As I write this, the stock price of Google, Inc. just exceeded $500 for the first time in the company's still-brief (two-year) history as a public company. That gives the search colossus a market cap of $150 billion, many times in excess of its physical assets - currently valued at $10.2 billion. Whether the latest surge in value is being driven by the perception that Microsoft may be losing its golden touch, or whether it is Google's sheer Web 2.0-style inventiveness that is causing investors to pile into its stock, matters not. What matters is that the company that snapped up video-sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion now doesn't seem quite so profligate. Everything is relative. But why, many outside the industry are wondering, is the company started eight years ago in a Silicon Valley garage by Stanford University graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin al... (more)

New Fluke Ti32 Thermal Imager Delivers 320x240 Resolution for Under $9,000

EVERETT, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/01/09 -- Fluke Corporation, the global leader in handheld electronic test and measurement technology, has introduced the Fluke Ti32 Thermal Imager, designed and priced to deliver unprecedented performance for troubleshooting and preventive maintenance of electrical installations, electro-mechanical equipment, process equipment, HVAC/R equipment and more. In these tough economic times, we all have to do more with less. These new imagers help Fluke customers do exactly that. The Fluke Ti32 is the first imager on the market to incorporate a powerful 320x240 sensor to provide strikingly crisp, detailed images for under $9,000. Using Fluke's patented IR-Fusion® technology, users can marry high-precision thermal images with visual (visible light) images in full screen, picture-in-picture or blended views for enhanced problem detection and ... (more)

Sentrigo Uncovers Significant Password Exposure Vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server

Sentrigo, Inc., the innovator in database security software, today announced that it has discovered a significant vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server, that allows any user with administrative privileges to openly see the unencrypted passwords of other users, or the credentials presented by applications accessing the server using SQL Server authentication. In order to ensure all SQL Server users are able to quickly protect their systems, Sentrigo has released a free utility to erase these passwords, which can be downloaded starting today from the company’s website. The security vulnerability was found by a member of Sentrigo’s Red Team, a group of security researchers who focus on researching database applications in order to uncover security issues and creating protections against them. With the increasing enforcement of strong password criteria, users often util... (more)

Conformity Announces Integration Support for TriCipher's myOneLogin

AUSTIN, Texas and LOS GATOS, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Conformity Inc., provider of the first enterprise-class management and governance solution for SaaS and cloud applications, and TriCipher, a leading provider of Internet Identity solutions, today announced the integration of the Conformity solution with TriCipher's myOneLogin Secure Single Sign-on (SSO) authentication service. With the integration, the Conformity solution will provide automated user provisioning for myOneLogin including user account provisioning and management with enforcement of policy-based SaaS access rights. The integration will also incorporate myOneLogin user authentication information into Conformity's advanced analytics and compliance reporting, and provide single sign-on to the Conformity solution. myOneLogin Secure Single Sign-on is an on-demand service combining strong authe... (more)

Blackmagic Design Announces Micro Videohub

Blackmagic Design today announced Micro Videohub, the world's smallest 16 x 16 SDI router with 3 Gb/s SDI, auto switching SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI formats, full SDI re-clocking, USB, ethernet and serial router control for only $1995. Micro Videohub will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2010 booth at #SL 6020. Micro Videohub is only 1 rack unit and less than an inch deep. It includes advanced features such as 3 Gb/s SDI, auto switching SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI, as well as full SDI re-clocking at an affordable price. Micro Videohub is perfect for customers who need an incredibly tiny router that also meets tough broadcast technical requirements for performance as well as reliability. Micro Videohub includes more control interfaces such as easy to use USB, as well as direct ethernet and RS-422 serial interfaces. Direct ethernet router control allows direct conne... (more)

