DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

VeriSign Introduces Email Security

VeriSign, Inc. has launched its VeriSign Email Security Service. This new offering, an extension of VeriSign Intelligence and Control Services, will help businesses of all sizes combat the threat of spam and email-borne viruses. VeriSign Email Security Service offers enterprises a cost-effective, service-oriented approach that delivers a measurable and immediate return on investment by improving IT and employee productivity, reducing bandwidth and storage costs, and increasing email reliability. VeriSign Email Security Service is easy to deploy and guarantees high levels of availability and accuracy. It provides automatic, rapid updates of heuristics and signatures to reduce the burden on an IT staff. This service leverages VeriSign's global, scalable infrastructure to ensure 99.999% network uptime. According to Allan Carey, program manager for Security and Business ... (more)

Silicon Graphics Creates Rich Media Storage Devices

Silicon Graphics introduced two new InfiniteStorage products that are specifically made to meet the needs of broadcasters and production departments. As these sectors migrate into IT data-centric environments, storage solutions taking into consideration their unique needs are required. Silicon Graphics has provided broadcasters with InfiniteStorage RM610, while its offer to production facilities is InfiniteStorage RM660.   Model RM610 addresses multiple streams and low latency of broadcasted material. When used together with Silicon Graphics S Media Server, there are gains in areas such as real time transmission, realized through faster speeds across networks. According to SGI, preliminary benchmarking concludes that, with SGI RM610, stream count will almost double. In keeping with enterpri... (more)

Can IT Security Get It Together?

Internet Protocol (IP) networks are being attacked on all fronts by hackers, viruses, and other threats. Enterprise IT tries to do battle by deploying individual solutions to defend common entry points that provide access to networks. This distributed way of solving security problems could be made far more effective through a unified approach. IT will often put together security teams in a piecemeal fashion, dividing entire ecosystems into packets requiring individual attention. Each group, be it networking, applications, or desktop management, generally develops particular solutions that may not work when placed side-by-side to security solutions devised by other areas. There are usually individual priorities, agendas, and budgets that are encountered. To overcome this, a unified solution for each kind of threat could at the very least reduce the overlapping functio... (more)

Wake Up!

The security industry has a massive problem. Despite a constant flow of patches, millions spent on firewalls and IDS, and updated security procedures, we're still plagued by the insider threat - malicious hackers infiltrating networks using legitimate, but stolen, credentials. As long as there are ways for malicious hackers to find "legitimate" ways into your network - and there are dozens of easy ways - networks will continue to be compromised. There are two distinct insider threats. The most well known, but less damaging, involves rogue employees wandering around their company networks. Some of these employees are just curious, but others are malcontents looking to inflict damage or benefit financially. They steal documents when moving to a new job or maybe pilfer a few proprietary reports. This damage is localized and can often be contained and controlled. Regar... (more)

Unknown Hackers "Booby-Trap" MSN's Korean Web Site

In an attack directed at the news section of the MSN Korea Web site, hackers last week "booby-trapped" the South Korean site (www.msn.co.kr) in an attempt to steal users' passwords. Adam Sohn, an MSN director, confirmed that the site was taken offline for nearly half a day. "Our preliminary opinion here was, this was the result of an unpatched operating system," Sohn said. "When stuff is in our data center, it's easier to control. We're pretty maniacal about getting servers patched and keeping our customers safe and protected." It would seem that Microsoft intervened in time; no customers have reported problems stemming from visits to the Web site, Sohn said. ... (more)

"Jacko Attempts Suicide" Spam Scam

Sophos' global network of virus and spam analysis centers have warned of a spam campaign that claims that Michael Jackson has attempted suicide in an attempt to lure innocent computer users into being infected by a Trojan horse. The email claims that Michael Jackson has attempted to commit suicide. But clicking on the link will cause infection. Sophos has identified hundreds of the spam messages being sent, preying on intense media interest in the trial of the controversial popstar. The spam emails have the following characteristics: Subject: Re: Suicidal aattempt Message text: Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt. They suggest this attempt follows the last claim was made against the king of pop. 46 years old Michael has left pre-suicid note which describes and interpretes some of his sins. However, when users click... (more)

InteliTrac Delivers Integrated Airport Security System

With heightened security requirements since 9/11, airports have a major responsibility to distinguish and identify law-abiding travelers from wanted criminals and legitimate security threats. As millions of commuters, tourists, businessmen and women, and students fly across the globe everyday, security officials are faced with a daunting challenge. Modern security systems must be quick and efficient enough to be non-obtrusive, but powerful enough to sort through a huge database of records and images effectively to identify criminals – those on the “no fly” list – all while protecting privacy rights. With immigration continuing to be such a priority in the U.S. inbound international flights must be as secure as possible. In some ways, airport security has become the centerpiece of global security, whether in the U.S. or at international airpor... (more)

Spyware Sleuths Discover Criminal ID Theft Ring

A team from Sunbelt Software has discovered a massive identity theft ring stemming from the notorious CoolWebSearch spyware program. As originally reported by Ryan Naraine at eWeek, Sunbelt's Patrick Jordan deliberately installed CoolWebSearch on a system,  "and immediately noticed that the infected system became a spam zombie that was placing callbacks to a remote server. When Jordan visited the remote server, he was shocked to find that it was being used to distribute sensitive personal information from millions of PC users infected by the spyware application," the report stated. "This is the most repulsive thing I've ever seen," Sunbelt CEO Alex Eckelberry was quoted as saying. "It's very painful to see what's in these log files that are being uploaded in real time. We're seeing a lot of bank information and usernames and passwords to get in." Alex Eckelberry ... (more)

Reducing TCO Through Mainframe Resource Optimization

Ordering additional mainframe hardware was once a regular, accepted part of the budget cycle. This process made capacity planning a far less challenging task than it is today. Performance problems, regardless of the cause, were easily addressed by adding more hardware. Performance analysts and capacity planners were able to deal with performance issues with little concern about the cost. Economic uncertainty and recent world events have changed this paradigm. Now that every dollar in the information systems budget must yield a maximum return on investment, hardware upgrades are delayed as long as possible. In today's world, simply adding new hardware is not the most efficient or cost-effective way to manage performance problems. At the same time, reductions in staff from downsizing and the retirement of experienced mainframe technicians are causing mainframe techni... (more)

When Backup Isn't Enough

Information has always been vital to running a business. Today, with businesses striving to meet compliance requirements, minimize legal risk and protect overall business health, information has become even more critical to survival. This means that organizations must continually raise the bar for protecting and recovering information. Given the rocketing data growth businesses experience, traditional backup approaches do not always provide adequate protection. Frequently, the most common backup applications used are point products that organizations rely on to protect and recover their data. Replication and, to a much lesser extent, continuous data protection technologies also help organizations safeguard their vital information assets. However, this approach is often fragmented, siloed, and inflexible for dealing with today’s risks in complex information en... (more)