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Network security can be a thorny issue for small businesses because they generally lack pricey equipment and dedicated IT people who have the expertise to lock down a local area network. But addressing security is nevertheless essential: Just one customer data breach could easily wipe out a small business, and constantly battling viruses, spyware, and spam can sap employee productivity.

Network gateway appliance vendor, Secure Computing, is on the hunt for more resellers as it looks to sink its teeth into the SMB market.

The multipurpose security appliances that consolidate firewall/VPN, content filtering, intrusion prevention and more into a single box are winning favor as easy-to-manage devices. But the open secret about these unified threat management devices is that they take a bite out of bandwidth as they inspect content.

Australian start up Opengear is out to woo system administrators and network managers at this week's LinuxWorld conference in Boston, showcasing networking products developed in its Brisbane lab.

Gaming machine services and monitor Unitab will undertake a development project to help manage information gathered by some 700 Linux-based appliances.

Network security provider CyberGuard has made an unsolicited offer for rival Secure Computing in a move aimed at filling out its product suite and slashing costs.

In a move to broaden its Internet security product range, computer network security company CyberGuard Corp. agreed Monday to acquire German Web filtering provider Webwasher AG.