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Time to innovate

1 Time to innovate

It is generally assumed that in times of financial uncertainty, innovation is one of the first areas to cease. However, despite a brutal recession and restricted access to funds, businesses continue to innovate and develop new products in order to protect and grow market share. In fact, research suggests that the recovery so far has been a result of manufacturers' investment in innovation.

CA Technologies identifies the rise of 'crimeware-as-a-service' as key threat to businesses and consumers

2 CA Technologies identifies the rise of 'crimeware-as-a-service' as key threat to businesses and consumers

CA Technologies has released its State of the Internet 2010: A Report on the Ever-Changing Threat Landscape to provide an in-depth look at the most prevalent threat activity in the first half of 2010, including the emergence of organised Crimeware-as-a-service that is fueling the rapid development of sophisticated new threats.

BitDefender Security for Mail Servers receives ninth consecutive Virus Bulletin Spam award

3 BitDefender Security for Mail Servers receives ninth consecutive Virus Bulletin Spam award

BitDefender, provider of internet security solutions, has announced that its Security for Mail Servers anti-spam software has passed the Virus Bulletin Spam (VBSpam) test for the ninth consecutive time.

Business backs manufacturing-led recovery

4 Business backs manufacturing-led recovery

Business people have identified manufacturing and technology as the most important sectors to help secure economic recovery. Much has been made of manufacturing's declining importance to the UK economy, but after strong recent growth in the industry*, companies believe it has a crucial role to play in the UK's 21st century economy.

A third of British businesses at risk of internet knock out

5 A third of British businesses at risk of internet knock out

Some 80% of British small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB's) say the internet is either important or critical to their business, but a third don't actually know who provides their service, an independent survey of 1,000 UK SMBs by Consumerchoices.co.uk has revealed.

Time for a fresh look at backup & recovery

6 Time for a fresh look at backup & recovery

As enterprises and small firms battle to control explosive data growth, the market for back up and data management solutions continues to grow and drive demand for the channel.

Hackers concur misconfigured networks main cause of breaches

7 Hackers concur misconfigured networks main cause of breaches

Tufin Technologies has announced the results of its annual 'Hacking Habits' survey, designed to better understand how trends in the hacking community impact corporate security teams.

Don't let data backup, get your back up

8 Don't let data backup, get your back up

Dave Beesley explains how implementing an easier, safer and more efficient data backup and disaster recovery solution will help businesses avoid unnecessary data loss and the risk of litigation.

SMEs in the virtual market

9 SMEs in the virtual market

It's certainly not news that the number of SMEs installing virtualised solutions is steadily increasing, but what is news, is that the rate of increase could and should be a lot faster.

DEF CON survey reveals vast scale of cloud hacking - and the need to bolster security to counter the problem

10 DEF CON survey reveals vast scale of cloud hacking - and the need to bolster security to counter the problem

An in-depth survey carried out amongst 100 of the elite IT professionals attending this year's DEF CON 2010 Hacker conference in Las Vegas recently has suggested that hackers view the cloud as having a silver lining for them.

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