BlackBerry Smart Card Reader Achieves Advanced Security Certification for U.S. Federal Government

BlackBerry Smart Card Reader Achieves Advanced Security Certification for U.S. Federal Government

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Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) announced today that the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader™ has achieved FIPS 140-2 certification level 3 - the highest certification achieved by any wireless smart card reader on the market. Smart cards support security programs like the U.S. Department of Defense's Common Access Card (CAC) program and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) which calls for a mandatory, government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the federal government to its employees and to the employees of federal contractors. FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) certifications are assigned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

"Our customers value the robust security provided with BlackBerry products and services and smart card readers are particularly important within the government sector," said Scott Totzke, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Security at Research In Motion. "This advanced certification of the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader for the U.S. Federal Government demonstrates our ongoing commitment to meet and exceed the expectations of our government customers."

The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader is designed to work with personal identification cards issued by government organizations or other high-security organizations. Users insert a smart card into this lightweight reader and wear it on a lanyard as a two-factor authentication device for secure access to BlackBerry smartphones, desktop computers and facilities. BlackBerry smartphones and desktop computers automatically lock when the user's smart card is not in proximity.

FIPS 140-2 level 3 certification of the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader also verifies advanced security features of the smart card reader itself, such as tamper evidence and self destruction of critical security parameters upon device breach.

For more information, see http://us.blackberry.com/ataglance/security/products/smartcardreader/.

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.

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Trend Micro Announces Titanium™ 2012 Protection for Your Digital Life


Trend Micro Announces Titanium™ 2012 Protection for Your Digital Life

Empowers social media and Internet users against even the most sophisticated security threats

OTTAWA, Aug. 22, 2011 /CNW/ - Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in Internet security solutions, today announced a family of security tools designed to protect all aspects of consumers' digital lives. Trend Micro™ Titanium™ 2012 is designed to empower consumers against all malicious threats, no matter how they are delivered, where they try to hide, or what connected device is in use. Building upon award-winning protection first introduced in 2010, Titanium 2012 provides complete, overall protection against increasingly sophisticated threats to the digital lifestyle, protecting everything from family photographs to family finances; online shopping to Facebooking; mobile computing to game-playing - no matter whether the preferred device is a laptop, a smart phone, a tablet, or a fully-loaded gaming PC.

"Trend Micro is committed to empowering online users and their families to live their digital lives to the fullest, without fear or hesitation," said Carol Carpenter, Trend Micro's executive general manager for the Consumer business unit. "As consumers continue to take advantage of all the Internet has to offer, we continue our commitment to enhancing the protection our products provide. Our innovative cloud approach has enabled us to proactively defend our customers' online experience. Our new up-to-the-minute features such as social media and mobile protection to ensure all aspects of the digital lifestyle can be made secure."

Titanium 2012 is powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure, providing consumers with robust threat protection.  Smart Protection Network technology has been ranked #1 in protection by three independent labs across 10 individual tests since September 2009. Titanium 2012 is a cloud based solution utilizing less than half the disk space and memory of other security products while providing up-to -the-minute protection and proactively stops threats before they reach the consumer, all with a user-friendly, "set-and-forget" user interface.

Titanium 2012 's new security enhancements include a tool to eliminate programs posing as antivirus software (Fake AV), proactive botnet and PE Virus protection, protection against malware packer technology, as well as a tool to visually identify safe and malicious links on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Trend Micro provides mobile security for smart phones and tablets, including robust tools for Android devices with Trend Micro™ Mobile Security Personal Edition and file and folder synchronization and backup through Trend Micro™ SafeSync™online service.   Titanium 2012 also includes enhancements to Titanium's Parental Controls, Behavioral Monitoring, and Rootkit detection and removal.   In a recent test conducted by AVTest.org, Titanium 2012 showed a 60% improvement in detecting and removing Rootkits, a difficult to detect, subversive form of malware.

Titanium 2012 is available in three packages; each designed to meet specific needs of families and individuals. A fun "skin" feature also offers consumers the opportunity to completely customize the look of their digital life protection.

