A researcher has sought to debunk the most common security myths affecting the technology industry.
Investing in a new security product can be as damaging to a company as buying old technology, according to research group Gartner.
Gartner has poured cold water on the iPhone -- prior to today's launch in the US -- claiming the Apple's smartphone is a threat to corporate security.
Microsoft should be concentrating on securing Windows so it no longer needs an anti-virus product instead of trying to squeeze established AV vendors out of the market, according to Gartner.
Businesses should no longer let IT staff dictate how a company secures itself, analyst firm 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?
If the iPhone does as expected and takes a decent chunk of the growing smartphone market then the overall penetration of OS X will skyrocket and attract some serious attention from malware writers.
My recent rant about ongoing shortcomings in Microsoft's ActiveSync -- generated a variety of responses, ranging from ''sucked in'' to ''tell me about it'', but there was one more complex theme: why not use a BlackBerry instead?
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It's not everyday you look forward to a funeral, but I can't wait for the death of the business desktop PC.
Businesses should no longer let IT staff dictate how a company secures itself, analyst firm says.
video A Gartner expert weighs in on Bill Gates' RSA Conference announcement of Microsoft's new, "proactive" approach for network security.
Recommendations in an article published by analysis giant Gartner urging its customers to break all connections with Microsoft's Passport authentication system are "a little extreme", according to the software company.
Apple has made a push towards enterprise with the release of its SDK roadmap yesterday -- but will enterprise take the bait?
With the benefits of mobile data access well and truly taken for granted, the spectre of several false starts is finally far behind the market for smaller smartphone and PDA styled mobile devices.
Obscurity can provide security -- but not always, according to Jay Heiser, research VP infosecurity, Gartner.
CIO must stop being a scapegoat and accepting the risk that is being pushed onto them, according to Jay Heiser, research VP infosecurity, Gartner. "It isn't about demanding people do something [about security], it is about bringing them to a point where they are not only willing but able to do something".
video A Gartner expert weighs in on Bill Gates' RSA Conference announcement of Microsoft's new, "proactive" approach for network security.
Is Internet Explorer 7 just another security patch disguised as a "new" offering? Should it rightfully be called IE 6.1 for Windows XP Service Pack 2, asks Fran Foo.
ARM is to integrate security into its popular processor cores for mobile devices, paving the way for Palladium-style secure systems.
They may not be perfect, but intrusion detection systems should be a part of your enterprise security arsenal.
A Japanese start-up has come up with a mutant piece of hardware that it says may deliver "perfect security" for Web servers: a two-headed hard drive.
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