YouSendIt.com just picked up $14 million in a third round of funding. If you don't know the company, the premise is simple: People go there to send big files, whether using the free service or buying a subscription. I've used the freebie version a number of times when I was...
The article describes about wood products. The facility is comprised of two main building areas which are separated by a firewall. The Office/Laboratory Building houses offices, research laboratories, library, lunchroom, reception area, courtyards, assembly room, and boardroom. The Pilot Plant Building is industrial in nature housing workshops for lumber manufacturing...
Internet security is a critical issue for any business. A breach in Internet security that damages your business computer system can result in reduced productivity and lost consumer confidence. Internet security depends as much on human expertise and experience as it does on security software, so be sure to involve...
According to the U.S. General Accounting Office, cybercrime accounts for a net loss of $67 billion every year. What's the breakdown? The biggest taker is identify theft, which nets criminals $49.3 billion a year. Phishing picks up a measly $1 billion (what a pittance, eh?)How can you ensure the bots...
Thermo Electron, the world leader in analytical instruments, gave top priority to devoting key resources solely to compliance issues. Thermo needed to find a solution that would allow their executives to make the guarantee that "Proper controls" had been introduced. The Determina Memory Firewall was the only way to ensure...
The inadequacy inherent in current defenses has driven the development of a new breed of security products known as Intrusion Prevention Systems IPS. This is a term which has provoked some controversy in the industry since some firewall and IDS vendors think it has been "hijacked" and used as a...
This whole concept of looking at response time service level specifications is very important from a customer advocacy point of view. Although suppliers cannot control the Internet itself, they can control a transaction from the time a request hits their firewall to when a response goes back out of the...
Garland Independent School District Upgrades Infrastructure With PA-4000 Next-Generation Firewall; Controls Evasive Applications For 57,000 Students SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Palo Alto Networks today announced that Garland Independent School District ISD, one of the largest school districts in Texas, has replaced its outdated security infrastructure with the PA-4000 Series...
NEW YORK -- In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms the 'A' rating on Volusia County, Florida's approximately $68.8 million of outstanding tourist development tax revenue bonds and the 'A' rating on the $57.4 million in outstanding gas tax revenue bonds. The Rating Outlook is Stable. ...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has withdrawn the 'AA-' ratings assigned to Tennergy Corporation gas project revenue bonds, series 2007A and 2007B as the transaction has not yet closed. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com....
Local Government Deploys PA-4000 Series for High Performance Threat Prevention and Maximum Application Visibility and Control SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Palo Alto Networks today announced that City of Staunton, Virginia is using the PA-4000 Series next-generation firewall to combat threats and gain visibility and control of Internet applications running...
DALLAS -- GW Equity, an advisor to privately held and family-owned businesses for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic growth initiatives, announced the sale of its client Carpathia Hosting Inc., a provider of enterprise application hosting, based in Ashburn, Va., to private equity investor Spire Capital Partners LP, of New York. The...
PaySimple Ensures Merchants Easily Qualify for Simplest Self-Assessment Questionnaires DENVER -- Many smaller business owners may not realize that the Best Practice 6.6 of the PCI Data Security Standard DSS became a requirement on June 30th. The regulation requires merchants dealing with debit and credit cards to tighten...
AlgoSec Inc., the leading provider of FirewallOperations and Security Risk Management solutions, today announced asolution to enable Cisco PIX Security Appliances users to seamlesslyupgrade to Cisco's ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. With theCisco PIX appliance end-of-sale deadline of July 28th approaching,organizations are increasingly turning to AlgoSec to ensure businesscontinuity,...
Fortinet® -- the pioneer and leadingprovider of unified threat management UTM solutions -- today announcedthat Hat World, Inc., a specialty retail leader of officially licensed andbranded athletic fashion headwear in North America, has deployed Fortinet'sFortiGate® multi-threat security appliances to help secure the network atits Indianapolis, Ind. headquarters and is currently...
Former Trend Micro EVP of Global Sales to Drive Next Stage of Growth for Next-Generation Firewall Leader SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Palo Alto Networks today announced that Lane Bess has joined the company as CEO. Bess brings more than 25 years of experience and a proven track record in...
NEW YORK -- In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' rating on Douglas Municipal Property Corporation, Arizona's approximately $3.4 million in outstanding municipal facilities excise tax revenue bonds. The Rating Outlook is Stable. Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use of such...
NEW YORK -- Fitch expects to rate Citibank Omni Master Trust Omniseries Class A, (2008-9) Additional notes as follows: --$75,000,000 1mL + 1.00% class A (2008-9) 'AAA'. For more information see the Citibank Omni Master Trust Omniseries Class A (2008-9) Additional Notes presale report, which is...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings expects to rate the Access Group, Inc. Federal Student Loan asset-backed floating-rate notes, series 2008-1 as follows: --$427,286,000 class A-1 'AAA'; --$318,159,000 class A-1 'AAA'; --$23,055,000 class B-1 'A'. For more information, see the 'Access Group, Inc....
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has revised the time it will hold its Health Outlook on the U.S. Health / Managed Care Insurance Sector. Fitch also is providing corrected dial-in information for today's 11 am ET conference call. Fitch will host this call at 11 am ET with this Corrected Dial-In...