Titanium 2012

Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus + Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security
Essential protection for emailing and surfing the web hassle free Advanced protection for your family—connect with confidence Maximum protection for your digital life—your all-in-one security solution
Proactively stops threats before they reach you All of the essentials, plus: All of the benefits of Internet Security, plus:
Uses less than half the disk space and memory of other security products Control and monitor your kids' online access and content with parental controls Protects you from malicious links on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter
Intuitive interface is easy to install and use Data theft prevention protects your private information like credit card numbers, email addresses and passwords Data security tools like a file shredder and vault keep your most important documents secure
Set-and-forget security—won't hassle you with alerts and pop-ups Optimizes your PC's performance and helps protect your privacy by cleaning registry and temp files and deleting browsing histories and cookies Includes 10 GB Trend Micro SafeSync account to sync, access and share your photos, documents and more
     Includes Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition to extend your security to mobile phones and tablets, including robust tools for Android devices

Titanium 2012 is available for purchase at the Trend Micro online store, through retail partners in select countries worldwide, and at numerous retail locations online at the following prices:

Trend Micro Titanium Antivirus $59.99 for protection for 3 PCs for a year
Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security   $69.99 for protection for 3 PCs for a year
Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security   $79/99 for protection for 3 PCs for a year

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro Incorporated (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4704), a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers.  Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ cloud security infrastructure, our products and services stop threats where they emerge - from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe.

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CRTC issues report highlighting trends in the communications industry

CRTC issues report highlighting trends in the communications industry

OTTAWA-GATINEAU, Aug. 18, 2011 /CNW/ - Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released Navigating Convergence II: Charting Canadian Communications Change and Regulatory Implications, a compilation of independent research and views obtained from CRTC stakeholders, including consumers, public-interest advocates and members of the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors. The first edition of the report was published in February 2010.

According to the report, the development and adoption of new devices, products and services is accelerating in Canada. Canadians are rapidly embracing the global digital environment and making their choices and voices known. The evolving environment is also creating opportunities for the communications industry to provide services and content in new and innovative ways.

In 2010, 24% of anglophones and 20% of francophones watched some of their television programming online, including newscasts, sports clips and shows, which were offered by Canadian and foreign services. This trend is expected to continue as these services give consumers the flexibility to catch up on the television shows they have missed, at a time and on the device that is most convenient. As consumers access more online content and services, traffic over Canadian Internet networks is projected to quadruple from 2009 to 2014.

Canadians are also increasingly adopting mobile devices, which can connect to the Internet and deliver content, information and social media services. Between 2010 and 2014, the number of wireless subscribers is expected to rise from 25.8 million to nearly 30 million, with half of them owning a smartphone. At the same time, mobile Internet subscriptions in Canada are predicted to increase significantly from 5.5 million in 2011 to 14 million in 2015.

The report also notes that consolidation has increased in the communications industry. Despite this trend, the introduction of new services, such as those that deliver television programming online or through phone lines (known as Internet Protocol television), and the emergence of new service providers in the wireless market create competitive options for consumers.

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HP to Acquire Leading Enterprise Information Management Software Company Autonomy Corporation plc

HP to Acquire Leading Enterprise Information Management Software Company Autonomy Corporation plc

Highly complementary acquisition provides leadership position in large and growing space

Expected to be accretive to non-GAAP earnings per share for HP shareholders in the first full year following completion(1)

PALO ALTO, Calif., and CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 18, 2011

HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) today announced the terms of a recommended transaction under which HP (through an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, HP SPV) will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Autonomy for £25.50 ($42.11) per share in cash (the “Offer”). The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both HP and Autonomy. The Autonomy board of directors also has unanimously recommended its shareholders accept the Offer.

Based on the closing stock price of Autonomy on August 17, 2011, the consideration represents a one day premium to Autonomy shareholders of approximately 64 percent and a premium of approximately 58 percent to Autonomy’s prior one month average closing price. The transaction will be implemented by way of a takeover offer extended to all shareholders of Autonomy. A document containing the full details of the Offer will be dispatched as soon as practicable after the date of this release. The acquisition of Autonomy is expected to be completed by the end of calendar 2011.

Founded in 1996, Autonomy is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise with a customer base of more than 25,000 global companies, law firms and public sector agencies, and approximately 2,700 employees worldwide. Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) platform allows computers to harness the richness of information, forming a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data, including unstructured information, such as text, email, web pages, voice and video. Autonomy’s software powers a full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications, including pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio analysis. Autonomy’s IDOL is the de-facto standard among more than 400 OEMs, supported by substantial intellectual property (IP), and Autonomy is a significant cloud player with over 30 petabytes of customer information under management. Autonomy’s recent operating and financial performance has been strong, including its most recent results for the quarter ending June 30, 2011. Over the last five years, Autonomy has grown its revenues at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 55 percent and adjusted operating profit at a rate of approximately 83 percent.

