Spending on security software across Europe will top 2.4 billion euros this year, with antivirus continuing to form the largest slice of the pie.
A researcher has sought to debunk the most common security myths affecting the technology industry.
A report has found that more than half the companies surveyed had increased their information-security budget in the past year.
Apple's iPhone 3G smartphone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner.
Telstra is unlikely to win the right to build the proposed national high-speed broadband network if it insists on wholly owning it and demands an annual return of 18 per cent, an analyst says.
Analyst group Gartner has been prominent on the conference front of late, cranking up its talk-fests in Sydney around outsourcing, application integration, data centres, and security. Technology managers come from far and wide for the events, but are they worthwhile?
Does anyone seriously believe that Australian businesses and government agencies manage security any better than the US or UK?
When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?
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Botnet operators have become public enemy number-one as consumers, businesses and governments fall foul to identity theft, DDoS attacks and spam. Yet no one appears to be able to stop the spread of bots -- except maybe the media.
Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".
A report has found that more than half the companies surveyed had increased their information-security budget in the past year.
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It is quickly becoming the norm for Australia's largest banks to offer discounts on or completely free computer security software to boost internet banking security. The question is, why?
IT vendors are still too interested in building flashy products instead of ensuring their software is bug free, which is an unsustainable situation, according to James Turner, industry analyst at IBRS.
Mark Sunner, chief security analyst at Messagelabs, said the company's latest research indicates that Australian spam levels are well below the global average. The bad news is that social networking sites, such as MySpace, are helping phishers create more targeted attacks.
The new version of Microsoft's widespread Office software package won't likely spur immediate mass upgrades among businesses upon its release, analysts said, due in part to a complex set of added features.
Intel today launched the vPro desktop platform in Australia and New Zealand, claiming the technology will reduce support costs, improve hardware security and make PCs easier to manage. However, newly found partner Apple has no plans to include vPro in its line of offerings.
Microsoft has updated its XP operating system so network managers will be able to assign each user with a separate encryption key.
Security fears and general laziness are the main obstacles blocking the widespread adoption of wireless networks, according to analysts.
ARM is to integrate security into its popular processor cores for mobile devices, paving the way for Palladium-style secure systems.
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