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Solera buy heralds new directions for Blue Coat
Web security specialist Blue Coat claims its acquisition of big data intelligence and analytics firm Solera will help partners better address the evolving security market and tackle APTs News | 22 May 2013
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Cyber crime costing SMEs £785m
The Federation of Small Businesses and the Home Office have costed the impact of cyber crime on small businesses News | 21 May 2013
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Security sale becoming more of a challenge
The days of a single conversation leading to a deal being signed off are fading with resellers being urged to build more relationships at customers News | 03 May 2013
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DLP not the security silver bullet
Vendors views on DLP gathered at a recent MicroScope roundtable indicate resellers need to change the pitch on data loss prevention News | 02 May 2013
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Cyber skills gap growing in engineering sector
The engineering trade body has raised concerns that firms in the sector do not have the skills to keep their businesses protected from cyber attacks News | 30 Apr 2013
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EVault launches cloud disaster recovery service in EMEA
Seagate-owned disaster recovery and backup specialist EVault has brought its Cloud Disaster Recovery (CDR) service across the Atlantic for the first time News | 29 Apr 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 29 Apr 2013
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Phoenix shows off business continuity investment
Services house throws open day at revitalised Scottish facility to show customer and peers what’s under its kilt News | 25 Apr 2013
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Kaspersky plans partner programme changes to reflect wider portfolio
With the product portfolio now including endpoint security Kaspersky Lab is planning to make changes to its partner programmes to reflect the wider options resellers now have News | 25 Apr 2013
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ICO turns fines on private sector data breaches
The Information Commissioner's Office has increased the volume of penalties given to the private sector as it continues to clamp down on data breaches News | 24 Apr 2013
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SMEs often lack effective IT security
Smaller businesses are complacent about security, relying on misguided statistics and a 'shoal' mentality, but this is something the vendor can help them readdress. Billy MacInnes reports Feature
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Market for big data is open
Vendors should play a more active role in promoting the technology outside the large enterprise sector. Amro Gebreel reports Feature
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Guide the way in a complex world of virtual technology
With the trend towards server and desktop virtualisation growing, VARs with the right skills will be called on to guide customers through a maze of choices. Billy MacInnes reports Feature
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Identify and exploit the opportunities of BYOD
Amro Gebreel assesses the openings for resellers in security and management sales and consultancy Feature
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Five Minute Interview: David Ball, GFI Software
We sit down with David Ball, channel marketing director at security specialist GFI Software, for this week's Five Minute Interview Feature
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Five Minute Interview: Ian Masters, Vision Solutions
Ian Masters, sales director for Northern Europe at information availability and disaster recovery specialist Vision Solutions, reveals all in our Five Minute Interview. Feature
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Interview: Amnon Bar-Lev, president of Check Point
The security market is one that demands constant innovation to keep up with the latest threats and provide customers with levels of protection they can trust to keep their data safe. In the past few years of economic hardship, the security industry ... Feature
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In-depth: Pitch cuts in cost and complexity
Resellers must be sensitive to budget-strapped businesses facing sophisticated threats, writes Amro Gebreel. It will come perhaps as little surprise that, when you ask security vendors how their reseller partners should be pitching to customers, the ... Feature
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In-depth: Tips for selling security-as-a-service
Billy MacInnes looks at the growing market for security-as-a-service and the reseller opportunities it presents. There's nothing intrinsically new about security-as-a-service. As Ian Kilpatrick, chairman at Wick Hill, points out, resellers have been ... Feature
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In-depth: Security predictions for 2012 part two
As we look to find out more about what the security market holds next year we canvas opinions from more industry players keen to share their insights. Derek Oliver, director and CEO of Ravenswood Consultants and co-chair of COBIT 5 Task Force provid... Feature
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Security is too complex
Nick Booth is all ears as Sophos explains to its partners that simplicity is key in the security market Opinion
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No surprises in SME attitude to mobility
Bill MacInnes finds little to provoke surprise in the findings of Symantec research that reveals SMEs are lagging behind enterprise customers in their response to security. Opinion
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Planning your channel IT security strategy for 2013
Some IT security experts share their predictions of what 2013 may have to offer to help plan your security strategy Opinion
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Come on, use your BYOD imagination!
Nick Booth bemoans the lack of imagination that currently seems to be sweeping the industry and calls for a change in the way technology is showcased Opinion
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ExactTrak Security Guardian
BYOD security fears should be calmed with the ExactTrak USB device that can track location and remotely wipe the memory if it strays into the wrong hands Opinion
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How VARs can get customers to make the most of a remote access solution
There are plenty of opportunities for resellers helping customers with remote access issues and Kurt Bager, CEO of Netop, provides a guide to the questions the channel should be asking Opinion
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Dedicated followers of fashion
It’s hard for a CIO to say no to users who’ve been whipped into a frenzy by the style magazines. When all the other CEOs got iPad 3s for Christmas, how do you explain why they can't have one? Opinion
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Teenage developer knows what the bankers are doing
Nick Booth spends some time surfing Weknowwhatyouredoing.com, a new site exposing the wall posts that Facebook users should really have kept quiet about. Opinion
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Column: Crisp's good for kids, compared to Habbo Hotel
Following the problems experienced by Habbo Hotels web security is a pressing issue and one the channel can start to address Opinion
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Banks won't help us; we need a security superhero!
Old fashioned bank robbery, according to a recent study by the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association, brings very little return on investment. Opinion
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Solera buy heralds new directions for Blue Coat
Web security specialist Blue Coat claims its acquisition of big data intelligence and analytics firm Solera will help partners better address the evolving security market and tackle APTs News
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Cyber crime costing SMEs £785m
The Federation of Small Businesses and the Home Office have costed the impact of cyber crime on small businesses News
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SMEs often lack effective IT security
Smaller businesses are complacent about security, relying on misguided statistics and a 'shoal' mentality, but this is something the vendor can help them readdress. Billy MacInnes reports Feature
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Security is too complex
Nick Booth is all ears as Sophos explains to its partners that simplicity is key in the security market Opinion
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Security sale becoming more of a challenge
The days of a single conversation leading to a deal being signed off are fading with resellers being urged to build more relationships at customers News
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DLP not the security silver bullet
Vendors views on DLP gathered at a recent MicroScope roundtable indicate resellers need to change the pitch on data loss prevention News
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Cyber skills gap growing in engineering sector
The engineering trade body has raised concerns that firms in the sector do not have the skills to keep their businesses protected from cyber attacks News
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EVault launches cloud disaster recovery service in EMEA
Seagate-owned disaster recovery and backup specialist EVault has brought its Cloud Disaster Recovery (CDR) service across the Atlantic for the first time News
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Market for big data is open
Vendors should play a more active role in promoting the technology outside the large enterprise sector. Amro Gebreel reports Feature
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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