“Autonomy presents an opportunity to accelerate our strategic vision to decisively and profitably lead a large and growing space,” said Léo Apotheker, HP president and chief executive officer. “Autonomy brings to HP higher value business solutions that will help customers manage the explosion of information. Together with Autonomy, we plan to reinvent how both unstructured and structured data is processed, analyzed, optimized, automated and protected. Autonomy has an attractive business model, including a strong cloud based solution set, which is aligned with HP’s efforts to improve our portfolio mix. We believe this bold action will squarely position HP in software and information to create the next-generation Information Platform, and thereby, create significant value for our shareholders.”

Apotheker continued, “Autonomy is a highly profitable and globally respected software company, with a well-regarded management team and talented, dedicated employees. We look forward to partnering with a company who shares our commitment to solving customer problems by creating smart, cutting-edge products and solutions. I am particularly pleased that Dr. Mike Lynch, who heads a team of brilliant scientists and employees, will continue to lead Autonomy. I look forward to our collaboration as we focus on creating maximum value for the combined company, its customers and employees.”

“This is a momentous day in Autonomy’s history,” said Dr. Mike Lynch, chief executive officer and founder, Autonomy. “From our foundation in 1996, we have been driven by one shared vision: to fundamentally change the IT industry by revolutionizing the way people interact with information. HP shares this vision and provides Autonomy with the platform to bring our world-leading technology and innovation to a truly global stage, making the shift to a future age of the information economy a reality.”

Strategic and financial benefits

  • Positions HP as leader in large and growing space: Autonomy has a strong position in the $20 billion enterprise information management space, which is growing at 8 percent annually and is uniquely positioned to continue growth within this space. Furthermore, key Autonomy assets would provide HP with the ability to reinvent the $55 billion business analytics software and services space, which is growing at 8 percent annually.
  • Complements HP’s existing technology portfolio and enterprise strategy: Autonomy offers solutions that are synergistic across HP’s enterprise offerings and strengthens capabilities for data analytics, the cloud, industry capabilities and workflow management. This will bolster HP’s cloud offerings with key assets for information management and data analytics. Autonomy also complements existing HP offerings from enterprise servers, storage, networking, software, services and its Imaging and Printing Group (IPG).
  • Provides differentiated IP for services and extensive vertical capabilities in key industries: Acquiring Autonomy would provide differentiated IP for services, including extensive vertical capabilities in key industries such as government, financial services, legal, pharmaceutical and healthcare.
  • Provides IPG a base for content management platforms: Autonomy provides HP with a content management platform and accelerates a major component of the IPG enterprise strategy to continue its growth of document and content management and higher value commercial printing opportunities.
  • Enhances HP’s financial profile: Autonomy’s strong growth and profit margin profile complements HP’s efforts to improve its business mix by focusing on enterprise software and solutions. Autonomy has a consistent track record of double-digit revenue growth, with 87 percent gross margins and 43 percent operating margins in calendar year 2010.(2)
  • Accretive to HP’s earnings: HP expects the acquisition to be accretive to non-GAAP earnings per share for HP shareholders in the first full year following completion.(3)

Lynch will continue to lead Autonomy and will report to Apotheker. Following the acquisition, Autonomy will operate separately.

The Offer documents related to the transaction are available at www.hp.com/investor/offerdocuments. The Offer will be subject to the conditions and further terms set out in the Offer documents. HP intends to finance the transaction through offshore cash and debt financing.

Conference call

HP will host a conference call with the financial community today at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET to discuss this announcement, as well as HP’s third quarter 2011 financial results. The call is accessible via an audio webcast at www.hp.com/investor/2011q3webcast.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, spearheads the Meaning Based Computing movement. IDC recently recognized Autonomy as having the largest market share and fastest growth in the worldwide search and discovery market. Autonomy’s technology allows computers to harness the full richness of human information, forming a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data, including unstructured information, such as text, email, web pages, voice, or video. Autonomy’s software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content management, web optimization, rich media management and video and audio analysis.

Autonomy’s customer base is comprised of more than 25,000 global companies, law firms and federal agencies including: AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, DLA Piper, Ericsson, FedEx, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds TSB, NASA, Nestlé, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, Tesco, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More than 400 companies OEM Autonomy technology, including Symantec, Citrix, HP, Novell, Oracle, Sybase and TIBCO. The company has offices worldwide. Please visit www.autonomy.com to find out more.

