances and business management tools.

For further information:
Source:
Firoz Patel
CEO
 
Info:
Cohn & Wolfe
Colin Danby
514.845-7060 (direct line)
514.679-1622 (cellphone)