Saba Announces Revolutionary Social Enterprise Platform

To meet the demands of today’s changing world of work, Saba (NASDAQ:SABA), the premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, today announced the availability of its next generation social enterprise platform, Saba People Cloud. The platform combines social, real-time and mobile technologies with modern people processes to allow organizations to engage, develop and inspire all the people they work with – co-workers, partners, suppliers and customers. By creating a more transparent, better connected and highly collaborative way of working, Saba is empowering an organizations most critical assets—its people—while enabling the social enterprise to be more agile, competitive and responsive to market demands. “Email changed the way we work. Now we’re doing it again by putting people, not information, at the center of the organization,” said Bobby Yazdani, foun... (more)

Mavenlink and Intuit to Present at the 2012 Internet Marketing Association Conference

Mavenlink, the leading online workplace and project management solution, today announced that it will be presenting along with Intuit at the 2012 Internet Marketing Association (IMA) Conference, taking place September 20-22 at the CityCenter complex Las Vegas, Nevada. The IMA is one of the fastest growing professional organizations in the world, and this year’s event will bring together industry leaders from around the world to address the latest Internet marketing trends and define strategies for success. Mavenlink co-founder Sean Crafts will speak alongside Alex Barnett, Group Manager of Developer Relations for the Intuit Partner Platform at Intuit, in the panel discussion “Better Project Management for Marketers.” During this session, Crafts and Barnett, along with two Mavenlink and Intuit customers on the panel, will discuss ways that marketing firms can centrali... (more)

Forum Systems Drives BYOD for Global Enterprises

- New Forum Sentry Security Gateway Capabilities Bolster Robust, Secure Extension of Corporate Network Architectures to Mobile Devices LAS VEGAS and BOSTON, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GARTNER APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE, DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION SUMMIT 2012, BOOTH S23 -- Forum Systems, a Crosscheck Networks, Inc. company, today announced significant enhancements to its Forum Sentry Security Gateway that allow organizations worldwide to more seamlessly, securely extend their enterprise networks to the iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and other leading mobile device platforms. Delivering on users' demands for the productivity and flexibility afforded by BYOD, while ensuring enterprise-caliber performance, security and privacy, the announcement was made in conjunction with the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit 2012 taking place this w... (more)

Orange Business Services Enhances Security as a Service Portfolio

Orange Business Services has enhanced its Security as a Service portfolio by migrating to a cloud-based secure authentication service from SafeNet, a global leader in data protection. By enhancing its Secure Authentication solution with SafeNet Authentication Service, Orange Business Services is providing its enterprise customers an additional layer of security when accessing corporate resources or cloud services. Customers can use the same unified and secure multifactor credentials to access a virtual private network as well as cloud services such as Google Apps, Salesforce.com and other cloud-based business applications and infrastructure. “While enterprises want to take advantage of the cost savings that cloud solutions provide, most of them see security as a more and more strategic concern,” said Nicolas Furgé, head of Security Business Unit, Orange Business S... (more)

Google Executive Claire Hughes Johnson Named to Hallmark Board of Directors

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Claire Hughes Johnson, vice president at Google Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of Hallmark Cards, Inc. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130626/CG38890) "Claire Hughes Johnson has broad experience in developing innovative new businesses and business models," said Donald J. Hall Jr., Hallmark vice chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Her knowledge of the rapidly changing digital space as well as her experience leading global business and product teams will help us as we consider new opportunities and develop strategic plans to expand our business." "No one understands the power of emotional connection like Hallmark does," said Claire Hughes Johnson. "We all strive to connect with those around us and I'm excited to help Hallmark explore ways that technology can complement and enh... (more)

PRESS CALL: TruST to Release Study on Cost of Complying with New Internet Tax System for Small and Mid-Sized Retailers

Speakers will Discuss Real-World Challenges and Financial Burdens of Untested, New Tax System WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the issue of Internet sales tax heats up in Congress, there has been much speculation about the costs that online and catalog retailers will face in integrating so-called "free" software under the Marketplace Fairness Act. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130923/DC84876LOGO) The notion that free software, from providers like Avalara and others, will keep costs low for businesses is untrue and ignores the significant costs of integrating and running "free" software. For example, the most conservative research findings put these costs at $80,000 to $290,000 in setup and integration fees. The True Simplification of Taxation (TruST) coalition will release a study that examines these software integration costs an... (more)