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 at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Now Available on Cirrus Tech Windows VPS Hosting Plans

Windows Server 2008 R2 Now Available on Cirrus Tech Windows VPS Hosting Plans

Leading Canadian VPS provider updates Windows VPS plans with Windows Server 2008 R2

Toronto, ON - Aug 17, 2011 Toronto based web hosting provider, Cirrus Tech Ltd., has added Windows Server 2008 R2 to the list of operating systems available on their Virtual Private Servers (VPS). Businesses and .NET developers looking for latest Windows Server OS can choose from 5 different Windows VPS plans that meet their individual requirements.

Windows Server 2008 R2 is the latest operating system for servers from Microsoft geared toward web applications and development. It is built on the same core operating system as Windows 7 and has vast improvements over its predecessor, Windows Server 2003. Some of the improvements are enhanced stability and security and improved .NET support. Cirrus Tech aims to provide one of the most reliable Windows VPS solution on the market with the introduction of their Windows Server 2008 R2 VPSes.

The addition of Windows Server 2008 R2 comes after Cirrus Tech's major update of their VPS hosting plans. These updates include a complete overhaul of their VPS hosting infrastructure, increased dedicated resources across all VPS plans, and lower prices. All Windows VPS plans come with full remote desktop access (RDP) in addition to the Plesk 10 Control Panel. Windows 2008 R2 VPSes include IIS 7.5 and .NET 4.0 support.

Cirrus Tech Windows VPS plans offers a mix of both performance and affordability for clients moving up from a shared hosting environment. It also offers an attractive solution for dedicated server clients wanting to take advantage of the benefits inherent in a virtual hosting environment, such as reduced costs and scalability without giving up control. Windows VPS plans start with 20 GB of disk space and 1 GB of RAM and can scale all the way up to plans that include 250 GB of disk space and 8 GB of RAM!

Cirrus Tech will continue to offer Windows Server 2003 for both new and existing clients alongside Windows Server 2008 R2. Clients simply need to choose the version of Windows Server they require during the ordering process. For clients looking for alternative hosting solutions, Cirrus Tech provides Windows Server 2008 R2 on their Xen Virtual Machine (VMs) and dedicated server plans. Windows Server 2008 R2 is also the operating system powering their Windows shared hosting plans.

About Cirrus Tech Ltd

Cirrus Tech Ltd. has been actively promoting its services to the hosting industry since 1999. The company has focused on 24/7 tech support, value added services and a cooperative attitude towards all its clients. Cirrus is now one of Canada's largest Web Hosting companies and is a leading provider of comprehensive Internet services. Cirrus provides locally based sales and engineering support for its Internet services in Toronto, Canada, and offers Web hosting services to customers in many countries.

 





 


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The Province of Ontario and Cisco Forge Alliance to Drive IT Innovation, Economic Development and R&D

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The Province of Ontario and Cisco Forge Alliance to Drive IT Innovation, Economic Development and R&D

TORONTO, ON – August 17, 2011- At an event today Ontario Minister of Economic Development and Trade Sandra Pupatello; Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers; and Cisco Canada President , Nitin Kawale, pledged support for efforts to generate a long-term investment of expertise and technology for the Province of Ontario. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed today outlines Cisco and the Province’s intention to cooperate in developing initiatives that will help drive key economic development goals and support technology research and development (R&D).  

Ontario and Cisco Canada intend to develop a collaborative framework to focus on key activities to help further the province’s transformational vision and increase productivity by driving innovation and sustainable economic development in strategic areas of health and wellness, energy, smart+connected communities, education and economic cluster development.

The collaboration with Cisco is the latest in Ontario’s ongoing initiatives to partner with private industry to facilitate solution innovation and commercialization, increase research and development and make better use of the province’s broadband capacity.

Ontario and Cisco also announced they intend to work together to invest in R&D-focused job development to drive skills development, economic competitiveness and product innovation.

