Security/Privacy

QED Connect Uses SaaS To Help Partners Sell to Education Sector

4/23/2009

Information security provider QED Connect has recently announced a new education program for its line of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. Read More

Marshal8e6 Acquires Avinti, Looks To Bridge E-Mail & Web Security

4/15/2009

Marshal8e6 has recently acquired behavior-based malware detection provider, Avinti. The purchase is aimed at enhancing the company's ability to provide solutions that address "blended threats"--e-mails that use Web-based delivery methods to install malware on user machines. Read More

Northeast Schools More Confident in Ability To Deal with Threats

4/15/2009

Schools in the Northeast are more confident in their ability to deal with security threats, according to a new survey by Wren, a video surveillance company. Read More

Illinois' Marshall School District Implements Security Appliances from SonicWALL

4/14/2009

Marshall Community Unit School District 2C in Illinois has deployed security appliances from SonicWALL for network security and secure remote access in each of its five campuses, including a high school, junior high school, and two elementary schools. Read More

St. Bernard Enhances ProPartner Channel Program

2/17/2009

St. Bernard Software has recently announced enhancements to its North American ProPartner Program intended to address the needs associated with recent channel and VAR partner growth. Read More

Blackboard and Acxiom Partner in College Verification Program

2/17/2009

Education technology provider Blackboard and the risk mitigation division of marketing giant Acxiom have teamed up to create a "better mousetrap" in the arena of student identity verification at United States colleges and universities. Read More

Bradford Networks Sales Up 87 Percent over 2007

2/17/2009

Bradford Networks recently announced significant gains in sales of its network access control (NAC) solutions, posting an 87-percent increase from 2007 to 2008. Read More

Survey: IT Security Spending on the Rise in Higher Ed

1/20/2009

Organizations will be dedicating a larger chunk of their IT budgets in 2009 to security measures, according to a survey by Web security vendor Finjan. Conducted in December 2008 among 200 IT and security professionals, the survey focused on determining the trends for allocating IT budgets in 2009 compared to 2008. Read More

Axis and Milestone Upgrade DePaul U's Analog Cameras with IP-based System

12/11/2008

DePaul University is using network cameras from Axis Communications as a security measure on its two main campuses, which are interwoven with surrounding residential and commercial communities in Chicago. Over the course of this past summer, DePaul replaced a legacy system of various analog cameras--each running on coaxial cable and requiring a digital video recorder to record events--with Axis network cameras. Read More

CDW-G Partners with DyKnow To Distribute Interactive Learning Software

12/2/2008

DyKnow has recently signed a partner agreement with CDW Government (CDW-G) aimed at providing "dynamic teaching and learning solutions" to the K12 and higher education markets. Read More