Archive for March, 2009

what we’re reading, week of 3/23

Posted: March 26, 2009 by vpnhaus in Highlights

From Lori MacVittie’s Blog… Can the Cloud survive regulation? Lori MacVittie questions whether a more regulated cloud would survive new laws and regulations? Concerns have been raised by multiple industries on the reliability and security of the cloud in general. Until conflicts between security, regulations, reliability, and privacy are addressed, the cloud may be unsuitable [...]

Today, NCP Engineering announced the launch of an end-to-end Secure Enterprise Solution. The idea is to combine IPsec and SSL management with strong policy enforcement in an integrated collection of VPN components. Components of the solution include: The NCP Secure Enterprise Management System A centrally-controlled software solution that provides network administrators with a single point [...]

what we’re reading, week of 3/16

Posted: March 19, 2009 by vpnhaus in Highlights

From Tech Sanity Check… Smartphone shakeout: Android and Windows Mobile could get squeezed Jason Hiner outlines the smartphone market and analyzes the current market leaders. Jason also points out the intent to purchase are different between businesses and consumers, because there are more mobile OS systems to choose from than computer OS systems. Jason highlights [...]

How will the Internet Safety Act affect wi-fi?

Posted: March 18, 2009 by vpnhaus in Posts

CNET recently covered the broad sweep of the Internet Safety Act – exactly how open are these guidelines to interpretation? We’ve heard questions of whether the record keeping requirements will apply to every wi-fi network (think: coffee shops, office buildings, public places, even home networks). Some interpretations suggest that the Internet Safety Act would require [...]

what we’re reading, week of 3/9

Posted: March 12, 2009 by vpnhaus in Highlights

Raffy’s Computer Blog… The Bad, The Ugly, and the Good Given the current economy, Peter Kauper points out companies must leverage its IT spending, and plan accordingly. Trends have shown that hardware spending is down, while software is on the raise. What does this mean for the future of IT and security spending? Lori MacVittie’s [...]