Facts and Highlights:

Ontario and Cisco have agreed to work together to explore opportunities to advance strategic objectives including:

  • Health & Wellness:

o   Advance the state of telemedicine and help improve access to health and wellness services for remote, rural and First Nations communities

o   Improve the state of collaboration and education for clinicians, hospitals and administrators

o   Enhance the quality and operational excellence of health and wellness services

  • Energy:

o   Advance the innovative cluster of Ontario companies focused on increasing energy savings through converged solutions for security, building automation and IT services

o    Explore innovative solutions in energy management

o    Drive environmental sustainability through greater use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)


  • Smart+Connected Communities:

o   Promote the development of environmentally sustainable, smart+connected communities that generate economic growth and better opportunities for citizens who work and live in those intelligent communities

o   Develop innovative approaches to the cost effective and sustainable delivery of Government services

o   Enhance opportunities for collaboration among Ontario companies through an intelligent community infrastructure 

o   Identify opportunities to enhance network infrastructure to facilitate remote work and the virtual workforce

o   Utilize a living lab concept to showcase and pilot smart+connected community solutions and to encourage cities and communities in Ontario to launch similar initiatives

  • Education:

o   Increase the reach of higher education and enhance industry collaboration with universities

o   Increase high-skilled job market opportunities for recent post-secondary graduates

o   Utilize Cisco® Networking Academy® programs to bring new skills to First Nations communities

  • Economic Cluster Development:

o   Identify strategic partnership opportunities with economic development agencies

o   Facilitate industry collaboration on regional economic development strategies, particularly in northern communities

o   Identify opportunities to increase commercialization of early-stage ventures, and enhance funding opportunities for private enterprises

  • The Ontario IT Innovation Initiative:

o   Cisco today outlined an investment target of up to $455 million over the next five years to support R&D, focused on  key strategic areas for Cisco, including core routing and switching, collaboration, data centre virtualization and cloud, and video

o   Ontario has committed $25 million to this project to support Ontario’s leadership as a global centre for the development of transformative communications technologies

Supporting quotes:

Minister of Economic Development and Trade Sandra Pupatello:

“Cisco is among the many global technology leaders who continue to recognize Ontario’s innovation and the talent of our highly skilled workforce. Cisco already conducts R&D in the province in technologies critical to their success, and this investment and the MOU announced today are a vital part of our economic strategy to help Ontario turn the corner.”

Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers:

“Ontario has long been globally recognized as a centre of excellence for IT innovation. Both the Province and Cisco share a dynamic vision for building on the substantial IT R&D capability resident here and we see a key opportunity to join forces to further Ontario’s innovation machine. This collaboration and co-investment is an excellent example of how governments can partner with industry to help drive innovative strategies.”  

Cisco CanadaPresident Nitin Kawale:

“Cisco and the Province of Ontario share a long and successful history. This MOU, only the third of its kind in Ontario’s history, is a next stage in our collaborative relationship focused on a shared vision of deploying transformational technology to help achieve sustainable and innovative goals. There is enormous potential to build a solid R&D spring board in Ontario. Cisco is unique in our ability to draw upon the expertise, technology innovation and global best practices to further drive Ontario’s dynamic innovation engine.”

About Cisco

Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco products and services are supplied in Canada by Cisco Systems Canada Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.For ongoing news, please go to   http://newsroom.cisco.com  and http://newsroom.cisco.com/canada.

Protecode Announces Full Support of SPDX Standard by its Leading Open Source License Management Tools

Protecode Announces Full Support of SPDX Standard by its Leading Open Source License Management Tools

 

Latest release of System 4 supports new licensing standard and new application for open source package pre-approval

 

OTTAWA, ON – August 17, 2011Protecode Inc., a leading provider of open source license management solutions, today announced several major enhancements to its existing Protecode System 4™ license management software. System 4 now fully supports the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) standard, and also includes a package pre-approval workflow application, Code Administrator™.

 

Sponsored by the Linux Foundation, SPDX is the result of a collaborative effort to create a standard format for communicating the components, licenses and copyrights associated with a software package. As a member of Linux Foundation, Protecode has been working with the SPDX standard body to make System 4 fully compliant with the SPDX 1.0 standard, launched today by the SPDX workgroup. The ability to read and generate SPDX information by System 4 eases license information exchange across the software supply chain, and allows for a simpler license compliance process.

 

“The industry and the open source community have come together to fill a need. This standard will revolutionize the way third party software and in particular open source license management is done,” said Kamal Hassin, VP, Product Management, Protecode.

 

Protecode Code Administrator is another workflow capability in the new release that further simplifies license compliance management in any organization. Code Administrator facilitates requesting, analysis and approval of open source and other third party software within an organization. It ensures only a well understood, pre-approved set of software packages of specific versions with defined use-cases are deployed in software projects.

 

Using Code Administrator, a user can request that a package be approved by submitting detailed information about the package and how it will be used within the organization. The request is then logged and its status is tracked. An administrator performs an audit of the requested package using Protecode Enterprise Analyzer™. If the package does not conflict with the organization’s established licensing policies the administrator either approves or rejects the package. Once approved the package is then made available to the organization.

