A report on the Digitimes website points out that sources indicate manufacturers of upcoming tablet platforms may be feeling a price crunch from the price-point of the iPad2, and therefore delaying the introduction of their products.  The brief but telling report seems to reinforce the masterful debut and impact of Apple’s flagship product. “iPad 2’s ...

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is no laughing matter and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made sure that message was clear in a pair of news releases this week.  Protecting patient data is a very critical and growing focus amidst the growing threats in the ...

Mobile devices are spreading to every corner of our lives, even creeping into the enterprise. With the ever-growing cyberthreats that are evolving and multiplying out there, this is creating a whole new challenge for IT to manage. Combine that with the range of products that are available, and the problems start to compound. Once upon ...

How the security community and the enterprise at large adapts to rapidly advancing cybersecurity threats has to be one of the top priority items in technology today.  There is a race on the part of security teams everywhere to prepare for a brewing storm of ever-increasing threats.  Security as a whole is sprawling in scope ...

Security Firm HBGary has released the following statement regarding their participation at RSA Conference 2011: HBGary Statement Regarding RSA Conference 2011 A group of aggressive hackers known as “Anonymous” illegally broke into computer systems and stole proprietary and confidential information from HBGary, Inc. This breach was in violation of federal and state laws, and stolen ...

Editor’s Note: the topic of internet security is always of interest for a publication such as ours, and it’s always nice to get a second (or third) opinion on things. From mobile access to malware threats, the space must evolve on a daily basis to maintain the web as we know it. A recently released ...

With the annual RSA Conference 2011 in San Francisco coming up, one participant will probably see a significant amount of discussion, that being internet security firm HBGary of Sacramento CA.  The story emerged late last weekend that the website for HBGary was completely hacked by notorious internet cyberactivist group known as “Anonymous” or “Anon”. The ...

On the heels that Mozy, the popular online backup service, has stopped all consumer unlimited data plans, continued frustrations are evident still days after.  Mozy users will have new basic service at a higher cost and a cap of 50GB. Mozy laid this at the feet of 25% of it’s users and their tendencies to ...

The Center for Strategic & International Studies CSIS commission on Cybersecurity released a report for the 44th presidency back in January 2011, entitled “Cybersecurity Two Years Later”.  This updated cybersecurity report is a continuation review the nation’s preparedness for cyber security threats that was initially released two years ago for the current presidential administration. Within ...

The intense competition from a growing number of competitors in the tablet market will continue to wear on Apple’s tablet market share.  A report from Strategy Analytics, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, describes a nearly 1000% increase in market share for Android tablets for the fourth quarter of 2010. Director of Strategy Analytics, Neil ...