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Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Protects Against Data Leaks

2010-09-03T16:47:43Z

Barracuda Networks announced new features to its flagship Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall that enhance full inbound and outbound email scanning from the same appliance.

Fraudsters limber up for World Cup themed scams

2010-06-01T16:07:30Z

Fraudsters as well as footballers are gearing up for this month's World Cup extravaganza in South Africa. Football governing body FIFA has already warned supporters to be wary over various forms of scams that are likely to crop up in the run-up to the start of the tournament, which kicks off in ten days.

Surfing Porn Still Popular at Work

2010-05-28T17:29:10Z

Globe and Mail article featuring an interview with Optrics, said workers should be aware everything they're doing is marked and logged — even things they might think are innocent.

The dangers of weak passwords on Social sites (Facebook / Linkedin)

2010-03-10T00:22:17Z

Technorati Tags: phishing,FaceBook,LinkedIn,Barracuda Spam Firewall,FortiGate – Phishers Used Facebook to Penetrate Financial Firm’s Computer System (March 4, 2010) Phishers used Facebook to burrow their way into the network of a large US financial company last year. The attackers took control of one employee’s Facebook account and using information culled from that individual’s friends’ profiles, sent [...]

Barracuda Load Balancer Firmware Release 3.1

2010-02-12T16:25:12Z

With it's new Firmware 3.1 release, Barracuda Networks has announced that the Load Balancer now includes Layer 7 Content Routing and Global Server Load Balancing

Network Instrument’s “State of the Network Global Study”

2010-01-28T23:13:23Z

Even though there has been a huge adoption of virtual environments, the recent Network Instruments "State of the Network Global Study" came out,and shows that three quarters of networks lack the appropriate tools, and visibility. Here is the original press release on the study. Key Statistics Virtualization 75% of respondents have implemented virtualization 75% lacked [...]

Simple Cost-Effective Web Acceleration with WEBaXcel

2010-01-28T23:13:46Z

The new WEBaXcel Appliance is an advanced web acceleration product designed to optimize the performance of your web-based applications and downloads.

Network Instruments Virtual Monitoring

2010-01-28T23:14:10Z

As people expand the number of applications running in virtual environments, they need to look at visibility whether they can monitor and analyze virtual traffic for ensuring performance or security.

The FortiOS 4.0 innovation milestone – by Michael Xie

2010-01-28T23:15:00Z

This portion of a post by Michael Xie, co founder of Fortinet celebrates their new FortiOS 4.0.

Network Instrument’s “Destination: Performance” Tour

2009-02-03T22:57:17Z

Network Instruments announces the Destination: Performance tour. The tour, being held in ten cities across North America, will introduce network professionals to the latest troubleshooting trends and techniques including.