 

Protecode System 4 ensures that unwanted open source or third party code is detected as early as possible in the software development lifecycle, reducing costs and time of fixing compliance issues before the product is released to the market.

 

About Protecode

Protecode provides a comprehensive solution for managing open source software licenses. Protecode System 4™ uses lightning fast code scanning that works behind the scenes in real-time with code libraries, build processes and desktops to detect and report open source licenses relative to company-defined policies. Built for ease-of-use and minimal intrusion into existing development processes, Protecode cost-effectively manages the lifecycle of open source licensing obligations. Protecode is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada with partners worldwide. For more information, visit www.protecode.com.

 

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Welcome home: Rogers launches home monitoring and automation system

Welcome home: Rogers launches home monitoring and automation system

Smart Home Monitoring from Rogers provides anytime, anywhere solutions with real-time Home Security, Home Automation Control and Energy Management

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TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2011 /CNW/ - Imagine if you could feel closer to home,even when your front door is far away. You can now truly be the master of the house with Smart Home Monitoring, an innovative home monitoring and automation service launched today by Rogers. From remotely controlling thermostat levels, to scheduling lights to turn on when you get home, this new system delivers a connected personalized experience at home, at work or on-the-go. Powered by both Rogers cable and Rogers wireless networks, Smart Home Monitoring lets consumers automate and manage sensors, cameras, thermostats, lights and small appliances from their computer or smartphone.

"Consumers are looking for solutions to enable their connected home seamlessly, reliably and securely," said Ian Pattinson, Vice-President & General Manager, Smart Home Monitoring, Rogers Communications. "With Smart Home Monitoring, we have reinvented home security with easy home automation and energy management providing Rogers customers with a truly connected home of the future."

At the heart of the system is an ultra-rugged, easy-to-use touchpad that consumers use to arm/disarm and manage their system. Available in wall-mount or table-top, the touchpad provides quick 1-touch access to home security functions, home automation apps for lighting, cameras and thermostats as well as multimedia apps for photos, traffic, weather and sports. When an alarm occurs, the touchpad instantly connects with the Rogers central monitoring station simultaneously over both Rogers cable and wireless networks. The touchpad constantly communicates with its highly encrypted smart sensors throughout the home, checking their status, signal strength, battery level and even room temperature.

Staying connected to your home is easy - consumers can securely connect to their Smart Home Monitoring service through any computer or a smartphone allowing them to view, manage and secure their homes through a two-step security process at any time from any internet-based location.

Additional features and benefits of the service include:

  • Real-time, 24/7 monitoring at the Rogers Central Monitoring Station provided by certified security experts with over twenty years of experience in security, monitoring and emergency services
  • IP-based dual network connections ensure constant connection of the home to the Rogers Central Monitoring Station
  • Real-time sensor and video alerts sent via text and email
  • Remote access from a computer or smartphone to securely view, control and arm/disarm the home
  • Professional installation by specially-trained Rogers cable technicians

"Consumers want a next generation system that protects and connects their home seamlessly with their connected lifestyle," Pattinson said. "Smart Home Monitoring is a natural evolution for our business that leverages our proven networks, expertise in communication and commitment to innovation and next generation connected experiences."

Smart Home Monitoring has three rate plans, each including always connected wireless-data backup, starting with the Home Basics plan at $39.99 per month. Rogers Cable Hi-Speed Internet required.  The Touchpad starter kit is $149.00 on a three-year term, or $749 with no term, with optional sensors available a-la-carte and in discounted Value Packs.   All systems are professionally installed for a one-time fee of $99.00.

Smart Home Monitoring is now available to Rogers Hi-Speed Internet customers in the Rogers cable footprint across Ontario. To learn more, visit www.rogers.com/smarthomemonitoring.

Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. We are Canada's largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services and one of Canada's leading providers of cable television, high speed internet and telephony services. Through Rogers Media, we are engaged in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade publications, plus sports entertainment. We are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further information about the Rogers group of companies, please visit www.rogers.com.

