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Lenovo's Cameron heads to CAFORMER Lenovo Australia head Phil Cameron has joined enterprise software maker CA to run sales for its regional internet security unit.
Australian IT Friday, October 30, 2009SCM Microsystems Announces Results of Annual MeetingSANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM) (Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, announced today that its stockholders have approved an increase of the amount of common shares authorized during yesterday's
annual meeting of stockholders.
prnewswire.com Friday, October 30, 2009GWAVA Extends Early Bird Pricing for GWAVAConMONTREAL, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- GWAVA is pleased to announce that the early bird registration discount for GWAVACon has been extended to December 1, 2009. Until then, tickets for GWAVACon in Las Vegas are available for only $595 - a savings of $300 off the regular price. GWAVACon attendees will:
prnewswire.com Friday, October 30, 2009ATO accepts audit recommendationsTHE ATO has agreed to much tighter reporting guidelines on its troubled project to replace 30 year-old core IT systems.
Australian IT Friday, October 30, 2009Medicare settles Thelma disputeMEDICARE Australia has settled an alleged anti-competitive action, agreeing to pay $460,000 to Thelma before the matter was due in court.
Australian IT Friday, October 30, 2009Softbank's profit growth boosted by mobile unit(Telecompaper) Japanese communications provider Softbank saw its net income grow more than 70 percent as sales were boosted by the mobile unit. Net sales for the six months to September totalled JPY 1.35 billion, an increase of 1.5 percent from JPY 1.33 billion in the year-ago period. The growth was primarily due to sales growth at the mobile unit, which recorded subscriber growth and handset sales growth. Net sales at the e-commerce segment as well as the broadband segment were down. Operating income was JPY 230.62 billion, up 28.1 percent year-on-year. Net income grew 72.1 percent year-on-year to JPY 70.75 billion from JPY 41.12 billion a year earlier. For the full financial year ending 31 March 2010, Softbank forecasts operating income of JPY 420 billion.
dmeurope.com Friday, October 30, 2009Defenshield Anti-Piracy Equipment Appears on CNNJACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Defenshield's bullet and blast resistant Rail Cap appeared on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" this week in a segment on ships fighting back against piracy. A video of the show is currently available on CNN's website at http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/10/28/todd.piracy.countermeasures.cnn.
prnewswire.com Friday, October 30, 2009Arcep confirms Iliad sole bidder for 3G licence(Telecompaper) French commmunications regulator Arcep said it received just one application for the country's fourth 3G licence, from broadband operator Iliad. Applications were due by 29 October. Arcep said it will go ahead with the evaluation process of the offer as planned. Various other parties dropped out of the running prior to the deadline, citing the high costs of network roll-out. France is offering 5MHz of 2100 MHz spectrum with the licence and requiring the winner to cover 25 percent of the population within two years. The minimum price for the licence is EUR 240 million. Arcep said earlier this week that if there is only one bidder for the licence, it could take a decision before Christmas on awarding the frequencies.
dmeurope.com Friday, October 30, 2009Verizon Business Helps Businesses Take On Today's Biggest Security Threat - Attacks on Web-Based ApplicationsBASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ --As hacker attacks
become more sophisticated, businesses of all sizes are struggling to protect their Web-based applications. With Verizon Business' new Application Vulnerability Scanning (AVS) solutions, however, businesses can better understand, identify and mitigate potential Web-based, application-security threats.
prnewswire.com Friday, October 30, 2009Wren Advises Schools to Consider External Risk Factors When Conducting Security AssessmentsATLANTA, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- While most schools have bolstered security on their campuses by beefing up emergency operations plans, implementing technologies such as video surveillance, access control, and mass notification systems, those plans should be considered incomplete if they fail to take external threats into consideration. In a new advisory, "Turning School Emergency Plans Inside Out", Wren discusses ways to strengthen safety plans to ensure administrators are not overlooking potential sources of external threats.
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