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The ABCs for SMBs when hiring student employees

 
 
 
The ABCs of Hiring Student Employees
Intuit 'Cheat Sheet' Offers Business Owners Four Tips to Get Good Grades When Managing a Part-time Payroll
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 16, 2011 /CNW/ - Back-to-school is also back-to-work for the nearly 1 million, 15- to 24-year-old students who work part-time throughout the school year. And for the small businesses who hire them, that means extra homework to make sure they get the arithmetic right when it comes to calculating payroll, taxes and deductions.
To help business owners get passing grades from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA), Intuit Canada, makers of QuickBooks Payroll accounting software, offers four tips to stay compliant throughout a part-timer's employment.
Mistakes can be costly to both employers and their employees. Small businesses must maintain up-to-date records throughout a student's employment to avoid potential fines and penalties. And for the students, paying the proper taxes and taking accurate deductions can save them from owing money to the CRA at tax time.
"Being responsible for the pay cheque of younger employees is a job small business owners do not take lightly," said Brad Card, senior payroll products manager with Intuit Canada. "QuickBooks Payroll has the tools small businesses need to keep accurate records, stay on top of tax changes and get their employees paid swiftly. Our customers have told us that they've reduced the amount of time it takes to run their payroll by as much as 75 per cent."
The ABCs of Compliance
To help small business owners stay compliant throughout the entire cycle of a part-time student's employment, Card offered the following tips:
  • Before they start: If hiring an employee for the first time, register your business as an employer with the CRA (www.cra-arg.gc.ca). This will provide a payroll account allowing you to issue T4s and remit the necessary statutory deductions.
  • When they start: Among the connected generation, email and cell numbers are as critical as home phone and address. Ensure you have all of these up front, and their social insurance number and completed TD1 forms - both federal and provincial.
  • While they work: Applying accurate deductions is critical and tax changes can occur every six months. Students turning 18 must start paying into the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) in the month following their birthday. QuickBooks Payroll automatically updates and applies the most recent tax and deduction changes, ensuring ongoing accuracy. You'll also find current changes on the CRA's website.
  • When they leave: Prepare a record of employment, which must be provided to the employee within five days after their last day. Also be sure to retain your records. You are required to keep employee records for six years after they leave.
No More Pencils, When You Have 'Books
A solution such as QuickBooks Payroll eliminates manual calculations and the need to rely on external information sources to remain compliant, giving small business owners more time to run their business.
The financial management software automatically calculates deductions and taxes ensuring compliance with regularly updated provincial and federal requirements. It can create and print paycheques and regionally compliant paystubs, as well as track tax, CPP and EI contributions to produce T4s in just a few clicks. In addition, both paystubs and T4s can be emailed directly from QuickBooks Payroll, saving on the costs of printing and postage.
"Hiring students as part-time employees is a great option for small business owners, but you've got to follow the rules to avoid fines and keep staff happy," said Card. "Managing your part-time or even full-time payroll is usually regarded as a tedious task that many pay a third-party to manage. In reality, the closer you are to understanding and managing your business' entire cash flow, the more likely you are to ensure your own success."
For more information about the time-saving benefits of QuickBooks Payroll accounting software, visit quickbooks.ca.
About Intuit Canada
Intuit Canada ULC is a leading provider of business, financial and tax management solutions for small- and mid-sized businesses, consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including Quicken®, QuickBooks®, QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions, SuccèsPME, TurboTax, and ImpôtRapideMC, simplify personal finance, accounting software and tax preparation and filing.
Additional offerings include ProFile®, a professional tax preparation software suite, the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program and the Intuit Developer Network for professional users and developers. All are provided by Intuit Canada or through its partners.
Intuit Canada has employees across Canada and offices in Edmonton, AB, and Mississauga, ON. Intuit Canada is an affiliate of Intuit Inc., which is listed on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol INTU. More information can be found at www.intuit.ca.
 
 
 
 
 

RSA Combines Blacklist Data Feeds and Threat Monitoring in RSASM CyberCrime Intelligence Service


RSA Combines Blacklist Data Feeds and Threat Monitoring in RSASM
CyberCrime Intelligence Service

Managed Service Designed to Help Enterprises Proactively Block Malware
Threats and Diminish Threat Opportunity Window for Data Loss or
Compromise

News Summary:
* RSA announces significant new features available in the RSASM
CyberCrime Intelligence Service
* RSA CyberCrime Intelligence is a managed service engineered to
provide information about external threats and data compromise to help
enterprises monitor and harden their infrastructure against malware
infection and data loss
* New daily “blacklist” reports on live malware domains can help
organizations proactively block malicious traffic from Trojans and
phishing sites
* Professional services consulting to help organizations improve
security policies and controls

BEDFORD, Mass. – Aug. 17, 2011 – RSA, The Security Division of EMC
(NYSE: EMC) announced significant updates to its RSASM CyberCrime
Intelligence Service (http://www.rsa.com/cybercrime) designed to help
enterprises monitor and harden their infrastructure against malware
infection and data loss. Offered to complement RSA’s broad portfolio
of security and threat management solutions, the RSA CyberCrime
Intelligence Service is a managed service that is designed to provide
information on corporate end points, network resources, access
credentials and other systems that may have been compromised by malware.
Security professionals can use this information to help identify
corporate end points and resources that may be at risk as a result of
malware infection and remediate incidents of potential data exposure in
the enterprise.

In addition to gaining insight into malware-infected resources, the RSA
CyberCrime Intelligence Service offers new daily reports on black-listed
hosts and IP addresses used by cybercriminals for launching attacks and
communicating updates to malware-infected computers that may be part of
a botnet. When automatically fed into web filtering software, intrusion
detection/prevention systems and other network monitoring and security
solutions, this threat intelligence feed can be used to help sever the
communication channels of existing malware, eliminating its ability to
siphon information from companies and gain new instructions from command
and control points.

“IT organizations have traditionally focused on layered security
which protects the perimeter. Now is the time to provide the same
layered security model internally as well. That model, based on
Governance, Risk and Compliance, must assume that malware has penetrated
the enterprise and mitigate any damage which might occur,” said Phil
Blank, Managing Director, Security, Risk and Fraud at Javelin Strategy &
Research. “By employing actionable information contained in threat
intelligence reports and supplemented by active blacklist feeds to help
prevent communications with command and control servers and data
leakage, an enterprise can significantly improve their security posture
and reduce their risks.”

Advanced forms of malware such as the Zeus and SpyEye Trojans can
silently capture and exfiltrate a wide variety of data and credentials
contained on enterprise endpoints, including proprietary information
such as legal documents, healthcare records and corporate secrets.
However, many organizations are unaware of the impact of malware within
their systems that pose a significant threat to their information and
bottom line.

“Corporate internet users increasingly represent the largest source
of infection in the enterprise by data-stealing malware via
spear-phishing emails and social engineering attacks,” said Sam Curry,
Chief Technology Officer for RSA’s Identity and Data Protection group.
“The RSA CyberCrime Intelligence Service helps IT professionals
further understand and isolate possible points of exposure within their
enterprise so they can ad
just security controls and close gaps to better
protect their organizations against malware and data loss.”

The RSA CyberCrime Intelligence Service is designed to offer companies
insight into potential compromises through a variety of regular reports
and automated data feeds that provide lists of recovered data related to
an organization’s:
* Systems, applications and resources derived from monitoring corporate
URLs
* Communication done over corporate email domains
* Resources based on IP addresses of infected machines

The information offered through the RSA CyberCrime Intelligence Service
is gleaned from the RSA Trojan Research Labs and a network of
anti-virus, firewall, anti-spam and Web crawling partners. RSA
aggregates and analyzes this information to provide customers with
continuous updates and broad visibility on the latest malware and
malicious hosts found on the internet.
Customers can also opt to receive an additional level of security
consulting expertise integrated with their RSA CyberCrime Intelligence
Service offering, to help identify and implement actionable plans to
reduce cybercrime risk through:

* Exposure analysis in social media and general web presence
* Business process mapping, risk modeling and vulnerability and
exposure analysis
* Understanding industry and geographic trends
* Ongoing monthly consulting for defensive and intelligence needs

Availability

Offered as a managed service, the RSA CyberCrime Intelligence Service
is designed to be quickly deployed and enables organizations to minimize
resource investments. The RSA CyberCrime Intelligence Service is
available worldwide this month. For more information, visit
www.rsa.com/cybercrimeor call RSA Product Sales at +1-800-495-1095.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security,
risk and compliance management solutions for business acceleration. RSA
helps the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most
complex and sensitive security challenges. These challenges include
managing organizational risk, safeguarding mobile access and
collaboration, proving compliance, and securing virtual and cloud
environments.

Combining business-critical controls in identity assurance, encryption
& key management
(http://www.rsasecurity.com/glossary/default.asp?id=1111), SIEM, Data
Loss Prevention and Fraud Protection with industry leading eGRC
capabilities and robust consulting services, RSA brings visibility and
trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform
and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit
www.RSA.com and www.EMC.com.

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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StrategicAmpersand
416-961-5595
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michelle@stratamp.com


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business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments
and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving
anticipated synergies; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly
qualified employees; (x) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory;
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to protect our proprietary technology; (xiv) war or acts of terrorism;
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